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Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Glue’s Demo

Austin punks Glue give Mish Way her Darby Crash fix.

October 30, 2014

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.

October 14, 2014

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.

June 28, 2014

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...

June 14, 2014

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...

June 5, 2014

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...

May 30, 2014

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...

May 23, 2014

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...

April 26, 2014

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...

April 11, 2014

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...

April 10, 2014

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...

April 1, 2014

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:

March 7, 2014