Author: Jason Perri

Alternative Rock Rock 

A Collective Worth Their Weight In ‘Salt’

February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2026, A Brief History of Blindness, Game Theory, Let's Active, Lynn Blakey, Matthew Caws, Mike Mills, Nada Surf, Propeller Sound Recordings, R.E.M., Scott Miller, Stephanie Schuck, The Salt Collective

A chat with guitarist Stephanie Schuck of North America’s coolest supergroup

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Rock 

Willie Nile Sheds A Little ‘Light’

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2025, Buffalo, River House Records, Steve Earle, The Great Yellow Light, Willie Nile

A candid conversation with Buffalo, New York’s rock laureate

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

Love, Loss and End of World: An Interview With John Lydon

October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 Jason Perri 2 Comments End of World, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Nora Forster, PiL, Public Image Ltd., Sex Pistols

“We need to care about one another”

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Indie Rock Poetry Pop Punk Rock 

Talkin’ Trash With Ron Hawkins About The Revolution And His New EP

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments Canada, Do Good Assassins, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Nick Lowe, Ron Hawkins, Shane MacGowan, Sonic Envy, Trash Talkin' at the Speed of Sound

The Canadian songwriter is back with new music and the same righteous politics

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Everybody Count Your Money!: Porno For Pyros at 30 

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Black Girlfriend, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Martyn LeNoble, Mejia, Perry Farrell, Peter DiStefano, pets, Porno For Pyros, Stephen Perkins

Looking back on Perry Farrell’s immediate sharp left turn from Jane’s Addiction

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Punk Rock 

ALBUMS: The Big, Dumb Fun of Iggy Pop’s New LP

January 6, 2023January 8, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2023, Andrew Watt, Atlantic Records, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, Every Loser, Gold Tooth Records, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg, Travis Barker

Every Loser finds the 75-year-old Detroit icon rowdier than ever

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Doing The Unstuck: The Cure’s Wish Finally Gets Expanded

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, Friday I'm In Love, High, Pearl Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Porl Thompson, Rhino Records, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell, Simon Gallup, The Cure, Wish

Digging into the band’s deluxe edition of their beloved 1992 LP

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

A Bouncing Little Baby, A Shiny Copper Penny: Faith No More’s Angel Dust at 30

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Angel Dust, Billy Gould, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, The Real Thing

Why this beautiful, terrifying, schizophrenic masterpiece of a record remains their high water mark

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Post-Punk 

What We All Want: Gang Of Four Returns!

April 2, 2022June 3, 2022 Jason Perri 2 Comments Buffalo, David Pajo, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, Land of the Free, Sara Lee, Slint, Solid Gold

With Sara Lee back on bass and Slint guitarist David Pajo in the mix, original drummer Hugh Burnham checks in from the road

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Alternative Rock 

Make No Mistake (Fatal or Otherwise), Del Amitri Are Back

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Jason Perri 2 Comments 2021, Cooking Vinyl, Del Amitri, Fatal Mistakes, Justin Currie

Talking Nostalgia, Brexit and Bob Dylan with frontman Justin Currie as the U.K. alt-pop vets release their first new album in 19 years

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock 

Keep Your Hand On The Gospel Plow: 25 Years of Dust

July 2, 2021July 15, 2021 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1996, 25th Anniversary, All I Know, Barrett Martin, Dust, Epic Records, Gary Lee Conner, MARK LANEGAN, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Van Conner

The final Screaming Trees studio LP was the culmination of what the band had been yearning for since their humble beginnings

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

In Tomahawk We Trust

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2021, Duane Denison, Helmet, Ipecac Recordings, John Stanier, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, Tonic Immobility, Trevor Dunn

Talking with guitarist Duane Denison about this great American supergroup’s first new album in eight years

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Pop Rock 

Rufus Wainwright: Romantical Man

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Jason Perri 0 Comments COVID-19, Jon Brion, Mitchell Froom, Rufus Wainwright, Unfollow The Rules

An exclusive chat with the second generation songwriting great on his excellent new album and parenting in the Year of Coronavirus

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Punk 

Bob Mould Navigates the American Crisis

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2020, American Crisis, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Jason Narducy, Jon Wurster, Merge Records, Siberian Butterfly, Sugar, Workbook

The Minneapolis punk legend rages and reflects on life in 2020 

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New Wave 

The Ghost In You Returns

August 14, 2020November 20, 2023 Jason Perri 2 Comments 2020, Cooking Vinyl, Dinosaur Jr., Love Spit Love, Made Of Rain, Mars Williams, President Gas, Richard Butler, The Psychedelic Furs, Tim Butler

A Chat with Tim Butler of the Psychedelic Furs

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