The moment Alex G affixed the parenthetical (Sandy) to his name in 2017 is quickly becoming comparable to the Mountain Goats’ 2002 signing to 4AD and…
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Interview: The Dirty Nil Might Be Trolling You
The Dirty Nil was formed in 2006 by high school friends in Dundas, Ontario. Since then, they’ve toured supporting The Who, Billy Talent, Against Me!, and…
Interview: The Dumbest Band in the World
Franco Rossino has one of those fakeout voicemails. He says “Hey,” followed by a pause, and then a chorus of his friends helps you realize he’s…
He Survived GG Allin’s Last Show (And He Was Only 13)
GG Allin, that most troubled of troubadours, gave his last concert on June 27th, 1993, inasmuch as you can call a two song performance and subsequent…
This Special Education Teacher Made a Metalcore Album About Life’s Endless Pain
Zombie Apocalypse is a thrashy, brutal metalcore band from the Northeastern U.S. best known as the side project of guitarist Matt Fox, the mainstay behind Florida…
Album Review: Monolord – No Comfort
Doom has never sounded as groovy as it does on Monolord’s No Comfort The apocalypse, doom, death, the end, and all the anxieties that come with…
The Conquest Came and the Noise Died Down: An Interview with Gospel
If you try to google the band Gospel, or even “gospel hardcore band,” you’re going to be so completely shit out of luck⎯⎯ unless you’re looking…
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…