FOCUS // FLAGRANT: TRACE AMOUNT ON DAILY DYSTOPIA, FINDING FLOW IN INDUSTRIAL CARNAGE, AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE HORRORS
EXCLUSIVE // CULT AND CULTURE PODCAST TO RELEASE COMPILATION WITH SMASHED PLASTIC FEATURING THE EXPLOITED, HIRS COLLECTIVE, THE LOCUST, SWING KIDS, AND MORE
EXCLUSIVE // DEAF CLUB AND INDECLINE COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF 9/11 WITH INCENDIARY VIDEO FOR “PAIN IN THE ASSERY”
FOCUS // BACK FROM THE LAB PT.2: PAVLOV’S BELL PUSH THE SCIENCE ROCK ENVELOPE WITH PHYSICS ISN’T FAIR AND SHARE A LIVE TRACK-BY-TRACK ANALYSIS
GEAR // MEASURING SUCCESS: DESIGNING THE S-6, ADAPTING TO TARIFFS, AND EMBODYING NOISE ROCK WITH FLORIAN SCHNEIDER OF MILLIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
GEAR // NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: RUNNING WILD WITH THE NOKILL PEDAL CO BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ
GAMES // SPOOKY SEASON CODED: UNPACKING THE VALUE OF HORROR IN 2025 WITH THE BRUTAL AND BEAUTIFUL BACK AND FORTH OF DEAD ISLAND AND DYING LIGHT
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FOCUS // AMATEUR SURGERY: JUSTIN PEARSON ON THE RADICAL RECLAMATION OF ALL LEATHER Michael Whiteside·May 30, 2025Earlier this year, Justin Pearson released a book called G.G. Alien and the Mystery Meat, an impossible-to-put-down mad...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·290 views
NEW MUSIC // VOVK ENLIST JOHANNES PERSSON OF CULT OF LUNA FOR POWERFUL NEW SINGLE Michael Whiteside·May 28, 2025Just a couple years back, we heard from Ukrainian prog band Vovk for the first time – we...HEADLINENEW MUSIC·0 Comments·0·30 views
NEW MUSIC // BISCUIT HEAD OOZE WITH SECRET SAUCE ON CHUNKY MOISTURE Michael Whiteside·May 27, 2025You know, it’s been a while since we looked at a track listing and thought to ourselves, “Jesus...BACK TO THOSE GOLD SOUNDZHEADLINENEW MUSICRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·57 views
NEW MUSIC // ARMATURE HAVE A WHALE OF A TIME WITH THEIR SELF-TITLED RECORD Michael Whiteside·May 27, 2025It’s been over five years since we first heard of Armature, but it feels like even longer –...HEADLINELIGHT AND NOODLYRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·56 views
NEW MUSIC // WAVE MOSAIC TAKE US UNDER WITH THEIR LONG AWAITED DEBUT LIVING ARTIFACTS Michael Whiteside·May 27, 2025Genres are weird, right? They’re not quite extinct thanks to things like streaming, algorithms, playlists, etc., but sometimes...BACK TO THOSE GOLD SOUNDZHEADLINERELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·44 views
NEW MUSIC // BIONATOPS AND BILLY RYMER OF THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN GET THAT DOG IN ‘EM WITH A SWAMPY NEW SINGLE Michael Whiteside·May 23, 2025For the end of our dog days giveaway with NOKILL Pedal Co (which you can see here), we...HEADLINENEW MUSIC·0 Comments·0·18 views
GAMES // THE 2.0’S DAY MUSIC DUMP: HOLD ON TO YOUR BITS AS WE DIVE INTO THE LAST NINETY DAYS OF SCORES AND ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS Michael Whiteside·May 20, 2025As a few of you may remember, we launched a companion column to our infamous Tuesday Music Dump...GAMESHEADLINETUESDAY MUSIC DUMP·0 Comments·0·26 views
GAMES // BUNGIE JUMPING: THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE LEGENDARY STUDIO BEHIND HALO, DESTINY, AND MULTIPLE ACTS OF PLAGIARISM Michael Whiteside·May 19, 2025Oh, to be a young man, sitting on the floor in front of a massive television, engrossed in...GAMES·0 Comments·0·22 views