Michael Nelson
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Review: We Thought Deafheaven's 'Infinite Granite' Would Suck, But It's Good
Friends, please, have a seat. → Read More
New Supreme Shirt Is A Takeoff On '90s 'Chant' Album
The very first Supreme shop opened its doors on Manhattan's Lafayette Street, just south of Houston, in April 1994. Coincidentally (???), only weeks earlier, on → Read More
Baroness 'Gold & Grey' Review: A Legacy-Defining Masterpiece
John Baizley's band returns with the best album they've ever made. → Read More
Redd Kross – “Beyond The Door”
Last year, I spent a whole bunch of time (and money!) buying up back issues of Metal Maniacs: a music magazine that was around, in various formats, from 1989 to → Read More
Watch Justin Timberlake In Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel Trailer
You know who's gonna be basically unavoidable from Thanksgiving 2017 until Memorial Day 2018? Justin fucking Timberlake, that's who. He's doing the Super Bowl → Read More
Quicksand – “Cosmonauts”
It's hard to say how the Quicksand reunion is going at this point. The quartet started a monthlong tour at the beginning of September, and after six shows, → Read More
Quicksand Guitarist Reportedly Arrested For Shoplifting & Resisting Arrest
A few weeks ago, the NYC post-hardcore institution Quicksand announced a new LP -- their third overall, and first in 22 years -- and dropped that LP's first → Read More
Drama Chameleon: Won’t The Real Taylor Swift Please Stand Up?
Taylor Swift wrote her first hit single during her freshman year at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee. The song was about her then-boyfriend, a senior → Read More
The War On Drugs 'A Deeper Understanding' Review
You guys ever see that Wilco documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart? I love that flick, but there's one scene in particular: Wilco are in the studio, → Read More
Ted Leo – “You’re Like Me”
It's been seven years since Ted Leo's last LP under his own name -- 2010's Brutalist Bricks -- and those seven years have been a goddamn crucible for the man. → Read More
Mudhoney – “Neanderfuck”
I'm not here to start an argument, just calling it like I see it: Mudhoney were the quintessential grunge band. That's not exactly the same as saying they were → Read More
Watch Baroness Debut New Guitarist Gina Gleason
Last week, Baroness announced the departure of longtime guitarist Pete Adams, at the same time also naming Adams' replacement: Philadelphia's Gina Gleason. → Read More
Morrissey Releases Statement About Manchester Arena Attack
Manchester, England is one of modern music's most historically significant cities, in no small part because it gave us the Smiths. ("Oh Manchester, so much to → Read More
Elder – “Staving Off Truth”
I already penned a lengthy appreciation of Elder's upcoming fourth LP, Reflections Of A Floating World, when we premiered its lead single, "The Falling Veil," a → Read More
Watch At The Drive In Tear Up The Stage On Kimmel
At The Drive In's brand-new comeback LP, in·ter a·li·a, is kind of a dud, but goddamn those guys can still burn down a stage. They played a couple new songs, → Read More
Hundredth – “Youth”
There's this documentary that came out maybe 15 years ago called Between Resistance & Community: The Long Island DIY Punk Scene. Like its subject matter, the → Read More
Justin Bieber Wearing Smiths Shirt
That is an officially licensed Smiths The Queen Is Dead T-shirt from 1986! Justin Bieber, give me that T-shirt! → Read More
Inter Arma – “The Paradise Gallows” Video
It was almost a year ago to the day that we first premiered "The Paradise Gallows," the lead single and title track from Inter Arma's third full-length. → Read More
Premature Evaluation: Pallbearer Heartless
Heartless landed in my inbox on the 16th of December, in the late afternoon. This was five days before the winter solstice -- the shortest day of the year -- → Read More
Premature Evaluation: Pallbearer Heartless
Heartless landed in my inbox on the 16th of December, in the late afternoon. This was five days before the winter solstice -- the shortest day of the year -- → Read More