Alternative music, cult films, and pop culture explored through a Gen X lens — with reviews, interviews, and a deep-dive podcast.
Album Review: Iggy And The Stooges ‘Ready To Die.’ Iggy and co. do a do-over from the disastrous ‘The Weirdness.’ Mission partly accomplished. [rating=3] The Stooges 2007 release ‘The Weirdness‘ remains one of the worst comeback albums ever. It got terrible reviews and espoused the old adage that ‘you can’t go home again.’ But Iggy […]
The SLIS Interview with Tommy Victor. Tommy Victor has been busy. Last year saw the release of Prong’s ‘Carved Into Stone‘, one of the band’s best to date (click here for my review). In addition he played on Ministry’s latest album ‘Relapse‘ and is currently touring with Danzig for his 25th Anniversary tour. He’s also […]
Concert Review: Danzig redeems himself after the Fun Fun Fun Fest Fiasco with a blistering set of his punk and metal classics. [rating=5] Last time Danzig played the TX capital it was a bad scene. His shortened, delayed set at Austin’s FunFunFunFest has now become legendary, where according to promoters he went into diva mode. So […]
Stream New Iggy and The Stooges Album ‘Ready To Die’, their first album since 2007’s disappointing comeback album ‘The Weirdness.’ Iggy and The Stooges aren’t releasing their new album ‘Ready To Die‘ on April 30th (on Fat Possum Records), but they’re giving fans an advance stream courtesy of NPR’s website. Click here to listen. By most […]
Watch Brand New Man Of Steel Trailer, which gives fans a much bigger look into the new Superman saga. Yesterday Warner Bros. released a new trailer for their Superman reboot Man of Steel. Superhero fans who were pretty meh on the skimpy teaser trailer may be more encouraged with this one. But it still offers […]
Poll Results: Top 10 Alternative Rock Bassists As voted for by you! The results for our Best Alternative Rock Bassists Poll are in! I’ve compiled a list of the Top 10. There were several ties; entries 10-8 were tied at 3%, 7-6 at 4% and 5-4 at 5%. For tied entries I listed in reverse alphabetical […]
Review: Louis CK kills in ‘Oh My God’, his latest HBO Special. [rating=5] If you’ve seen the hilarious promo for Louis CK’s ‘Oh My God’ comic special, he downplays his celebrity status by saying ‘it’s just gonna be me standing around telling jokes, to whoever shows up, it’s not a big deal.’ CK’s self-deprecation is […]
Stream 2013 Coachella Festival on YouTube, starting tonight. It’s that time of year again! The 2013 installment of the Coachella Music festival in Indio, California kicks off tonight. For those of you (like myself) who aren’t fortunate enough to be rocking out in the desert, we’re all in luck as you’ll be able to stream […]
Its been 23 years since Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Why does it still sting? April 5th, 2017 marked a grim milestone; it’s been 23 years since Kurt Cobain’s suicide. I didn’t think much about it at first. That was a very long time ago and it’s a pretty grim reminder. But then I realize given the […]
Listen to New Queens of The Stone Age Song: ‘My God Is The Sun’, off forthcoming album ‘Like Clockwork’ As promised, Queens Of The Stone Age have released the new single for their upcoming album ‘Like Clockwork.’ They previewed it last week at Lollapalooza Brazil. And Eddie Vedder played cowbell at Lollapalooza Chile! **UPDATED: Click here […]
