Earlier this month, I spent a Saturday afternoon at the Brooklyn metal-themed bar Duff's: a cluttered dive situated in the basement of an apartment building, illuminated even in the daytime only by…   Read Story »
Portland indie-pop duo Pure Bathing Culture were not necessarily drawn together because of the stars, but the story of the band's union and process of craft certainly feels that way. Members Daniel…   Read Story »
"My brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones/ But we never got it off on that revolution stuff/ What a drag/ Too many snags/ Now the television man is crazy saying we're juvenile…   Read Story »
A quick programming note: El-P and Killer Mike's Run The Jewels is out now, and it is a monster. The music I usually consider for this column is the music that's out there for legal free download,…   Read Story »
Everything old is new again: a glance at some leading indie blogs might have you wondering if you’d suddenly time-warped back to some utopian alternative rock version of the '80s, with names like…   Read Story »