punk
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) Talks the Melvins’ Hold It In
Slipknot's frontman says that on their new album the Melvins are "pissing in the deep end" — and that's a good thing.
Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females) Talks the Time Punk Rocker John No Got Locked in a Fridge by Papa Roach
It is a great honor to present to you a story eloquently told by my John No and lovingly sketched by yours truly.
Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Lukas Moodysson’s We Are the Best! and the Joy of Starting a Band
My first attempt to start a band ended in a group trip to TCBY. But before that, the four of us spent a nerve-wracking almost half-hour in my room...
Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Ghetto Ghouls’ Ghetto Ghouls
For me, punk music has always been very sexual. Whether I’m performing or just listening, it’s all summoned from that sector of my brain. Now, this...
Michael Mohan (Save the Date) Talks Lukas Moodysson’s We Are the Best!
In spring 2005, after learning that Lukas Moodysson’s new film, A Hole in My Heart, was opening only on one screen in NYC...
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks the Estranged’s The Estranged
There are few kinds of music reviews I detest more than the review that offers advice to the musician. It comes from the demonstrably false premise...
Comedian Chris Gethard Talks the Basement Punk Show That Changed His Life
I feel lucky to say that the first concert I ever went to was a DIY affair held in the basement of a church. It was the summer of 1994, I was about...
Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) Talks Off!’s Wasted Years
I've had the Black Flag bars tattoo on my body since I was 16. Their The First Four Years cassette walked around with me through the dark...
Anika Talks Shonen Knife’s Overdrive
"Banana chips for you! Banana chips for me!" Shonen Knife sang on their 1998 album Happy Hour. Not to worry, there are enough banana chips...
Brendan Kelly (the Lawrence Arms, the Wandering Birds) Talks Fartbarf’s Dirty Power
I’d like to set the record straight right off the bat: I chose to review the Fartbarf album solely because of their name. “Fartbarf” indicated...
Drew Daniel (Matmos) Talks Earth Crisis’ Salvation of Innocents
To clear the air here: I wanted to write about Earth Crisis in 2014 because I used to be straight edge in 1986. Saying that makes me the enemy:











