ADULT PROBLEMS
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Adult Problems - Vic Godard is Punk Gone Postal
Vic Godard is the most under-appreciated punk that ever lived, and in a subculture that fetishizes under-appreciation, that’s saying a lot. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Nuclear Santa Claust Moved to NYC from Not-NYC and That's Okay
With a sound like if developmentally challenged otters were raised in a basement in Queens, with nothing but Chomsky and a well abused copy of City Baby Attacked by Rats to survive on. Full Story
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Adult Problems - In Defense of Morrissey
I’m the ACLU and Morrissey is my Skokie, Illinois. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Throw Punches, Not Tweets
Am I advocating less online feuding and more real world violence? Maybe, yes, not really, but sort of. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Sacrament Recordings Release Music They Believe In, Which is Stranger Than it Should Be
When so many labels are searching for the next best thing—or worse, only releasing albums by established bands—Sacrament Recordings will hopefully be a beacon in the dark. Excuse me, rainbow in the dark. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Chuck Eddy, Trolling, and the Best Heavy Metal Albums of All Time
FUCK A "CORRECT." In the eyes and ears of Eddy, enthusiasm is all. Full Story
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Adult Problems - A Wrap-Up of Things That Happened in 2012 I Can Actually Remember
Straight off the top of the dome. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Don't Fear the Reaper with Family Curse's New Album, 'Twilight Language'
The world is awful, death is inevitable, but this album is a fuck-ton of fun. Full Story
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Adult Problems - A Conversation with Nathan Larson
People in bands shouldn’t write books. Hell, people in bands shouldn’t even read books. But Nathan Larson, formerly of SWIZ and Shudder To Think, is an exception to the rule. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Your "Best of 2012" Lists Come Too Early and Leave Me Unsatisfied
Suck it up and get back to work. Full Story
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Adult Problems - The New is Only Okay
I think your favorite band sounds just like another band. And I’m glad. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Quit Your Band and Stay in School
Only *you* can steer our culture correct. Put down the guitar. Become a nurse. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Alarms And Controls Is New Old Shit
Come see them play in NYC this Saturday! Full Story
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Adult Problems - Mark Eitzel: Let’s Hear It For Love
“If it’s gonna be sad anyway, make it soulful.” Full Story
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Adult Problems - The Native Cats Are Coming To America!
This Aussie duo constructs minimal, vicious songs that are catchy as hell and provide the strong comfort of no comfort at all. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Meet Machines, The Most Avant Band At Fashion's Night Out
Kris Perry's new band, Machines, uses discarded industrial waste to dance on the grave of the gilded age... FASHION! Full Story
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Adult Problems - Your "Ironic" White Power Skrewdriver T-Shirt Might Make You An Asshole
Can you really separate the music from the message? Full Story
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Adult Problems - The Unstoppable Death Machines Are So Fun It Makes Me Angry
Check out the exclusive premiere of "Once In A Lifetime" off their upcoming new album. This is Do-It-Yourselfness actually worth doing. Full Story
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Adult Problems - You Should Listen To Coffin Pricks And Slug Guts (Despite The Fact That I Refuse To Interview Them)
After all, music writing is just sausage making in reverse. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Enough With All The Black Flag Bars Already!
When counterculture becomes little more than tattoos and twee totes. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Everyone Is Flying To Jesus With Wolfgang Carver
The son of Lisa Crystal Carver and Boyd Rice creates art packed with vibrance, violence, and supervolcanos. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Dais Records Is Not A Noise Label
They're an experimental music label (for lack of any other word that makes any sense at all). Full Story
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Adult Problems - Art Is Just A Job: Musician And Label-Owner Justin Pearson On The Music Industry
Who should be making money, who should be paying for it, and why we're still talking about this. Full Story
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Adult Problems - What I Learned From My Vinyl Party
"I just want to listen to everything. Counterculture is counterculture and I'm obsessed with all of it.” Full Story
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Adult Problems - The Best American Punk Music Is In Spanish
"I don't speak Spanish" is no excuse for not loving every band on Todo Destruido's roster. Full Story
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Adult Problems - Fine Dining With Turing Machine
Is "eatin' stuff" really the new "listenin' to stuff?" Full Story
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Adult Problems - Are Noise Rock Singers Really That Crazy?
Some brief thoughts on noise rock, Pigs, Unsane, and the t-shirts I love. Full Story
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Adult Problems - A Lamentation Of "Rock And Roll"
I hate garage rock, miss the Murder City Devils, and am verklempt at the idea of a new Riverboat Gamblers album. Full Story
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Adult Problems - I Sat Through Battleship With Dances With White Girls And Mark Ryan From Supertouch
Even worse than you can imagine. Full Story
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Adult Problems - I Saw Watain And Tragedy In The Same Night
I probably should have gotten beaten up, but instead I was called a "hipster." Full Story
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Adult Problems - Here's The New RØSENKØPF Video, Plus A Download Of Their New Track "Heed"
I have so much druidic affection for them right now that I think I just started menstruating. Full Story
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Ace of Base's Secret Nazi Past
Before he founded Ace of Base, Ulf Ekberg was a member of Commit Suiside, a Nazi punk band.
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Parquet Courts - "Light Up Gold Road Trip" (Full Documentary)
In this new documentary, Noisey follows rising indie rockers Parquet Courts from Mexico to Texas and London as they tour to support their debut LP, 'Light Up Gold.'
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Yung Lean Doer Is the Weirdest 16-Year-Old White Swedish Rapper You'll Hear This Week
Yung Lean raps over pillow-fluffy beats and raps about glory holes and Arizona Iced Tea. Who the fuck is this kid? And why is he like this?
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Adam Ant - The British Masters, Chapter 6
Noisey's John Doran talks with the great post-punk pop star Adam Ant about tribal body mods and layering tape.
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Photos: Taking Acid at Coachella
When Paley sent these photos in, she included a nice little caveat over email that we've decided to reprint here in full, not only because it's too good to edit, but because her photographs of her and her weird buddies riding the snake are some of the best
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R.I.P. Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013)
On Thursday, the hyper-talented graphic designer, artist, and famed album cover creator Storm Thorgerson passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
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The Internet Is Scary
As of six months ago, my Facebook fanpage is like a dojo where hormonal teenagers hone their technique. Here is a heartfelt poem from some kid who wants to rape, kill, and marry me.
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I Accidentally Touched Little Richard's Butt One Time
It was in the Detroit airport. After it happened Little Richard said, "He graze my derriere."
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Listen to St. Lucia's Remix of The Colourist's "Little Games"
Last month, Cali quartet the Colourist released "Little Games," and St. Lucia just pulled a warm Balearic blanket over the whole thing, sanding away its rough edges with bright synths and lightly gated percussion.
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Aaron Montaigne, Godfather of Screamo, is More Interesting Than You Can Ever Hope to Be - Part Two
On surviving combat in Iraq and Afghanistan with the help of magic, 'Bladerunner,' and everything in between.