Whether you discovered Sacramento, California’s Cake on MTV2 in the grunge, swing, ska and nu-metal-laden ‘90s or on tour with screamo sensation Ben Folds in…
Stars has been around for almost 25 years and has pretty much been putting out killer music the entire time. Their music intentionally exploits nostalgia…
Imagine if The Muppets made a metal band. And not like the type of “metal” that your brother-in-law likes. Good metal. METAL metal. And when…
Strapping Young Lad might be the weirdest metal band from Canada that ever caught any mainstream attention. Originally founded by vocalist and guitarist Devin Townsend…
Over the course of the 2000s (it will be a cold day in Hell before I recognize 2014s Season 4 as official), “The Boondocks” provided…
Flying in from Chicago, Illinois, Pelican are best known for their celestial, dark vibes and heavy, doomy instrumental soundscapes with riffs fit for kings. Unlike…
After being kicked out of the best psychedelic rock band of all time (Hawkwind, not Pink Floyd you posers) for doing the wrong type of…
So it finally happened… Your wife left you and you’re realizing that if you keep sitting in your house alone listening to depressing music you’re…
mewithoutYou called it quits officially in 2022, but for over twenty years they were one of the more unique bands out there in whatever scene…
Mischief Brew was a Philadelphia-based folk punk who wrote songs about labor unions, AA meetings, civil strife, and love, sweet, complicated love. They’re exactly what…
Bad Religion rose to prominence in the ’80s through genre defining (and sometimes defying) work, then lost key members in the ’90s, leading to less…
Elliott Smith is a legendary songwriter whose work earned him an Academy Award nomination (“Miss Misery,” which was absolutely robbed in 1998 by the hacky…
Manowar is to metal, what KISS is to rock and roll: Iconic imagery. Rabid fanbase. Debatable music (at best). But one thing that we can…
Folks, there’s no other way to put it: it is indeed time to party. When your career includes both working with Wolf Eyes to having…
Like Toronto and Montreal, Vancouver has a world-class music scene, but unlike either city, Vancouver has never had the front page or the fame recognition.…