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These 10 cool music documentaries range from forgotten to lost forever
The best thing the pandemic has done for us is the chance to enrich ourselves. Books to read. Music to listen to. Movies to watch. Music documentaries hit all three of those fields quite nicely. There’s nothing like a documentary about a genre, an era or an artist to pique your curiosity. But for each […]
Nat & Alex Wolff want “Glue” to make you feel every emotion at once
Given the overnight success of The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie and the subsequent Nickelodeon spinoff series that debuted in 2007, it’s hardly a surprise that the Wolff brothers’ fictional kid group has catapulted them toward a full-fledged alternative-rock career. Working under their given names, Nat & Alex Wolff, since 2009, the duo have released […]
The best punk albums of 1984 were leaner, meaner and so much weirder
The Sex Pistols may have cheerfully sang “No future for you” back in 1977. But in the ’80s, an entire generation lived in fear that America and Russia would lob nuclear warheads at each other, making for a really MAD time. It’s only fitting that as American politics got more conservative, the underground would dig […]
These 15 punk albums from 1985 are the roots of alternative rock
The year is 1985: Punk’s now 10 years old and changing again. Hardcore was now a formula: 1. Pick a seemingly random number of initials for your name (Say, SRI – Social Reagan Injustice); 2. Play at light speed. 3. Sing about how you hate Reagan and nuclear war. 4. Shave your head. Like rock […]
These 15 punk albums from 1983 will still floor you decades later
In the ’80s, many a cloth-eared critic and social dullard thought punk was just a mindless fad. Here in 2020, we know better than our parents ever did. But there’s still time for them to catch up. Because these punk albums of 1983 haven’t lost any of their potency. This APTV video rundown shows exactly […]
These 12 punk albums of 1981 are rich in sound and fury
Welcome to our look-back video at some of the best 1981 punk albums. While the foundation of punk rock was already in place by the late Seventies, there were still possibilities to be explored. We’re still thanking all the deities for that. Historically speaking, the Eighties have been frequently referred to as “the Me decade.” […]
These 14 punk albums of 1984 made the year heavier and meaner
First, some background about the motives of punk albums of 1984. Jello Biafra, in the Dead Kennedys‘ masterly 1979 debut single “California Über Alles,” predicted 1984 as the year presidential hopeful Jerry Brown‘s “suede/denim secret police” would be “knock-knock(ing) at your front door” to haul “your uncool niece” to a reeducation camp because “Zen fascists […]
The 15 best punk albums of 1983 include eternal hardcore classics
1983: Hardcore rules, OK—at least if it comes from America. England was mired in the nü pop of Culture Club and Duran Duran as its punk scene further slipped into shitty versions of what Motörhead did brilliantly. Not to say a similarly boneheaded ethic wasn’t starting to slip into U.S. hardcore. But the best of […]
These 15 punk records from 1981 have some of the year’s best music
1981 was the year hardcore engulfed everything punk. Skanking pit warriors swarmed a stage at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. England had its own equivalent—the Exploited, GBH, Discharge. But none of the mile-high Mohican British bands could touch what was coming out of America. And we have the punk-rock records to prove it. Yet, […]
Here are the scene staples that inspired MGK’s ‘Tickets To My Downfall’
Machine Gun Kelly is still plugging away at his upcoming Travis Barker-produced pop-punk album Tickets To My Downfall and today he’s revealing a selection of songs inspiring him throughout the process. Some of the selections in his new playlist include hits from the likes of Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Lagwagon, Yellowcard and more. Read More: Police begin curfew with ‘The Purge’ siren and […]
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong covers the Replacements on NYE—watch
[Photo by: @mnnesotagirl/Instagram] It looks like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong had a fine time ringing in the new year with an admirable (and amiable) group of talented musicians, covering a tune by the Replacements to celebrate 2018. Color us impressed! Read more: How your fave musicians rang in the new year For New Year's […]
10 lost or forgotten music documentaries—from blink-182 to Green Day
Music documentaries are great, aren’t they? They’re a chance to really see how your favorite bands do their thing. When done right, they offer a candid look at people we all admire. However, some docs either don’t even see the light of day or actually make their way out into the world, but fall out […]
Riot Fest Oral History: Making music history—and overcoming dark times
Over the past decade, Riot Fest has become one of the most beloved festivals in the world. They have reunited some of punk’s most iconic bands, and, in many ways, set the bar for how genuinely great a music festival can be. But when founder Mike Petryshyn started out in 2005, literally none of this […]
The Replacements have released a 24-minute jazz song
For one reason or another, the Replacements have burst forth into action with a 24-minute jazz improvisation track, titled “Poke Me In My Cage.” You can give the intense endeavor a listen below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! In case you missed it, after more than 28 years of being banned from Saturday […]
Watch the Replacements perform "Alex Chilton" on 'Fallon'
As we previously reported, famed rockers the Replacements returned to 30 Rockefeller Plaza last night for the first time since being banned from Saturday Night Live in 1986, to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In their current incarnation, the group's lineup includes founding members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson, along with guitarist David Minehan and drummer Josh Freese. Noticeably […]
Replacements to play 'The Tonight Show' 28 years after being banned from 'SNL'
More than 28 years after a rowdy, drunken Saturday Night Live performance earned the Replacements a permanent ban from the program, the newly-reunited rockers are set to take the stage at another Lorne Michaels-produced NBC outlet: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The group will appear this Tuesday, Sept. 9, alongside guests Keith Richards and Debra Messing. The Tonight Show airs […]
Billie Joe Armstrong joins The Replacements for a sloppy, rambunctious performance in Kentucky
As we initially reported yesterday, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joined legendary rockers The Replacements for a third show in a row, last night at Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Ky. Armstrong first performed with the group at the second weekend of Coachella back in April, when 'Mats frontman Paul Westerberg fell victim to back trouble […]
Billie Joe Armstrong to join The Replacements for a third show, tonight at Forecastle Festival
It's starting to look like veteran rockers The Replacements have a new member: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. Since reuniting last fall for Riot Fest, the group have become increasingly more active, especially on the festival circuit, and, for their past two public appearances, Indio, Calif.'s Coachella and Atlanta's Shaky Knees festivals, Armstrong has rounded out the lineup. […]
The Replacements, Neutral Milk Hotel, the 1975, more announced for Boston Calling September
With the festival’s May event a month away, the Boston Calling Music Festival have announced the lineup for their September 5-7 event this year. The lineup includes such bands as the Replacements, Neutral Milk Hotel, Childish Gambino, the 1975, twenty one pilots and more. You can check out the full lineup below. Tickets go on […]
Arcade Fire, OutKast, The Replacements, AFI, Queens Of The Stone Age, and more to play Coachella '14
Coachella has announced its full lineup for 2014, including headliners OutKast, Arcade Fire, and Muse, and additional acts such as The Replacements, Zedd, AFI, Queens Of The Stone Age, Skrillex, MGMT, Sleigh Bells, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lana Del Rey, Cage The Elephant, CHVRCHES, The 1975, Chance The Rapper, Mogwai, Anthony Green, Anti-Flag, Title Fight, The […]
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