The VSS

Screamo vets Angel Hair discuss 10 influences on their '90s discography

Sonny Kay (later of The VSS) breaks down 10 major influences on his ’90s screamo band Angel Hair, whose new discography comp is out today via Three One G.

Watch Cult & Culture's 15 min podcast commercial ft. The Locust, Dillinger Escape Plan, John Waters, more

Watch a new 15-minute commercial for Justin Pearson and Luke Henshaw’s Cult and Culture podcast, featuring interviews/footage of The Locust, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Blood Brothers, Cattle Decapitation, and more…

An Albatross discuss the music that influenced their first EP in 12 years

”Our music is as discombobulated as our influences. We splatter music ranging from the mid 1960s up to present day into a processor, and slowly, orchestrations like ‘Return of the Lazer Viking’ emerge,” the band says.

The VSS reunite, planning dates and reissues

“The VSS began in Boulder, Colorado in January 1995 and ended unceremoniously in July 1997. In that time the band relocated to San Francisco, toured the U…