The film plays Sat 3/28 and Sun 3/29 at the Vic.
Tag: Ian MacKaye
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Neil Young’s gaudy, reactionary Storytone and 15 more record reviews
Reviews of 16 new albums, including Arca’s uncanny electronic mutations and T.I.’s unshakable street rap
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Swerp Records hates “twinklecore” like Rites of Spring hated “emo”
“Twinklecore” is the latest goofy genre name dogging emo bands
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12 O’Clock Track: Chris Lawhorn, “Floating Boy / Rend It / Downed City / Argument”
Dreamy abstraction made out of Fugazi samples
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This Week in Reader Music
Ian Mackaye opinions about album pricing, an 18-disc box set of African pop, Will Oldham’s Crocs, folky photos, and lots of concert recommendations
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Story of Youth
Jeff Alulis’s documentary “Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records” screens Saturday 10/10 as part of Riot Fest.
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Touch and Go v. The Buttholes
After nearly 20 years of putting out records without lawyers or contracts, Corey Rusk was forced by one disgruntled band to defend his system in court. The outcome may change the way the underground does business.
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Fugazi
Fugazi have been channeling posthardcore rage and doubt into something irreducibly potent for nearly a decade: they haven’t just escaped hardcore’s stylistic straitjacket; they’ve redesigned it. Though they’ve never released a bad record, their superb new album Red Medicine (Dischord), which bristles with a vigorous blend of raw energy, mathematical precision, and unfettered emotion, is […]
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Revolution Girl-Style Now!
Notes From the Teenage Feminist Rock ‘n’ Roll Underground