Black Sabbath, Blood Ceremony, Deafheaven, Krokus, Megadeth, Melvins, more

Black Sabbath, Blood Ceremony, Deafheaven, Krokus, Megadeth, Melvins, more

Resurrected Real-Life C-90 Mixtape #4 (Except This Time It’s Actually a C-120)

Resurrected Real-Life C-90 Mixtape #4 (Except This Time It’s Actually a C-120)

I’ll be honest, I’d rather not talk about Nirvana at all, but that would be neglectful, right?

I’ll be honest, I’d rather not talk about Nirvana at all, but that would be neglectful, right?

Korn, Limp Bizkit, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Orgy, live in Philly. I went so you didn’t have to.

Korn, Limp Bizkit, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Orgy, live in Philly. I went so you didn’t have to.

Sandy from Grease takes on social ills, blows lid off shopaholic sprawl

Preceded by Frank Kogan’s explanation of why I = Tigra and he = Bunny

Preceded by Frank Kogan’s explanation of why I = Tigra and he = Bunny

Walked in the woods. Took photos of phungi. Tried to figure out what they were.

The historic reign of "Choosin' Texas" (as of this week it's officially the longest-running Hot 100 No. 1 song ever, without a clear end in sight) is sparking all kinds of takes — that it's slop (all ...

El Gran Silencio, Jenni Rivera, and Zemog El Gallo Bueno

Bhi Bhiman, Busy Signal, Bridgit Mendler, Jerrod Niemann, Rick Springfield, more

“According to current music trends and expert opinions,” Google’s AI Overview tells me, “2024 is widely considered to be the best music year of the decade due to a significant number of critically acc...

“According to current music trends and expert opinions,” Google’s AI Overview tells me, “2024 is widely considered to be the best music year of the decade due to a significant number of critically acc...

Swamp Things and Party Weirdos (Resurrected Real-Life C-90 Mixtape #2)

Mutiny on the bounty’s what they’re all about.

Mutiny on the bounty’s what they’re all about.

Saw one again. And then I saw two.

AC/DC, Buck Cherry, Dead Moon, Rush, 3 Doors Down, Scott Weiland, White Lion, more

AC/DC, Buck Cherry, Dead Moon, Rush, 3 Doors Down, Scott Weiland, White Lion, more

In which he makes it to the river and leaves this old Nebraska town

This post is a tool; it’s how I keep track of new music I hear — thus enabling me, for one thing, to put together long lists of albums I like when the year comes to an end.

This post is a tool; it’s how I keep track of new music I hear — thus enabling me, for one thing, to put together long lists of albums I like when the year comes to an end.

How the music editor of NYC’s premier alt-weekly responded to the attack

I tend to live in my own bubble, if not on my own planet, when it comes to singles these days.

I tend to live in my own bubble, if not on my own planet, when it comes to singles these days.

How the music editor of NYC’s premier alt-weekly responded to the attack

Resurrected Real-Life C-90 Mixtape #2

...of an album that doesn’t even have an ellipsis in its title!

...of an album that doesn’t even have an ellipsis in its title!

According to Math!

According to Math!

First week after a week went by; second one after a decade; a link to more

First week after a week went by; second one after a decade; a link to more

A book chapter about their last good album. (Hint: It came out in 1985.)

A book chapter about their last good album. (Hint: It came out in 1985.)

Caveat: In retrospect, they were better than I gave them credit for.

Caveat: In retrospect, they were better than I gave them credit for.

Darkness, Ministry, Papa Roach, Soundgarden, Swans, Van Halen, Rob Zombie, more

Darkness, Ministry, Papa Roach, Soundgarden, Swans, Van Halen, Rob Zombie, more

Norman Mailer somehow managed to get through “The White Negro,” the monumental essay he published at just over 9000 words in Dissent in the autumn of 1957, without even once mentioning Elvis Presley (...

Norman Mailer somehow managed to get through “The White Negro,” the monumental essay he published at just over 9000 words in Dissent in the autumn of 1957, without even once mentioning Elvis Presley (...

Resurrected Real-Life C-90 Mixtape #1

Resurrected Real-Life C-90 Mixtape #1

When it first charted in the States – on November 26, 1977, this writer’s 17th birthday, and exactly one year after the Sex Pistols released “Anarchy In The U.K.”– Queen’s sixth album News Of The Worl...

When it first charted in the States – on November 26, 1977, this writer’s 17th birthday, and exactly one year after the Sex Pistols released “Anarchy In The U.K.”– Queen’s sixth album News Of The Worl...

Both the longest and the nicest thing I ever wrote about her!