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40 Years of Revolution Rock: Remembering The Clash’s U.S. Debut
In the summer of 1999, Rancid was on the Vans Warped tour in Northampton, Mass. I was covering it for the Boston Globe and I went…
A Love Letter to Nu-Metal, the Most Hated Rock Genre of All Time
Hybrid Theory still slams and you know it There will never be another music style as polarizing and divisive as nu-metal. Metalheads absolutely hated it, punk…
Full of Hell and Hip Hop: Dylan Walker on Griselda Records
Very few artists listen exclusively to aggressive music, so in this recurring series, we ask a musician about a band they like that is outside of…
THE TRULY BELIEVABLE STORY OF WENDY O. WILLIAMS & THE SECRET KISS ALBUM
The early ‘80s were a rough stretch for Kiss. They opened the decade with one of their worst-selling albums, Unmasked, which was only rescued by its…
Book Review: Finding Refuge, Community, and Healing in Punk
Everything is Going Wrong is a comprehensive, brutally honest exploration of mental illness and punk Everything is Going Wrong: Comics on Punk and Mental Illness, Edited by…
Dante’s Inferno Meets Davey Havok: Tim Armstrong’s Lost Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical
The internet houses decades of genre- and medium-traversing art from Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, including paintings and drawings, collaborations with legendary musicians, and an animated reggae-punk band.…
Resolving The Riot Fest Schedule’s Greatest Conflicts
Planning a trip to a festival is one of the most exciting and fulfilling things any music nerd can do. You book your flights, find your…
Miku Created Minecraft: How queer Vocaloid fandom brought a parody account to infamy
In late March, an international virtual pop star dethroned a billionaire and declared herself creator of Minecraft. Before that declaration, the face of Minecraft was still…