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In praise of the short song

Fri, May 10 2013 12:14pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

The Knife 's recent, divisive 20-minute drone track, Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized, is a surprising development in an era when attention spans have supposedly dwindled to bulletpoint length.

The End Of Punk: Joe Carducci Interviewed

Tue, May 07 2013 10:16am - Source: The Quietus

There has been a torrent of books written in the last decade devoted to the history of alternative and underground music, offering up stories that have previously gone undocumented.

Graded on a Curve: Iggy and the Stooges, Ready to Die

Tue, April 30 2013 12:50pm - Source: The Vinyl District

If you were hoping that Iggy and the Stooges' new record Ready to Die, which features the unlikely return of James Williamson on guitar, would somehow match the heights of Raw Power, you're in for a little bit of disappointment.

Mudhoney: “What do you do after punk rock?”

Mon, April 15 2013 9:56am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Mudhoney 's fine recent LP Vanishing Point is a milestone not only for the band, but their label Sub Pop too – it represents the 25th anniversary of a pairing that has yielded some of the best guitar music arguably since punk rock's first wave fizzled out in the early Eighties (or earlier, depending on how puritanical you're feeling).

In Memoriam: D. Boon

Mon, April 01 2013 9:25pm - Source: Cover Me

In Memoriam pays tribute to those who have left this world, and the songs they left us to remember them by.

Warsaw Machines: Nick Yulman

Mon, April 01 2013 2:03pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Although he grew up in Philadelphia, Nick Yulman has family history in New York. "My grandmother grew up on the Lower East Side," he tells me.

This is Radio Wallflowers!

Fri, March 22 2013 4:04pm - Source: The Vinyl District

When The Wallflowers landed in Nashville to record their latest album, Glad All Over , they were under the gun.

Review & Photos: Five days of South by Southwest 2013

Wed, March 20 2013 5:23pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

If you're noticing some people around you who returned from vacation sunburnt, bloated and slightly deaf this week, you can probably chalk that up to South by Southwest 2013 , the annual music smorgasbord and purported "conference" that happens every March in Austin, Texas.

Graded on a Curve: Chelsea Light Moving

Tue, March 19 2013 12:40pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Chelsea Light Moving is Thurston Moore's new band.

The 10 Best They Might Be Giants Songs

Mon, March 18 2013 5:45pm - Source: Stereogum

First emerging in the early '80s, They Might Be Giants were compelling, confounding, and arguably without precedent.

A Conversation with The Action Swingers

Sun, March 17 2013 7:43am - Source: The Ripple Effect

The Action Swingers were an extremely unpopular and obnoxious band active in the confused musical state of NYC during the first half of the 90's.

Wisconsin Death Trip: A Long Overdue Obituary of Killdozer

Thu, March 07 2013 5:04pm - Source: The Vinyl District

I saw Killdozer once at the Black Cat. The club was nearly empty, and I took advantage of this fact to stand right up against the stage.

Book Notes - Jim Gavin "Middle Men"

Wed, February 27 2013 6:15pm - 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.

Re-Noticing Big Boys on Big Boys Vinyl

Tue, February 26 2013 6:15am - Source: the finest kiss

Funny how Austin's Big Boys were considered by many to be hardcore and/or skate punk.

The Howling Hex: The Best of the Howling Hex

Thu, February 21 2013 6:23am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Neil Hagerty has been doing a bang-up job of ensuring Royal Trux remain the one 1990s indie-rock institution that never reforms.

Heavy Metal Side Projects: the Good, the Bad, the Weird and the WTF!

Tue, February 12 2013 7:08pm - Source: Noisecreep

They're always a chancy proposition – and quite often a bad idea.

Il Sogno del Marinaio: La Busta Gialla

Tue, January 29 2013 6:23am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Mike Watt formed a group called Il Sogno del Marinaio with guitarist Stefano Pilia and drummer Andrea Belfi in 2009, days before the trio set off on a short tour of Italy.

Graded on a Curve: Big Boys and The Dicks, Live at Raul’s

Thu, January 24 2013 3:57pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Decades after their breakups the Big Boys and The Dicks remain two of the greatest bands in the history of Texas punk.

Cover Classics: Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out

Fri, January 18 2013 10:18pm - Source: Cover Me

Cover Classics takes a closer look at all-cover albums of the past, their genesis, and their legacy.

Interview: Calexico’s Joey Burns

Fri, January 18 2013 7:08pm - Source: netZoo

The lights went out last time Calexico visited Los Angeles.

an interview with New Brunswick punk band Stormshadow who are reuniting for Don Giovanni showcase, reissuing LP (MP3)

Tue, January 15 2013 2:44pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

What made you decide to give 'Set On Destroy' a wide release and start playing again after all these years?

