Rock

Minneapolis-bred Oakland residents Clipd Beaks have been kicking out their intense, unclassifiable band of music for seven years now, and they just keep getting better at it. Check…

Oh, Courtney. Having reunited her 90s grunge combo Hole for a series of reunion shows and a new album, one would think that the hot mess that is Courtney Love could manage to keep …

The Florida band’s debut album, Astro Coast, only came out last month, but already these guys are getting a lot of attention. They’ve put together in incredibly catchy, anthemic, g…

No, not like that, you clown. The lord and master of poon-rock has really been going wild in interviews lately, but nothing beats this gabfest from Playboy’s March issue, in which …

Also known as APTBS, these guys combine industrial, new-wave and shoegaze to blistering effect. Their influences range from The Cramps to The Church to the Cocteau Twins, and the W…

Now this is interesting. After the announcement that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler would be leaving the legendary classic rock group, Tyler checked into rehab for treatment of hi…

If you download one illegal mashup album today, make it this one. This epic conglomeration of the Beatles and the Wu Tang Clan is surprisingly listenable. 27 tracks, not a dud amon…

For a guy with a pretty horrible stage name, Memphis-based musician Jay Reatard made some honestly great, affecting songs. Starting out in the garage-punk Reatards at the age of fi…

OK, in the world of awesome mash-ups, they don’t get much better than this melange of “99 Problems” by Jay-Z and “99 Luftballoons” by Nena. How did it take so long to make this hap…

Peep the new video for “Under Control” by Good Shoes – it’s one of the most unsettling indie rock videos I’ve watched in quite a while. How did people cast the freaks for these vid…

Warpaint hail from Los Angeles and is an all-girl band crafting picturesque intimate and energetic songs utilizing traits of post-punk, shoegaze, folk and psychedelic rock paired w…

From their first full-length, Primary Colors, and my favorite track on the album. These guys are killing it. The goth/horror punk outfit finished up touring with NIN and are about …

Jimmy Sullivan, the drummer for punk-metal band Avenged Sevenfold, was found dead in his house in Huntington Beach, California on Monday. The 28 year old’s cause of death has been …

I can say nothing about this clip of Weird Al Yankovic playing “I Bleed” live with the Pixies that needs to be said. Bask in its splendor.

Courtesy DJ Lobsterdust comes this absolutely batcrap mix of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana and “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga – and somehow it works. Have a listen after the jump…