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Richmond, Virginia has another four-piece band to contend with. Under Attack plays dark, brutal hardcore, as the band describes in a piece over at No Echo. The lyrics fit the Continue reading Under Attack: new band from old-school people
Back in 2005, Jaz Coleman did an interview where he expressed some of his and Killing Joke’s political views as well as some forward-thinking environmental views. He did a bit Continue reading “Tragedy & Hope”: Jaz Coleman-endorsed book available again
Following Open Culture on Twitter continues to have benefits: we hear about when an institution releases troves of material online. This time, Josh Jones wrote in November about how the Continue reading The Library of Congress releases a trove of images online
Apple announced this month that they’re breaking iTunes up into three apps in September. Over at Pitchfork, Marc Hogan answers some important questions about Apple doing away with iTunes, including, Continue reading Dying will be the death of iTunes
Last year we posted photos of bands and interesting people from MDF XVI, and we have more photos of people working and attending the annual Baltimore death metal and grindcore festival Continue reading The people of Maryland Deathfest XVII in photos
We like writing about the boys from Musket Hawk, as we’ve done several times before, so were game when they gave us a heads up that their new EP Upside Continue reading Musket Hawk is back again with “Upside Of Sick”
Greensboro, NC band Irata plays heavy rock with a lot of melody. On the band’s new album, Tower, there’s both guitar and vocal harmonies, plenty of clean singing and clean Continue reading Irata “Tower” review
The UK band Asian Dub Foundation has released a new track, “Youth Quake Pt. 1 (Greta Speaks),” in support of climate action. In a statement, the band said, “We’ve put Continue reading Asian Dub Foundation releases new environment-themed track
We’ve written before about Roger Waters advocating for Palestinian rights and pressuring mega-artists in the music industry (see Neil Young and Crazy Horse and Radiohead to name two) to cancel Continue reading Roger Waters comments on the music industry re: Israel-Palestine
Sulphur English is the new album, out now on various formats and streams, from Richmond, Virginia’s Inter Arma. What does it sound like? Well, Inter Arma is a doom band. Continue reading Inter Arma is back with “Sulphur English”