The world is a fucked-up place. This is a fact that I'm reminded of daily by posts on the internet and strange encounters walking the streets of New York

While these days Portland has earned such a reputation as a hipster mecca that it is parodied in mainstream media, there was a time

If Travis’ show at Webster Hall seemed like more of an event than merely another night of live music, it is perhaps with good reason

Punk rock reunions are big business, and has been proven time and time again, most differences between former bandmates can usually be put aside for the almighty dollar

I have to admit that when Peter Hook decided to tour a few years ago with a new band playing Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures in its entirety

I’m beginning to think that we live in an era devoid of time, where decades past coexist alongside the present as if the hourglass is continuously flipping over. This past summer I was witness to Modern English, Bow Wow Wow, OMD, and New Order playing live shows to varying degrees of success and sizes of crowds. In some sense its a Godsend, as overly protective …

It is probably not surprising that to the casual listener, French five-piece Phoenix appeared to emerge from nowhere with their 2009 album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenx. The album sold more than 20 times as many copies as its predecessor, It’s Never Been Like That, and catapulted the band from relative obscurity to playing the world’s biggest stages. But while Phoenix may have seemed an …

Cleveland's Heavy Glow recently released a 7-inch single for "Mine All Mine," a song that straddles the line between Soundgarden rumble