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Just when all the best thrash- and death-metal band names—for example, Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition and Gruesome Stuff Relish—have been taken, along come three dudes from Canyon Country, California, with the plain-old-brown-wrapper moniker of Merciless Death (not to be confused with Death… Continue

"The past makes no sense / The future looks tense / I'm Now," Mudhoney decry on the first track ("I'm Now") of The Lucky Ones, their eighth record in 20 years.

Perhaps the key to Mudhoney’s longevity resides in their still-intact point of view after two decades of making music togethe… Continue

There are four naked people running on the cover of Sigur Rós’ new album, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (translation: With a buzz in our ears, we play endlessly). This would be a subversive move for nearly any other act, but not this one. The nudity-as-innocence implication is inhere… Continue

Shearwater vocalist and songwriter (and ornithologist) Jonathan Meiburg's voice is otherworldly--there is no better word for it.

His vibrato wavers on the edge of unsettling; his volume and key changes arrive suddenly, like a memory you thought you’d forgotten; he delivers terrifyi… Continue

On Pinkerton, regarding the subject of committing to a relationship, Weezer once implored listeners, "Why Bother?" Now, as that cult album approaches its 12th birthday, listeners can return the favor with each new Weezer release. Sure, there are reasons to continue listening, but most seem ina… Continue