In an era all but devoid of interesting rock music, it’s up to the likes of Tropical F Storm to carry the mantle of unfiltered rebelion. Beyond the fact my editor won’t let me type…

LOS ANGELES — Protests don’t always come in the form of eye-catching soundbites. The anarchist post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor gave the Ace Hotel a panoramic view of a broken world and the urgent…

The last The Body and Uniform collaboration felt like a water test. Rhode Island’s prolific sludge metal weirdos and New York’s industrial upstarts proved they could play well together, but it still needed that extra…

Together with his band The American Dust Choir, Colorado singer-songwriter Blake Brown views his new music through the lens of recent life milestones. As such, “Hanging By A Wire” is a reflection of his will…

In the absence of the Fuck Buttons, one half of the experimental electronica duo has made a name for himself as Blanck Mass. Benjamin John Power’s combination of drone, eletro-industrial and intelligent dance music quickly…

To be fair, no one could expect Slipknot’s sixth album to reach Iowa levels of heavy. Iowa, released in 2001, began with DJ Sid Wilson having a nervous breakdown and ended with frontman Corey Taylor…

Though often lauded as a trailblazing hip-hop producer or an indie folk visionary, Justin Vernon is reluctant to take credit for Bon Iver. His songwriting chops are remarkable, but the ingenuity brought to the table…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…

The magnitude of Outside Lands Music Festival is downright staggering. Even the lower tiers of artists feature some of modern music’s shining lights, but the individual glows can be lost during the upcoming weekend of…

Whether you look to the festivals and workshops, the communal aspect of jazz—or the amount of personal chemistry it requires—is a major part of its longevity. This is evident in the origin story of Nérija, a…