From the blasting bassline on “Longview” and introductory riff of “Brain Stew,” to the simple timelessness of “Good Riddance,” Green Day have trademarked sounds that are culturally embedded into the ‘90s musical yearbook.

They’ve been a band for 25 years, and their enthusiasm now is very much comparable to…

When it comes to heavy metal royalty, you can’t get much higher than the legendary Saxon. Their debut album came out in 1979, and they’ve never gone more than two or three years without releasing new music. Vocalist Biff Byford and guitarist Paul Quinn are the only remaining original…

“American” and “black metal” aren’t two things that are often said together, but whenever they are, you can bet that Absu will be the subject that brings these two disparate strangers together.
Ever since the first wave of black metal exploded like a rusty nail bomb in the…

Being as passionate about music as I am, I enjoy finding new music to listen to and then getting to learn about the band and their history. With the long line of groups with “Black” in their name, I came across The Black Angels a few years ago after…

English pop singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is taking the U.S. by storm this year. He came onto the scene last year with his hit single “The A Team,” and has amassed a great following since the release of his biggest record to date, +. Currently touring the nation on Taylor…

Cold Fur: A raw, no-frills rock ‘n’ roll band strung together from remnants of Jersey staples Rye Coalition and The Want, who trade in giant riffs, feral solos, and an endless river of pugnacious spirit. After spending some time warming up at local clubs, a bit of crowdfunding magic…

The more they resist classification, the more One-Eyed Doll seem to be appreciated. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Kimberly Freeman and producer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Rufuss Sewell have dabbled in punk, blues, metal, folk, electronica, and country. In 2011, the Austin-based duo set out for California for a recording session at the studio of veteran…

Dear Hunter fans who have an affinity to the band’s majestic aural presence are in for another treat with their latest effort, Migrant, out April 2 via Equal Vision and Cave & Canary Goods. As mainman Casey Crescenzo elaborates in the Q&A below, the new record is deliberately more…

Anberlin frontman Stephen Christian is always searching for answers. His religious faith is so strongly intertwined in his personal DNA that it is integral to his lyrics, but rather than be overt about it, he cloaks many of his lyrics in metaphor to make them accessible to a wider…

Mike O’Hehir writes earthy, organic music, so it’s fitting that my recent phone interview with him took place from his car in his home state of Maine “outside a barn on a sheep farm,” he says, where he’s recording a follow-up to his debut CD, the self-titled Old Soul.…