Burzum

Phil Elverum, the soft-spoken Anacortes, Wash., songwriter behind the Microphones and Mount Eerie , possesses a clear-headed calm that can be misinterpreted as depression. Read More

It has been a while since my last column. Read More

The musical genius is back with his third post-incarceration album full of swirling, fuzzed out black metal riffs, bleak atmospherics and precise minimal drumming. Read More

When Dave Mustaine (frontman of thrash metallers Megadeth) in February made a number of homophobic comments and supported GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, much of the metal community was in uproar, fearing Mustaine's words would paint an unrealistic picture of metalheads or even youth as a whole. Read More

New York City.- Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present "How the West Was Won", a series of new oil paintings on canvas and panel by Italian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Nicola Verlato, in what will be his first solo exhibition at the gallery. Read More

Now that SXSW 2012 is done, we're counting down the days until the next one. Read More