The 818 is much more than “Boogie Nights,” and much less than Canoga Park’s former venue to end all venues known as The Cobalt Cafe.…
Orem, Utah’s The Used formed in 2000, and set the tone for much of the early-aughts Myspace era of rock with their 2002 self-titled LP.…
How does one describe Sonic Youth? Are they that band “Juno” famously dismissed as ‘just noise?’ Or are they the New York icons that not…
WAUKEGAN, Mich. — Local shock-rock fixture Andy “Randy Andy” Phantym is reportedly unsure why the many pairs of underwear thrown during his shows are never…
In late 1970s Minneapolis, an iconic musical act emerged with both a genre-defying and genre-defining sound, and whose name is synonymous with talent and prestige.…
No one, we repeat, NO ONE sounds like Billy Talent, which can be a good or bad thing depending upon who is listening/jabbering about on…
CHICAGO — “Mortal Kombat” superfan and cosplayer Dennis Trimble became increasingly frustrated while attending a local video game expo after multiple people acknowledged his Billy…
The Juliana Theory are part groundbreaking melodic emo and part New Kids on the Block. The band was able to “popify” ’90s emo in a…
MTV had it all figured out during the ‘80s and ‘90s. The music video is the ideal art form, the one that stands atop all…
We know that the year in which Indie-Rock was dominating the charts feels like it was just yesterday, but it was actually twenty years ago…
Punk rock is overflowing with creativity across its seemingly endless sub-genres, but few bands have created such a remarkably inimitable sound as A Wilhelm Scream.…
If you’re 25 or under, you might best know Wilco as your dad’s favorite band. And guess what? Sometimes father truly knows best. Since 1995,…
If you’ve ever met a guy in a beanie who knows what all bands sound like, you’ve met a R.E.M. fan. But while the Athens,…