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Meet Twilight and the Baptist from Russian Hate Machine Sonic Death
Daub some face paint, grow your hair, build a tolerance for vodka, and get ready to shred with Sonic Death.
Thurston Moore Is the Patron Saint of Music Nerds
We spoke with the Sonic Youth founder about Norwegian black metal, Henry Rollins' tape collection, and Bernie Sanders.
Thurston Moore Is the Patron Saint of Music Nerds
We spoke with the Sonic Youth founder about Norwegian black metal, Henry Rollins' tape collection, and Bernie Sanders.
We Reimagined the Logos of Your Favorite Bands
More than ever, success in the music biz requires a savvy sense of branding, so we tweaked some band logos to be more suited for the era at hand.
A Sonic Youth Co-founder and His Partner Talk About Their Audiovisual Experiment
Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer perform 'Sight Unseen' with sound and vision.
PREMIERE: Stream Kino Kimino's Excellent LP 'Bait Is for Sissies'
Kim Talon teams up with Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley to create an album full of angst and awesome.
Glenn Branca's Really Experimental Music: Why the Composer Is Still Punk After All These Years
If art music and rock music sat at either end of a scale, Glenn Branca would be standing on the fulcrum, smashing each side with as many guitars as possible.
Behind the Lens: An Interview with the Director of Water Rats Doc 'Forever Vacation'
Brazilian band Water Rats traveled to Seattle to record with Thurston Moore while filmmaker Gandja Monteiro documented their journey.
View Life Through Sans Pareil's Gross Lens with "You Give Me (The Creeps)"
They've been described as everything from "a tweaked-out Withnail and I fronting Swans" and "a Grimsby pub-fight on a Friday night" for good reason.
Jagged Collages as Aggressive as Rock ’n’ Roll
Artist/musician Julien Langendorff makes collages as punchy and instinctive as a punk song.
This Vinyl Revival Is Sucking the Life and Fun out of Music Collecting
What was once a quiet world of treasures is becoming a commercial minefield.
How a 20-Year-Old Punk Kid and the Minutemen Pioneered Mainstream Music Festival Culture
Stuart Swezey's Desolation Center shows were illicit desert festivals—drug-addled parties for LA punks which would influence Coachella and Lollapalooza and then disappear as quickly as they came.