Sonic Youth- DirtyLabel: Geffen Reissued 2016, originally released 1992 When Dirty was released in 1992, it was seen by many as the band's big move toward the grunge market. Heard today, Dirty doesn't sound like a masterpiece (like Daydream Nation) or a gesture toward the mainstream audience (like Goo) it just sounds like a damn good rock album, and on those terms it ranks with Sonic Youth's best work. The band recorded and produced the album with Butch Vig in early

deeply textured explorations that recall the shimmering opulence of the Cocteau Twins and the ominous gloom of The Smiths and Disintegration/Pornography-era The Cure

Sufjan makes us feel less alone

Testament - Flying Lotus

Web of Love

The band recorded the album during the winter of 1996-1997

and Emiko (aka Chasen-maru) first appeared together as OXZ

and the agony she inflicts on her boyfriend

extensive touring and exploration led to the formation of an ambitious six-piece band that eventually coalesced as a collaboration between founding members Will Canning and Remy Veselis

BC @ Fox Cabaret

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS is kicking off the new election year with The Unraveling

subconsciously) I was reading about Georges Seurat and his role in leading the French Neo-Impressionist movement in the late 1800s

"Discipline" was a startling reinvention with a new line-up performing radically different material that managed to delight fans