Jean Dawson: The Art of Being Yourself
“When I was 21, I wanted to kill myself every day for three to four months. That’s when I started my antidepressants, and it made my depression worse."
The Hives, “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons”
Not many bands could get away with self-mythologizing as much as The Hives do. But then again, not many bands are The Hives. Bursting onto the garage rock scene on a tidal wave of endearing hubris (the compilation released to introduce them to the rest of Europe was titled Your New Favourite Band) the Swedish group claimed they’d been brought together, and that their songs had all been written by, one Randy Fitzsimmons.
It was all tongue-in-cheek playfulness, but it’s also a façade they’ve kept
It was all tongue-in-cheek playfulness, but it’s also a façade they’ve kept
The Hives, “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons”
Not many bands could get away with self-mythologizing as much as The Hives do. But then again, not many bands are The Hives. Bursting onto the garage rock scene on a tidal wave of endearing hubris (the compilation released to introduce them to the rest of Europe was titled Your New Favourite Band) the Swedish group claimed they’d been brought together, and that their songs had all been written by, one Randy Fitzsimmons.
It was all tongue-in-cheek playfulness, but it’s also a façade they’ve kept
It was all tongue-in-cheek playfulness, but it’s also a façade they’ve kept
Yesterday Is Here: Tom Waits’ Disruption of the Notion of Time in the ’80s
Waits's songs are so crucially, unmistakably him that they’re not rooted to the era in which they were made, nor the time in which their characters exist.
Divide and Dissolve on the Internal and External Liberation of “Systemic”
"As a Black and Indigenous person, being in my joy and being in my relaxation in a world that’s devastated by colonization and overrun with white supremacy—my joy is in opposition to those forces."
Codefendants Are Searching for Their Golden Moment
“We’re all criminals and we’re drug addicts so I think we know pretty well to speak about these things.”
Paerish Is Making Its American Dreams Come True
"For us, it’s like running a marathon with foam legs."
Spanish Love Songs: “I’ll never be comfortable with death."
"I talk to people all the time who are like, ‘I’m comfortable dying,’ or, ‘I’m fine with death,’ and I can’t wrap my head around ever being comfortable with it."
Spanish Love Songs: “I’ll never be comfortable with death. But it’s…
Listen: Spanish Love Songs release 'doom and gloom' cover of blink-182's I Miss You
"The original is so iconic that we didn’t want to attempt to recreate it…" Hear Spanish Love Songs give blink-182 classic I Miss You a whole new sound…
"The original is so iconic that we didn’t want to attempt to recreate it…" Hear Spanish Love Songs give blink-182 classic I Miss You a whole new sound…
The XCERTS: “We wanted to write songs like we were 14 again.:
“We wanted it to kick the door in and make a really big statement. We wanted it to have an impact.”
Kerrang! cover feature: The Dirty Nil
“We despise and cackle at the carnival game that is the music industry”
Queen Kwong Aim Straight for the Heart on “Couples Only”
The article that made Wes Borland so mad he sued his ex-wife for defamation...and lost
Desaparecidos - Live At Shea Stadium
Recorded on June 23, 2015—two days after the album came out and almost 18 months before Hillary Clinton and the Democrats’ self-serving neoliberalism caused them to lose an “unlosable” election against a dumb, ignorant, and barely literate failed businessman—it could be seen as foreshadowing.
Proper., “The Great American Novel”
"It’s always those who are best represented who complain loudest about the representation of others."
Jawbreaker on Survival, Reconciling with the Past, and the Legacy of “Dear You”
"I want to write about what is driving me insane, and as I’ve grown older that’s tended to be more and more outside of myself. Now I’m not driving me insane—fascists are driving me insane. And so how do you write about that in a way that’s poignant and not MSNBC?"
Album review: Bob Vylan – Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
When the revolution comes, Bob Vylan will be leading the charge, and they’ll adding bodies to Maggie’s grave. Boris – you’ve been warned.
Kerrang! cover feature: HEALTH
“We always thought we were making music for a post-Skynet landscape..."
Kerrang! cover feature - Drug Church
“Not a single musician who is who we want him to be...”
Kerrang! cover feature: Ho99o9
"Our attitude is like Suge Knight in the ’90s. He was feared. People were scared…"
Mountain Time Unveils Part 3 of Their “The Story of Saint Francis, Zookeeper” Video Series
“What’s in a name?” asks Juliet to her beloved in Act II, Scene II of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. “That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” That’s probably not what Chris Simpson was thinking when he decided to rename his post-Mineral, post-Gloria Record project, but it’s fitting nonetheless.
With Here and Now, Gates Return From the Almost Dead
Being told you’re cancer-free should be cause for joyous celebration. But Gates vocalist/guitarist Kevin Dye was also struck by a more negative reaction when told an operation to remove a cancerous growth on his lungs was completely successful. It sent him into a deep spiral of existential depression.
He’d first noticed something was wrong in April and May 2018, when he noticed he was repeatedly getting pneumonia. After numerous trips to the doctor, tests determined he had cancer. About a month
He’d first noticed something was wrong in April and May 2018, when he noticed he was repeatedly getting pneumonia. After numerous trips to the doctor, tests determined he had cancer. About a month
25 Years Of Vagrant Records
From a family-funded Get Up Kids album to becoming a lynchpin of 2000s emo, we look back on Vagrant Records’ reluctant rise…
Connie Sgarbossa and the brutally honest pain behind SeeYouSpaceCowboy
SeeYouSpaceCowboy and nothing,nowhere. drop new single, Rhythm And Rapture
Hear SYSC and nothing,nowhere.’s new collab Rhythm And Rapture, which was “created out of a desire to mix ’00s dancey indie rock like Foals, Cut Off Your Hands and Bloc Party with a post-hardcore sound”.
Hear SYSC and nothing,nowhere.’s new collab Rhythm And Rapture, which was “created out of a desire to mix ’00s dancey indie rock like Foals, Cut Off Your Hands and Bloc Party with a post-hardcore sound”.
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