Atrophy News and Photos

Deconstructing: Yo La Tengo, Low, And The Creative Potential Of Domestic Bliss

Thu, January 03 2013 6:34pm - Source: Stereogum

"We're like business associates," Leslie Mann's Debbie frowns to Paul Rudd's Pete in This Is 40 , Judd Apatow's sorta-sequel to Knocked Up. "We're like brothers and sisters."

A Real Guitar Hero: Jason Becker Interviewed

Mon, November 12 2012 11:00am - Source: The Quietus

The word 'hero' has been bandied about far too much this year, thanks to the Olympics and other displays of pageantry.

Gordon Withers: The TVD Interview

Wed, November 07 2012 6:50pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Over lunch where we feasted on German food, I chatted with DC's Gordon Withers who has in his 5 years in DC made a name for himself as a highly respected solo cellist.

Elliott Smith’s 10 Best Songs

Tue, August 21 2012 6:25pm - Source: Stereogum

Elliott Smith was born on August 6, 1969, and thus, August is Elliott Smith Month, according to his onetime label, Kill Rock Stars.

Konx-Om-Pax: Regional Surrealism

Fri, July 27 2012 5:29am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Tom Scholefield has created his own brand of hyperreality in his work as a graphic artist , forming a world where the real and the synthetic pile-up through colossal stacks of imagery.

Stars :: "Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It"

Wed, July 18 2012 7:24pm - Source: 32feet/second

Stars have been making music just long enough to risk being a footnote.

Music’s amazing effect on lives of patients

Tue, July 10 2012 9:27am - Source: Times Online - Music

When we first see Henry he is slumped in a wheelchair in a care home, his head down, his face expressionless.

Book Notes - Christopher Beha "What Happened to Sophie Wilder"

Fri, June 15 2012 4:17pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

The Enemy - Streets In The Sky

Thu, May 17 2012 11:22am - Source: The Quietus

There it sits, being shite, in the noonday sun, attracting flies.

Virgin Forest – Easy Way Out [Album Review]

Tue, January 17 2012 8:53pm - Source: hear ya

I first heard of Virgin Forest a couple months ago when I saw Deer Tick in Chicago.

Trent Reznor Says He's Writing New Music for Nine Inch Nails

Fri, January 13 2012 9:19pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Since announcing a Nine Inch Nails hiatus in 2009, Trent Reznor 's dedicated himself to film projects (the Golden Globe-nominated score for David Fincher's adaption of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , the Globe - and Oscar -winning score for Fincher's The Social Network ) and a band with his wife, singer Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross called How to Destroy Angels.

THE BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2011, AS CHOSEN BY METAL MUSICIANS THEMSELVES — PART IX

Fri, December 02 2011 7:55pm - Source: Metal Sucks

Every year year, MetalSucks asks musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the almost-metalsphere) what their favorite albums of the year have been.

THE BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2011, AS CHOSEN BY METAL MUSICIANS THEMSELVES — PART VIII

Fri, December 02 2011 6:24pm - Source: Metal Sucks

Every year year, MetalSucks asks musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the almost-metalsphere) what their favorite albums of the year have been.

Interview: Thomas Dolby and Andrea Phillips

Tue, July 26 2011 2:56pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Following the album's tentative release, I was wondering if there was another tour planned.

Post-Colonialcore: Master Musicians Of Bukkake Interviewed

Wed, July 20 2011 11:17am - Source: The Quietus

In the case of mysterious Seattle voyagers Master Musicians Of Bukkake, more than might meet the eye, given the frankly hair-raising sexual practice they've pilfered it from.