Boil and Brew: The Wytches @ Great American Music Hall [SF]
Brighton’s young doomy grunge-tinged pychedelic surf punk trio brings their unique brand of raucous tunes to the Bay Area. Here’s what we made of them.
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Subterranean Initiation: Wolves In The Throne Room Live @ The Crocodile [Seattle]
Olympia’s ambient Cascadian black metal outfit tours their new instrumental synth-heavy Celestite album as a dual gutar & drum trio in Seattle. Here’s the review
A Casual Haunting: Mount Eerie Live @ The Chapel [San Francisco]
Phil Elverum performs a set of mostly unreleased material at the intimate San Francisco venue
Soulless Youth: Eagulls Live @ The Crocodile [Seattle]
The controversial 5-piece post-punk outfit from Leeds brings their brash swirling melodic chaos to Seattle. Here’s our review
John Hinckley Jr “co-wrote” a DEVO Song & Requested a Radio Station to Play it 58 Times A Day
Read a letter written by the infamous Jodie Foster stalker & attempted assassinator of Pres. Reagan to a Dallas station expressing his love of New Wave & DEVO
[Free Download] Niggas On The Moon – Death Grips Drop 8 New Tracks Featuring Björk
The Sacramento trio release the first installment of their upcoming double album, The Powers That B. All 8 tracks feature Björk and it’s FREE
The Country Comes Alive: The National @ The Greek Theatre [Berkeley]
Matt Berninger and company bring their critically acclaimed live show and a decade and a half worth of experience to the Greek Theatre
CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATE: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Neptune Theatre [Seattle]
After 2 years in Berlin, Malkmus returns to the states to promote his brand new album Wig Out At Jagbags with a band that may be stronger than ever
Some Dipshit Spent $55,100 On A Promotional Drake [OVO x Raptors] Lint Roller
Give your money to a charity for chrissakes, you rich fucking clowns!
The Overly Dramatic Truth – A Conversation with JAIME “EL-P” MELINE
Orig. conducted in May 2012 just prior to the releases of Cancer For Cure & Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music the rapper/producer foreshadows Run The Jewels & much more
Fuck This Wu-Tang Only-One-Copy Album, The Kickstarter, & All The Wingnut Bullshit [Part 2/3]
Why winning Wu-Tang’s secret multi-million dollar album in a kickstarter campaign, might not be winning at all / fighting “the man” while you kiss his ring.
Fuck This Wu-Tang Only-One-Copy Album, The Kickstarter, & All The Wingnut Bullshit [Part 1/3]
Wu-Tang’s producing only 1 copy of their “secret” album w/plans to sell it for millions. A kickstarter is trying to raise the money. I talk some shit about it.