Tag: sonic youth
10 ‘Simpsons’ band cameos that’ll make you wish you lived in Springfield
As the longest-running animated television show in history, The Simpsons has been around for the rise and fall of grunge, the emergence of pop...
Here’s how you can own these signed Weezer and Fall Out Boy guitars
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for the live music industry. In particular, independent music venues, artists and...
9 rising emo artists who could become your next favorite band
If anyone had told us in 2005 that emo culture wasn’t going to dominate forever, we would’ve rolled our eyes. Of course, as time...
These 10 SST Records releases defined ’80s punk and beyond
These 10 albums represent SST Records’ greatest achievements. Greg Ginn began Solid State Tuners at age 12 as a mail-order electronics business still thriving...
15 bands you probably didn’t realize are supergroups
There was a time when the “supergroup” was super obvious. When the world saw legendary axman Ted Nugent making his guitar squeal with the...
The best punk albums of 1987 are still setting fire to the underground
What a year 1987 was! Ronald Reagan was all all up in the Iran-Contra affair, but his Teflon psyche made sure none of the...
Frank Iero reacts to this MCR album being named one of the greatest ever
This past month, Rolling Stone Magazine unveiled its new and improved 500 Best Albums Of All Time list. The list includes releases from various...
These 10 noise-rock tracks were built to defy your volume settings
Oftentimes, there simply isn’t a guitar chord ugly enough to convey what you want to say. And that's why we have noise-rock glory. Sometimes...
These 15 punk albums of 1987 brought more noise and power than ever
Welcome to the best punk albums of 1987. But first, some context.
Feb. 20, 1987: An attack by a domestic terrorist called "the Unabomber"...
The best punk albums of 1986 were the sounds of rules being broken
1986 was a turning point for punk rock. Some people thought it should stay frozen in beer-soaked amber or it should sit the hell...