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11 1990s Albums That Helped Invent Mathcore

Math sucks. Mathcore is way more fun and so are these albums that helped invent the style. Math evolved over the course of several thousands of years from prehistoric tally marks to the works of Sumerians, Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and beyond... Continue reading…

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Mogwai Teases 30-Year Comp With Iggy Pop Team-Up

(photo: Steve Gullick) Mogwai is celebrating three decades of noise with Happy Tears, a new career-spanning compilation arriving Jan. 8, 2027, via the band’s own Rock Action Records. The announcement comes with a suitably pulverizing new single, “Underground,” featuring Iggy Pop.The collaboration brings together two generations of artists whose music has rarely played it safe. For Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite, the connection runs deep. In his book Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth, Braithwaite describes discovering Pop and […]

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Flaming Lips Bolster ‘At War’ For 20th Anniversary

The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne and Michael Ivins during the "At War With the Mystics" era (photo: Warner Music). The Flaming Lips are going back to war. The band has announced a deluxe 20th anniversary edition of At War With the Mystics, arriving Nov. 13 via Rhino/Warner Records. The six-disc set expands the 2006 album with 19 previously unreleased demos, rarities, alternate versions, B-sides, soundtrack material, radio sessions, live recordings, covers and other music from the era.At War […]

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R.E.M. Appends Live LP To ‘Reveal’ 25th Bday Edition

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, and Peter Buck during a 2008 NBC performance (photo: Scott Gries / Getty Images). R.E.M. is revisiting one of the more distinctive chapters of its catalog. The band has announced a 25th anniversary edition of Reveal, expanding the 2001 album with The Black Sessions Revealed, a previously unreleased 17-song performance recorded for Radio France in Paris on May 7, 2001.Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition) arrives Nov. 20 via Craft Recordings as a deluxe two-CD/Blu-ray set and […]

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Bon Iver Goes Back To ’22, A Million’

Justin Vernon (photo: Eaux Claires) Bon Iver is marking a decade of 22, A Million with a new anniversary edition that expands the album’s visual world rather than simply revisiting its music. It’s due Nov. 20 from Jagjaguwar, commemorating 10 years since Justin Vernon and company dramatically altered their sonic and visual vocabulary.The new edition will be available as a limited edition custom 12-panel “inverted cross” CD and a limited edition LP pressed on frosted silver vinyl. The reimagined vinyl […]

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LCD Soundsystem Returning For Annual NYC Residency

LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy (photo: Ruvan Wijesooriya). LCD Soundsystem is keeping its annual New York residency alive for another year. The band has announced 12 Bowery Presents-produced shows across three weekends in November and December, continuing a tradition that dates back to the opening week of Brooklyn Steel in 2017.The 2026 run will begin with four shows at Queens’ Knockdown Center on Nov. 19-22, before LCD Soundsystem returns to Brooklyn Steel for four nights from Nov. 30-Dec. 3. The residency […]

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