The music gear industry is in the middle of a period of wild experimentation, and NAMM was the center of it all last weekend. Read more
Author: Miles Raymer
Bloc Party‘s ‘Silent Alarm’ was a dance punk revival record that kept you off balance and on your toes. You‘ll hear the record performed front-to-back… Read more
Navy pilots have been encountering so many “unexplained aerial phenomena” that the Navy has rolled out a new system for reporting and analyzing them. Read more
4/20 came into existence organically—it wasn't decreed by the government or invented by an ad agency, it just kind of happened. That's what makes it… Read more
We navigate scammy situations all day long, every day—yet despite spending so much time and energy avoiding hundreds of scams a day, we can’t seem… Read more
By the beginning of 1993, it was obvious that rap music was the next big thing. The hot streak of massive, radio-devouring smash rap songs… Read more
The performers at this year's Riot Fest are a creatively profligate bunch with a kink for getting outside their comfort zones to team up with… Read more
It’d be impressive enough that Superchunk's still touring and releasing music, DIY-style, nearly three decades into its career, but the real shock of their new… Read more
On the 2011 album The Family Sign, indie-rap mainstay Atmosphere—who’d gained a devoted fan base drawn in by front man Sean “Slug” Daley's gleefully self-lacerating… Read more
Crank this playlist, and read on. You just may learn something.
In the beginning, people struggled to even describe what Beck’s music sounded like. Reading through… Read more
By now you’ve probably checked out the stellar lineup for this year’s Riot Fest, coming to Chicago’s Douglas Park this September 14-16. As you look… Read more
Few things in life are certain besides death, taxes, and the fact that everyone on earth looks at least 50 percent cooler when they're wearing… Read more