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Weekly Playlist #4: Armageddon Closer
Our demise fast approaches, fellow Earthlings. Come Friday, according to those kooky Mayans (or to people who think they can comprehend the work someone did thousands of years ago better than scholars), this place we call Earth is going up in flames. Or something. Does anyone even know for sure how we’re going to die? […]
How PLEASURES and Blur teamed up for a very Britpop-themed collection
PLEASURES co-founder Alex James explains how the LA-based streetwear brand’s latest clothing collaboration with Britpop legends Blur came together.
Here are the 31 songs Pandora thinks are the scariest
To mark the start of the spookiest month of the year, Pandora are offering up their 31 most haunting songs. The playlist certainly doesn’t lack any variety from Marilyn Manson and Eminem to one of the most iconic horror movie themes of all time. You can get in the Halloween spirit by heading to this […]
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns Season Of Poison [3/5]
If synth-rock unit Shiny Toy Guns sound like a slightly different band on their sophomore effort, there’s a good reason for it: Vocalist Carah Faye Charnow-an integral part of the band’s 2006 debut, We Are Pilots-left the group this summer. New vocalist Sisely Treasure isn’t a stranger to […]
7 early Sex Pistols moments that deserve screen time in FX's miniseries
On Jan. 11, FX announced it’d ordered a six-episode limited series about British punk spark plug the Sex Pistols. Titled Pistol, the show will be based on guitarist Steve Jones’ 2016 autobiography Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol, relating the catalytic events of the band’s history and the scene they largely ignited from Jones’ […]
Top 10 new-wave emo artists to keep on your radar
Emo music is often relegated to the past. With bands such as the All-American Rejects and My Chemical Romance dominating the airwaves in the mid-aughts, it was certainly more popular then when compared to present day, but that doesn’t mean the genre is necessarily dead. There are numerous artists heralding a new era of emo, […]
QUIZ: How much ’70s punk trivia do you really know?
For many, first-wave punk was the sound of liberation. Chainsaw guitars, locomotive drums and screaming singers delivered brutal street poetry about the times. It saved us from a lifetime of dull progressive rock, snooze-worthy singer-songwriters and six-string heavy metal. For certain die-hards, ’70s punk is the only punk. For them, both the music and the […]
Web Cover Story: Immigrant Song--Why Bands From Abroad Might Have To Stay Home
Bad Lieutenant
STORY: Annie Zaleski
Last month, U.K. trio BAD LIEUTENANT released their debut, Never Cry Another Tear. The album brims with chiming, crisp guitar rock, sung by a dreamy vocalist who should be familiar to music fans: Bernard Sumner, the former singer and guitarist for the legendary synthrock act New Order.
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The Top 10 Thursday Songs Of All Time
Thursday first made their mark as a Victory Records post-hardcore band at a time when emo was a sellable product on MTV, but over the course of six full-lengths and a split with Envy, the band built an incredibly diverse catalog of music. From the mid-’90s emo of their first record Waiting to the reverberating […]
The sleeves of these 25 old-school punk singles are as cool as the music
As recently established here, the 45 RPM record was the greatest medium for punk rock. It’s compact, it’s affordable and brevity’s of essence—distill all of your best moments in three minutes or less. You can also master these seven-inch beauties hot, perfect for loud music. Then you have the picture sleeves. With punk being so […]
