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Cornpone Release Final Recordings

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Austin, Butthole Surfers, Cornpone, Ed Hall, Pocket Fishermen, Scratch Acid, Suckling, Texas

Music available on trio of split 7-inch singles with friends

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Noise Post-Punk Rock 

International Noise Rock Supergroup Buñuel Kick Off 2026 North American Tour

February 5, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Buñuel, Converge, Couch Slut, David Haemery, Eugene S. Robinson, Frank Valente, SKiN GRAFT Records, The Jesus Lizard, Xabier Iriondo

Month-long trek starts today in Denver

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The Butthole Surfers: Fly in Leather 

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2025, Gibby Haynes, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey, Live at the Leather Fly, Paul Leary, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Butthole Surfers, The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Their savage punk glory on display in a new doc and live album

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His Name Is Alive Announce 4AD Box Set

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 4AD, 4AD Records, His Name Is Alive, Home Is In Your Head, Ivo Watts-Russell, Johnny Jewel, Livonia, Mouth By Mouth, Vaughan Oliver, Warren Defever

How Ghosts Affect Relationships 1990-1993 due out September 27th

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Just Being Totally Perfect: Sonic Nurse Turns 20

June 8, 2024June 8, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2004, 20th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Mariah Carey, Murray Street, Rather Ripped, Sonic Nurse, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

Looking back on a high watermark in the Sonic Youth catalog

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How Weezer Forecasted Stardom With Debut LP

May 11, 2024May 11, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, avant-garde, Brian Bell, Buddy Holly, In The Garage, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Pinkerton, Ric Ocasek, River Cuomo, Say It Ain't So, The Cars, Undone - The Sweater Song, Weezer, Zoom

Looking back on the genesis of a modern rock institution

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Indie Rock Noise Punk Remembrance Rock 

Choose Your Steve Albini

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Big Black, Bob Weston, Budd, Bulldozer, Chicago, Rapeman, RIP, Scratch Acid, Shellac, Steve Albini, The Jesus Lizard, Todd Trainer, Touch and Go Records, Two Nuns and a Pack Mule

The late Chicago-based engineer played guitar and sang for three primary bands: Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac

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Alternative Rock Noise Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Remembrance Rock 

Steve Albini Gone at 61

May 8, 2024May 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Big Black, Nirvana, RIP, Shellac, Steve Albini, The Breeders

The legendary audio engineer suffered a fatal heart attack

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Hard Rock Noise Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Rock 

WATCH: Rated Eye Horse Around in Video for “Mia Demon II”

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Amphetamine Reptile, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rated Eye, Touch and Go Records, Wax Donut Records

The Pittsburgh noise rockers’ eponymous debut out May 10th on Wax Donut Records

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Shellac Reveal First New Album in a Decade

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Bob Weston, Shellac, Steve Albini, To All Trains, Todd Trainer, Touch and Go Records

To All Trains comes out on May 17th via Touch & Go Records

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Tower of Glower: On Sonic Youth’s Walls Have Ears

February 16, 2024February 17, 2024 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1986, Bad Moon Rising, Bob Bert, Brighton, Goofin' Records, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, London, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore, UK, Walls Have Ears

How the band learned to stop worrying and love the bootleg

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Kim Gordon Announces Second Solo Album

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Charli XCX, Clara Balzary, Coco Gordon Moore, Flea, Justin Raisen, Kim Gordon, Lil Yachty, Matador Records, Sonic Youth, The Collective, Yves Tumor

The Collective is due out March 8th on Matador Records 

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Burning Rubber: No New York at 45

December 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, DNA, James Chance, Mars, No New York, No Wave, Post-Punk, Punk, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions

Looking back at the Brian Eno compilation that put the spotlight on the short-lived No Wave scene

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Punk Visionary Justin Pearson Subject of New Film

October 22, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments Dead Cross, Don't Fall In Love With Yourself, Gabe Serbian, Jin Nix, Justin Pearson, Struggle, Swing Kids, The Locust, Turnstyle Films, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

A closer look at Don’t Fall In Love With Yourself

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Michael Azerrad Amplifies His Nirvana Book

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Michael Azerrad, Nirvana, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Rolling Stone, The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

An interview with the author of Come As You Are

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