The 5 most critically acclaimed punk bands of the 90s
Critics have always had a love affair with punk rock. The uncompromising vision of the genre, tendency of choosing the underground over the
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Morrissey releases new single and teases new album. But, how much is still at stake for the former Smiths singer?
The public’s interest in a public figure is never quite as volatile as with cult heroes. Nearly 33 years on from Viva Hate,
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Interview with And you, Brutus? – The band talks about their love of the Beatles, Hemingway, the Reading music scene and their most recent release
With 2019 fast approaching its end, we had the pleasure of interviewing Reading, Pennsylvania’s And you, Brutus? The group’s delicate mixture of folk, alternative and
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Red Hot Chili Peppers announce the return of John Frusciante, departure of Josh Klinghoffer
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have made the unexpected announcement that legendary guitarist John Frusciante will rejoin the group. The musician previously left
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Beck at his most popcentric on new album Hyperspace
Beck, one of the great masters of genre hopping, returns with his 12th record “Hyperspace”, a mixture of alternative rock via pop music. Many of his familiar traits are there. The record is brave, unflinchingly uncompromising and well produced. But, the record dares test your willingness to accept trap beats and vapor wave synths.
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5 worst hair metal to alternative rock makeovers
The party rock of the late 1980s was a force to be reckoned with on radio and on MTV, the biggest means of promotion of the day. But, with grunge and alternative rock threatening these groups’ very careers, many of them opted for a quick makeover. Cash grab, change of taste or desperate plea for survival? Either way, here are 5 of the goofiest hair metal/alternative rock makeovers.
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If you can listen to only one rock band this Halloween, might as well make it be Demented Are Go!
Why not simplify and enjoy your Hallows Eve celebrations to the soundtrack provided by seminal horror punk band, Demented Are Go. Here’s the brief guide to one of psychobilly’s greatest and weirdest institutions.
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The 5 best selling pop punk bands of the 90s
Few genres are as beloved by music critics as punk rock. While the genre has always shifted in and out of the underground,
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Review of Slipknot – We are not your kind
while the album aims for familiar territory aka scaring the life out of kids and their mothers, the music plays like the soundtrack to a middle-aged man’s mental breakdown in an overcrowded airport.
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Interview with Elvis Depressedly’s mastermind, Mathew Lee Cothran, who talks about privilege, Dylan, his influences and what a movie of his life would look like
Lo-fi provocateur, songwriting pioneer, truth-teller, Elvis Depressedly, aka Mathew Lee Cothran, together with his group, are getting ready to release Depressedelica, a new
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