Canadian indie rockers Metric have announced they will release their sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, on September 18th. The record is the followup to 2012’s Synthetica and will be released on their own MMI label, through which they have released their last…
2015 RiotFest lineups announced
The organizers of RiotFest have announced the lineups for their Denver, Chicago and Toronto festivals scheduled for later this year. In addition to big names such as Modest Mouse (Denver and Chicago), No Doubt (Denver and Chicago) and Wu Tang…
Veruca Salt announce new album “Ghost Notes”
Alt rockers Veruca Salt have announced that their first album in nine years will be released this July. The album, entitled Ghost Notes, will be released on El Camino Records on July 10. The album was produced by Brad Wood, who in…
Favorite Letterman Music Moments
Tomorrow, David Letterman will sign off on his final episode of The Late Show and end a television career that has lasted nearly 40 years. Since his role as the first host of NBC’s Late Night, Letterman has been a vital comedy institution…
Movie Review: “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”
Kurt Cobain has become so mythologized that individual pieces of his clothing have become iconic. His short life has been documented in so many books, films, archival recordings, and retrospectives that finding a new angle in which to tell his…
Refused announce first album in 17 years
It’s been a big year for alternative rock reunions, with Sleater-Kinney, Desaparecidos, Faith No More, Blur and genre forebearers The Sonics each releasing new records. Now you can add Swedish punk rock group Refused to that list. The band has announced…
