Radio Silence documents the ignored space between the Ramones and Nirvana through the words and images of the pre-Internet era where this community built on do-it-yourself ethics thrived. (via)

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To try to make up for missing his show at the “Fabulous” Fox in Atlanta last weekend, I just got around to reading this interview Tom Waits conducted with himself. And it’s exactly the amount of crazy and cool I thought it would be. Highlights: Q: What’s the most curious record in your collection?A: In […]

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Well, this is unsurprising. Even on a good day with cheap gas, making a profit on tour for an upstart band is next to impossible. And, now that gas is over four dollars a gallon in some states, going out on tour has practically become cost prohibitive at the grassroots level. CNN has a story […]

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For some reason, punk’s most principled stalwarts, Fugazi, asked BBC Radio 1’s John Peel not to release a session the band recorded with the late legendary DJ back in December of 1988. I can’t imagine why because the performances are jaw-dropping-ly awesome and include expected staples like “Waiting Room” and Merchandise” as well as “Break […]

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New album out in September! Love me some Emiliana. (via)

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With its flurry of vinyl-only releases over the past year, consisting of a 12”, two 10”s, and a 7” (all of which were splits on different labels), Columbia’s Thank God has solidified itself as a dual-pronged threat in the underground punk scene. With marketing savvy to match its frenetic brand of thinking man’s hardcore, the […]

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Post-Shiner shoegaze masters The Life and Times have a shit-hot new song streaming on their MySpace page. “Fall of the Angry Clowns” is the first taste of the band’s forthcoming full-length Tragic Boogie, which unfortunately doesn’t yet have a definitive release date, but, if this song is any indicator, will blow the hair off your […]

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