We lost two legends this week: “King of the Surf Guitar” Dick Dale, and R&B dynamo Andre “Mr. Rhythm” Williams. Both left a big footprint… Read more
Author: Dustin Krcatovich
Dustin Krcatovich is a writer, musician, DJ, and insufferable contrarian based in Portland, Oregon. Reportedly, his writing once deeply offended a member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
The Germs might seem a strange choice for a decidedly New York film like ‘Cruising’, but as it turns out, they were a perfect match… Read more
Science fiction has been a favorite subject of rock & roll since the form's inception, whether it came in the form of early novelty hits… Read more
We've picked one sample from every cut on the group's debut album, 'Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)', for closer examination. Read more
We talked to Turla about food, haunted hotels, and the rare pleasures of radically misinterpreted lyrics. Read more
The Jesus Lizard were too good to be ignored, but they'd never be ready for prime time. They were too weird, too ugly, too real. Read more
It can be hard to imagine now, with lifetimes of video only a couple clicks away, just how revelatory watching something like a live punk… Read more
What would you say if I told you that there was a guitar player who is touted as a legend in Australia, but has steadily… Read more
When Chicago punk/metal promoter Jonny Boucher's mentor, fellow promoter Mike Scanland, died by suicide in 2010, it was a big wake-up call. Boucher immediately set… Read more
Though the term punk rock has been appropriated by any number of disparate subcultures over the years—often for outright contradictory purposes—the initial concept is generally… Read more
Monsters of Ink is a series where we talk to some of the visual artists and designers whose contributions ascribe the visual language of modern music.
This… Read more
Sometimes, YouTube is the greatest. Sure, it's easy to get lost in bottomless quagmires on that godforsaken website—hell, while doing research for this piece, I… Read more