With the untimely death of Steve Albini still weighing heavily on hearts and minds, we’re dedicating this week’s Manic Monday to his most notorious band, noise-rock pioneers Big Black. The
Many people regard particularly compelling live shows as not merely great performances but great “experiences.” If you happened to witness Swans’ performance at The Metro in Chicago on May 11th,
New Wave was a peculiar genre of music by default, producing dozens of oddball one-hit wonders back in its early 80s heyday. One such example was Toni Basil’s quirky 1982
The last time this writer had the pleasure of seeing Ty Segall at Thalia Hall, he started his performance by crawling up to the microphone, sporting his trademark Sloppo baby
Yesterday’s Manic Monday selection featured a heavy band that occasionally flirted with alternative elements, whereas today’s offering comes from a band that was alternative to the core, but often injected
For today’s Manic Monday, we’re spotlighting perhaps the best sludge band to come out of the UK in the 90s, the underrated and somewhat obscure Fudge Tunnel. For those not
Many names come to mind when thinking about some of the most legendary oddballs throughout music history, but perhaps none more so than the late great Don Van Vliet (aka
Does anyone else out there have a seasonality to their music listening habits? If winter compels dark, icy,cerebral, introspective selections, and summer more warm, celebratory, and fun offerings than whatdoes
It had been a very long eight years since perhaps the best noise/sludge band of the past decadeproduced the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album Gold, but Atlanta’s finest trio
Continuing our spotlight on legendary and singular southern alternative bands born in the 80s who hit the big time in the ’90s, we have the enterally peculiar Flaming Lips, who
