Alternative music, cult films, and pop culture explored through a Gen X lens — with reviews, interviews, and a deep-dive podcast.
The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce Psychocandy North American Tour Dates: the Reid brothers celebrate album’s 30th anniversary. Noise rock legends The Jesus and Mary Chain are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their alternative noise rock classic Psychocandy with a tour playing the album in its entirety. The band played handful of British dates in […]
Faith No More Announce 2015 North American Tour Dates, and 2nd single Superhero. Reunited alternative rock icons Faith No More are readying for their first new album in almost two decades. And today they announced a much anticipated North American support tour, visiting some cities for the first time since 1998. Bassist Billy Gould said […]
Aphex Twin Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 Review: Richard D. James brings the odd with this quick collection of jazzy soundscapes. [rating=4] Aphex Twin’s 2014 comeback album SYRO was a more than welcome return for the enigmatic electronic music iconoclast. But the one complaint leveled at the album (of which I concurred) was that […]
Yesterday Aphex Twin released “Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix], a new track from his surprise album ‘Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 EP‘ (Warp Records) And today he’s streaming the full EP on Spotify (which you can listen to below). After years of dormancy, the quirky electronic pioneer has been on a roll. He released SYRO, his first […]
Listen: Aphex Twin ‘Diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13’: Richard D. James releases track from new E.P. Hot on the heels of last year’s out of the blue release ‘Syro‘, Aphex Twin surprised fans again by announcing the release of a new E.P. entitled Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2. That album debuts January 23rd, 2015 (Warp Records). To whet […]
The official 2015 lineup for Barcelona, Spain’s Primavera Sound has been announced, and it’s a very interestingly eclectic mix of musical genres as well as current and classic acts. It’s also way better than the rather unimpressive respective lineups of this years Coachella and Bonnaroo music festivals. So let’s dive in shall we? The recently resurrected Sleater-Kinney , […]
Marilyn Manson ‘The Pale Emperor’ Review: the best comeback album in recent memory. [rating=5] Shock rockers have a notoriously short life span..at least musically speaking. Alice Cooper is known as a grand showman, but he peaked musically in his 70’s heyday. Marilyn Manson was his heir apparent, rising meteorically to fame in the 90’s with his nihilistic industrial glam. […]
Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf Talks ‘Milking The Stars’: frontman discusses new album and his musings on the music business in our exclusive interview. Updated 4-14-2018: check out our latest podcast interview with Wyndorf discussing Monster Magnet’s new album Mindfucker. Monster Magnet returned to their signature psychedelic sound in a major way with their 2013 album […]
Stream New John Carpenter Track ‘Night’: second track from Lost Themes hearkens back to filmmakers classic horror scores. Director/composer John Carpenter (of Halloween, Escape From New York, and The Thing fame), is streaming his new track Night via Soundcloud, which you can listen to via the embed below. It’s the second track from his upcoming […]
Stream Marilyn Manson’s ‘The Pale Emperor’: Manson’s return to form is steaming in full on Soundcloud ahead of it’s January 20th release. Marilyn Manson is streaming his new album The Pale Emperor free in its entirety on Soundcloud. Click here to listen. The album, the shock rocker’s first since 2012’s Born Villain features his first […]
