Archive: 2026

Continuing our salute to industrial icons Ministry this week, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re throwing it back to the band’s often forgotten pre-metal days with this rad video for “Over the Shoulder” from 1986. Released as the lead single from their somewhat unheralded Twitch album, this propulsive beat-heavy track may not sport the decidedly harsh […]

2025 is officially in our rearview mirror, and now that the season of “Best Of” lists is formally closed, the only way to look is forward. While the previous year provided us with a cornucopia of exhilarating albums from some generational talent, 2026 is already gearing up to be a fruitful year of fresh releases. […]

Not a few folks’ first NYE rock show happened with the Grateful Dead, a memorable gathering with a chosen tribe to revel to a beloved score. GD Music resonates with history and emotion on this holiday, and Santa Cruz’s The China Cats understand that and honored this tradition with an evening that’s hard to imagine […]

At 29, Madison Cunningham is standing at the edge of a threshold, looking backward and forward at the same time. In a year, she’ll leave her twenties behind—a decade she describes with a mix of nostalgia, sadness, and quiet exhilaration. What she’s carrying with her is not certainty, but something sturdier: a hard-earned sense of […]

With the harsh, icy darkness of January now entirely upon us, this writer often finds himself reaching for some fittingly harsh, icy, and dark music to suit the season. And while there is certainly no shortage of moody bands that fit the bill on that front, perhaps there’s no better genre than industrial if you’re […]

On December 30th, Gov’t Mule returned to New York City’s Beacon Theater to close out the year. Unlike in 2024, the upper deck was sold as seats rather than left empty. That’s a good sign, since these shows aren’t for everyone, but will hopefully continue. Q104.3’s Ken Dashow suggested as much when he came out […]