Band To Watch: Swearin'

Swearin' co-frontperson Allison Crutchfield is only 23 years old, but she's been in the game forever already. A truncated history: She started the Ackleys as a ninth grader in Birmingham, AL, with…   Read Story »

Rage Against The Machine Turns 20

For a period of a few months when he was in sixth grade, my little brother did the same exact thing every day after school: He rode his bike a couple of miles to the record store near our house, the…   Read Story »

Shut Up, Dude: The Week's Best And Worst Comments

What a week, friends. My Bloody Valentine guaranteed a new album within the next eight weeks, Sufjan connected on a patriotic new jam, Lushlife hooked up a great video, we thought about rock operas,…   Read Story »

Swans Albums From Worst To Best

It started in the sewer. Ugliness embodied. Noise like you’d never heard. The bellowing drawl of an unhinged slave driver, spitting abuse and mantras of degradation. "Nobody beats you like a…   Read Story »

The 5 Best Videos Of The Week

Another week, like last week, when people had other things going on and weren't cranking out music videos with the consistently that they might otherwise. It makes sense. After watching the grand…   Read Story »