Ian MacKaye

plus Man on Man, Old 97’s, Big Freedia, Dorian Electra, Girl in Red, Kristin Hersh, and more things to stream this week.

”That’s the band,” Henry Rollins says about Minor Threat. ”Finally, we have our Beatles.”

7Seconds’ ‘The Crew’ is one of the most classic punk albums of all time, and it’s now getting a long-awaited remastered vinyl reissue and coming to streaming services for the first time ever. Pre-order our exclusive neon pink vinyl variant now…

‘What Drives Us‘ is about bands touring in vans and also features interviews with Lars Ulrich, Ringo Starr, The Edge, Steven Tyler, Mike Watt, Jennifer Finch (L7), Tony Kanal (No Doubt), Dave Lombardo, Slash & Duff McKagan, and more

Ahead of Bad Brains’ reissue campaign, Darryl Jenifer looked back on the first decade of Bad Brains’ career, from helping to pioneer hardcore in their early days to embracing metal in the ‘Quickness’ era, and he told all kinds of history from in-between.

”With a bunch of creative, alien kids in working-class Michigan finding one another and unleashing a catalog of totally amazing tunes, it was the blueprint for radical punk that’s still going strong today. Dope, Hookers and Pavement lets everyone who made the scene state their case and connects the dots,” says Thurston Moore.

The reissue features 1980 rehearsal recordings, unseen photos, and liner notes with stories by Tony Hawk, Ian MacKaye, Mike Patton, Mike Ness, Brett Gurewitz, Lars Frederiksen, and more…

“In my mind there were so many versions of ‘Waiting Room’ that transcended the one on the record, which obviously is static, frozen in time,” says MacKaye in a new interview with ‘Tape Op.’

Live videos are more important than ever in these concert-less times, especially when they’re of the much-missed Fugazi.

Sonic Youth put out 16 studio albums over the course of 27 years, all of it varying from good to some of the greatest rock music ever recorded. Here’s a deep dive into all 16 of those albums…