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25 chaotic hardcore, mathcore & sasscore albums from the 2000s that are seminal today

With the continued rise of over-the-top, theatrical, obnoxious hardcore, this edition of In Defense of the Genre looks back on 25 albums from the 2000s that helped pave the way for this hard-to-define sound…

mems of American Football, Pedro The Lion & 40+ other Polyvinyl musicians form one-off bands for new comp

‘Exquisite Corpse’ features one-of-a-kind collaborations featuring 47 members of the Polyvinyl family, including members of American Football, Rainer Maria, Pedro the Lion, The Get Up Kids, Beach Slang, Vivian Girls, Xiu Xiu, SSLYBY, and more.

full FYF FEST 2010 lineup (Panda Bear, Unbroken, !!!, Sleep & tons more) +++ pics from Fan Appreciation

What are you doing over Labor Day weekend? Beach? ATP New York? Black Army Jacket? Chances are that if you live in LA and like your indie peppered in with a bit of stoner doom and hardcore, that you’ll be at FYF Fest on September 4th at Los Angeles State Historic Park…

Weasel Walter - a No Wave lecture @ Bard, Zebulon, other tour dates & free downloads

DOWNLOAD: Mary Halvorson & Weasel Walter – Lapis Lazuli Nights (MP3) Weasel Walter @ Bug Jar, Rochester, NY, 9/21/08 (photo by Joe Tunis)”I’m hard-pressed to find contemporary free jazz that I can relate to…

Weasel Walter - 3 NYC shows, tour dates, new xbxrx

By Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Mary Halvorson & Weasel Walter – Lapis Lazuli Nights (MP3) (Former) Flying Luttenbacher Weasel Walter has been busy since the project’s disbandment last November: from sessions with Sun Ra saxist Marshall Allen to 88BOADRUM and xbxrx gigs earlier this year to a neverending flow of free-jazz projects and one-offs, the Oakland drummer/multi-instrumentalist is constantly moving…