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10 Years Later, Ceremony’s Rohnert Park is Still Genius
Bay Area hardcore crew Ceremony proved themselves early on with 2006’s Violence, Violence and 2008’s Still Nothing Moves You. They proved that they were weird; that…
Touching the Weird: Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘Rated R’ at 20
In 2000, Queens of the Stone Age pumped weirdness back into rock music on their second album and major label debut, Rated R. While the band’s…
Space for Sanity: We Are the Punx 2020
The tallest building in West Palm Beach is a Trump Tower (at just 32 stories, it’s really not that tall). I was hoping to make some…
Musical Tragicomedy: Nick Thune and Damien Jurado at Longboat Hall
It’s the end of January, and Longboat Hall is silent. The Toronto basement venue is echoey and enveloping as comedian Nick Thune unassumingly emerges from the…
What the Code Orange Livestream Means for Music During a Pandemic
“In Fear of the End” is Just the Beginning “This is what happens when the rat fucks who run this world who don’t care about you,…
Album Review: AJJ – Good Luck, Everybody
Arizona folk-punks AJJ (formerly known as Andrew Jackson Jihad) have always been outspoken, tempering their music’s humanistic messages with offbeat humor. Now, at the beginning of…
Album Review: School Drugs – Modern Medicine
It’s nice when a band tells you exactly what you’re in for. That’s the story with School Drugs–who make it very clear they’re from around the…
Album Review: Have a Nice Life — Sea of Worry
Have a Nice Life isn’t in love with the modern world, and that’s a relief. On its third album, Sea of Worry, the Connecticut post-punk duo…