Scribes Sounding Off: Black Friday Book Round up

Fri, November 23 2012 6:33pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

This is the age of the musician's biography, even if publishing has been taking the same hard blows as the music business.

What's going on Saturday?

Sat, November 17 2012 9:11pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

This sign is both triumph and tragedy: a celebration of a local band receiving deserved cultural significance and a public tombstone to an artist who dared front a band called Morphine.

Parquet Courts :: Light Up Gold

Thu, November 01 2012 7:07pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

And that means that Light Up Gold , the first widely available release from Texas-born New Yorkers Parquet Courts , is still relevant.

Videodrome: Minutemen – The Glory Of Man / Corona (Acoustic)

Thu, November 01 2012 3:06pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

When I was a kid, this is what I assumed punk-rock shows looked like: dudes in leather jackets, tough-looking ladies with homemade haircuts.

Extreme States Of Consciousness: Cult Of Youth Interviewed

Thu, November 01 2012 8:36am - Source: The Quietus

If Cult of Youth has a base of operations, it is a homemade studio in the back of Heaven Street, Sean Ragon's tiny and expertly curated Brooklyn record store.

Ty Segall’s Year Of The Dragon

Mon, October 29 2012 3:03pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

When San Francisco psych-punk workhorse Ty Segall released Twins a couple of weeks ago, it was branded the followup to last year's Goodbye Bread , a statement that's technically true insofar as that record was the last product stamped with nothing but the eight letters of Segall's name.

The Future Came And Went: A. R. Kane Interviewed

Thu, October 11 2012 11:58am - Source: The Quietus

Step in when your teachers are too busy fiddling 'Dixie'.

Automatic For the People Turns 20

Mon, October 08 2012 4:07pm - Source: Stereogum

If you've got your copy of Automatic For The People , turn to the photo spread of R.E.M. on a Miami beach.

Rangda: Formerly Extinct

Fri, October 05 2012 5:08am - Source: Pitchfork Media

While a completely accurate count is near impossible, the three musicians who make up Rangda-- guitarists Sir Richard Bishop ( Sun City Girls ) and Ben Chasny ( Six Organs of Admittance ), and drummer Chris Corsano-- have between them appeared on somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 albums, recorded with dozens of different collaborators.

Readers' Poll: Best Rock Documentary

Thu, October 04 2012 8:59pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Ever since the Sixties, when rock & roll became not just a sound but a "lifestyle," fans have been eager to see what it's really like to live it out behind the scenes.

'We Got Power!' book out next week, check out a gallery of classic early hardcore photos

Wed, September 26 2012 5:05pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

"Onetime Sin 34 guitarist Bob Bitchen, sporting a clean punk haircut, shows off a photo of himself in longer-locked days."

25 Years On: The Debut Of Jane's Addiction Revisited

Tue, September 25 2012 10:26am - Source: The Quietus

I once swallowed a mouthful of Perry Farrell's sweat.

Five Good Covers: Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Fri, September 21 2012 9:13pm - Source: Cover Me

Robert Christgau called D. Boon's passing "a rock death that for wasted potential has Lennon and Hendrix for company" in his review of the Minutemen's 3-Way Tie (For Last).

Interview: Trainwreck Riders discuss their forthcoming LP ‘Ghost Yards’

Wed, September 19 2012 3:57pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

The Trainwreck Riders have been kicking out excellent country-rock for nearly a decade, and are now streaming their forthcoming LP Ghost Yards on Bandcamp.

The 10 Best Indie Rock Documentaries

Tue, September 18 2012 6:55pm - Source: Stereogum

In a perfect world, all albums would be self-contained universes.

Fuel For The Fire: An Interview With Anywhere

Tue, September 18 2012 9:19am - Source: The Quietus

When Bay Area prog/acid-punk band Triclops!

Interview: Bob Mould

Thu, September 06 2012 4:24am - Source: Consequence of Sound

As leader of the post-hardcore trio Hüsker Dü throughout the '80s and of the aggressive pop band Sugar in the '90s, Bob Mould has been one of the principle drivers behind the direction and ideals of the American Underground. 2012 began with Mould readying the extensive reissues of Sugar's catalog, as well as releasing a solo album, The Silver Age. Consequence of Sound recently caught up with Mould to discuss The Silver Age and what it means for him to be playing three-minute songs again.

Acrassicauda, Anvil, Bob Dylan, Fela Kuti, Hole, Minutemen, Roky Erickson, Sonic Youth: Seattle Weekly Lists 10 "Grittiest" Rock Docs On Netflix

Fri, August 24 2012 7:08pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

If you're a music fan with access to Netflix streaming, chances are you've already queued up a few rock documentaries by now.

Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic

Sun, August 12 2012 1:20am - Source: Doklands

I never bothered listening to the Minutemen as a teenager.

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