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The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Bone Machine, David Hidalgo, Island Records, Keith Richards, Larry Taylor, Les Claypool, Los Lobos, Tom Waits

Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold

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Alternative Rock Noise Punk Rock 

Soft Spot For The Babes: Fontanelle Turns 30

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, Babes In Toyland, Fontanelle, Kat Bjelland, Lori Barbero, Maureen Herman

Celebrating Babes In Toyland’s major label breakthrough

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Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Rock 

Get Your Hands Off My Tomato: Sonic Youth’s Murray Street Turns 20

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, DGC Records, Jim O'Rourke, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Murray St., Murray Street, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

On their most melodic album since Washing Machine, the NYC rock greats returned to a city they never left

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Noise Pop Rock 

All You Men Are Slime: Sonic Youth’s Dirty at 30

July 27, 2022 Raymond Cummings 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Beat Happening, Boredoms, Daniel Johnston, DGC, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty, Flipper, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Nirvana, Shonen Knife, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

It might not be their best record, but remains a sentimental fan favorite all these years later

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Experimental Noise 

Clang Quartet: Blare Your Prayers

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Clang Quartet, Cruel Symphonies, Experimental, Judge Thy Neighbor Love Thyself, Noise

On the occasion of his first studio LP in eight years, Judge Thy Neighbor, Love Thyself, we caught up with mastermind Scotty Irving

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Art Pop Experimental Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock Docs 

The Velvet Goldmine of Todd Haynes

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Apple TV+, documentary, John Cale, Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes

The acclaimed director talks with Rock & Roll Globe about his upcoming Velvet Underground documentary premiering on Apple TV+

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Noise Psychedelics Rock 

Looking California, Feeling Minnesota: Celebrating 30 Years of Badmotorfinger

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Rachel Linhart 4 Comments

Why the third Soundgarden album is still their best

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Power Pop Punk Rock 

Oh Well, Whatever: ‘Nevermind’ at 30

September 23, 2021April 3, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1991, Breed, Dave Grohl, DGC, Garth Brooks, Geffen, In Bloom, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Mariah Carey, MC Hammer, Nevermind, Nirvana, On a Plain, Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Territorial Pissings

The breakout success of the second Nirvana album was both a gift and a curse for Kurt Cobain

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Hardcore Heavy Metal Indie Rock Noise Post-Punk Punk 

ALBUMS: Unsane’s Journey Through The Past

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Todd Manning 0 Comments Bad Lieutenant, Brooklyn, Chris Spencer, Heavy Traffic, Improvised Munitions & Demo, Lamb Unlimited, Taxi Driver, Unsane

Brooklyn’s most brutal band rediscover their salad days with Improvised Munitions & Demo

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Indie Rock Noise Post-Hardcore Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Trigger Cut Turn It Up On ROGO

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments BandCamp, Daniel Wichter, Germany, Mat Dumil, Pavement, Ralph Schaarschmidt, ROGO, Stuttgart, Trigger Cut, Unsane

Germany’s rising noise rockers create the primal catharsis we all need in 2021 with their explosive second LP

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Folk Noise Rock 

Bob Hillman: Making Noise With Ghosts

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Bob Hillman, Bob Hillman & Spooky Ghost, Gerry Leonard, Inside and Terrified, San Francisco, Suzanne Vega

He may be Inside and Terrified, but he remains one of San Francisco’s most prolific songwriters

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Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk 

‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, The Diamond Sea, Thurston Moore, Washing Machine

Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants

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Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock 

Put Me In The Equation, It’s Alright: Sonic Youth’s Goo At 30

July 7, 2020July 11, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Chuck D, DGC, Geffen, Goo, Karen Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

Their beloved DGC debut has a sense of a band courting the mainstream on their own terms

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Hardcore Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Power Pop 

Celebrated Summer: New Day Rising Turns 35

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1985, Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Joan Rivers, New Day Rising, SST

By 1985, Hüsker Dü reached the point of no return in succumbing to their pop sensibilities

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Indie Rock Noise Post-Hardcore 

The Ballad Of A Band Called E

May 28, 2020June 5, 2020 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2020, Chris Spencer, Complications, Gavin McCarthy, Jason SanfordNeptune, Karate, Silver Rocket, Thalia Zedek, Thrill JockeyCome

On Complications, Thalia Zedek, Jason Sanford and Gavin McCarthy put forth a total group effort

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