Patti Smith first released her volume of Complete Lyrics in 1998. As her seminal porto-punk album Horses turns 40, her new edition Patti Smith — Collected Lyrics 1970-2015 fills in the minor gaps of its […]
Chvrches. So hawt right now. Everyone’s favorite hipster boom-clap outfit has released their sophomore effort, Every Open Eye. The hype-singularity of a group delivers even more Top-40 EDM for Pitchforkers, with few forays outside that […]
Gone are the days of alternative rock B-listers dominating the Christian rock scene. Well, at least on vocals. The one and only Pope Francis, the most actually Jesus-like of popes in recent memory, has collaborated […]
For many, ‘Le Butcherettes’ is shorthand for ‘Teri Gender Bender’s insane stage presence.’ The band is her brainchild, with a semi-rotating lineup around her. She also does a great job bringing this energy to the […]
Lana Del Rey has been relying far less on her sultry, over-the-top vocal pout than she has in the past, and frankly, the more she reins that in, the better. What’s left is certainly a listenable bit of […]
Twenty years and some “tearful apologies” after their fall-out, Veruca Salt‘s original lineup is joining the ’90’s reunion-album cycle sweeping the former grunge community like the plague for the band’s fifth drop, Ghost Notes. Portrait of […]
Neil Young‘s life force might actually rely on him releasing at least one album per year (but preferably more). It could be due to his legendary status as a singer-songwriter or also an old-man itch for ranting. Your […]
In case you’ve been hiding under a stone-like idiomatic cliché for the past week, the United States Supreme Court decided that gay people really should be considered people. In other words, the banning of same-sex marriages […]
In the ‘90s, there were a handful of truly ground-breaking post-hardcore bands that garnered legendary posthumous status with seminal albums, influencing hordes to come in the 2000s. Refused was one of these bands, The Shape […]
Any fan of aggressive music could’ve told you this. Any fan of aggressive music that you know probably already did tell you this. Now science is here to back it up. Researchers at the University […]
