Mineral

Chris Simpson and Jeremy Gomez’s post-Mineral band The Gloria Record will give their debut full-length a long-awaited vinyl reissue with bonus tracks. You can hear one bonus track now, and read what Chris had to say about the record…

1996 was a historic year for emo. This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 18 landmark emo (and emo-adjacent post-hardcore) albums from that year in honor of their 25th anniversaries…

Tons more footage shot by the late Tim Morris in the ’90s has been unearthed, also including videos of Ted Leo’s band Chisel, Converge, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, Lifetime, and more…

We spoke to Chris Simpson about his post-Mineral band The Gloria Record, who are reissuing the classic ‘A Lull In Traffic’ EP for its 20th anniversary. As for a potential reunion? ”That would be really fun.”

He seems to hint that a Gloria Record song might be on the way too…

Listen to new songs by The Mountain Goats, Pet Symmetry, END, Flat Worms, RVG, Disheveled Cuss (Tera Melos), Mountain Time (Mineral), Xibalba, The Memories (ft. Colleen Green), and more…

Mineral, Gloria Record, and Zookeeper frontman Chris Simpson now has another new project, Mountain Time, whose debut album is coming in June…

Plus: Saves the Day/Anxious, Nicole Atkins, Deftones, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird/Calexico and Iron & Wine, Laura Marling, and more tour news.

It’s Mineral’s first show announcement of 2020 and first US show in over a year, and FATA’s first show in over four years. They join Converge, Cave In, Boysetsfire, The Casket Lottery, Hot Water Music, Knocked Loose, and more…

Listen to new songs by Mineral, Future, D’Angelo, Garbage, Lizzo, The Flesh Eaters, Axl Rose (with Looney Tunes), and more.