Interviews: Ben McOsker, Load Records - Feature
There is something to be said-- even if it’s been said a million times-- for an independent label that ...
View ArticleDead Hills - Album Review
Dennis Cooper's novel My Loose Thread opens with a high school student named Larry seated in a parked\n ...
View ArticleSlicer - Album Review
A lot of what I own by Wolf Eyes is broken: Dead Hills' packaging is held together with scotch tape ...
View ArticleBurned Mind - Album Review
This Michigan-based noise trio has risen to notoriety over the past few years not just as Sonic Youth's attention-getting opening act of choice, but on the strength of their wildly divisive, abrasive,...
View ArticleFuck Pete Larsen - Album Review
Wabana gives a wide release to this charmingly titled record, which was originally issued as a 600-count, vinyl-only release in 2002.
View ArticleHuman Animal - Album Review
The Sub Pop noise group returns with another collection of tracks exploring the cycle of tension and release.
View ArticleArticles: Wolf Eyes / John Wiese - Feature
The Ann Arbor trio melts industrial rock in molten noise that's as detrimental to the body as the mind, while prolific opener John Wiese grooms a tense drone.
View ArticleAlways Wrong - Album Review
Michigan noise trio keeps plugging along, crafting massive textures, severe sonics, and daunting tension from all kinds of sources.
View ArticleArticles: The Decade in Noise - Feature
Between reactions against MOR indie, a re-emphasis on live shows, and the Internet connecting local scenes, noise made unprecedented waves in the 2000s. [Marc Masters]
View ArticleThe Out Door: The Wolf Eyes Issue - Feature
For more than a decade, Michigan's Wolf Eyes have been at the forefront of American noise rock. In this edition of The Out Door, Grayson Currin and Marc Masters map out the present and future of the...
View ArticleListen to Albums From Rilo Kiley, Milk Music, the Besnard Lakes, and Wolf...
Tomorrow, Rilo Kiley will release their archival compilation rkives via Little Record Company, the label run by bassist Pierre DeReeder. It features a batch of previously unreleased songs, rarities,...
View ArticleNo Answer : Lower Floors - Album Review
The vocal-heavy No Answer is the clearest and most detailed record in Wolf Eyes' vast catalogue. There’s little in the way of buried elements or blurred dissonance; in fact, much of the album could be...
View ArticlePhotos: DIIV, Iceage, Baroness, Grouper, the Men, the Field, Merchandise,...
Photos by Trent Maxwell. Above: IceageThe Austin, Texas festival Chaos in Tejas took place at venues around the city over the weekend. The lineup included Iceage, Grouper, Baroness, the Men, Milk...
View ArticlePhoto Galleries: 285 Kent Farewell Shows - Feature
Photographers Erez Avissar and Samantha Marble capture the scene at Williamsburg venue 285 Kent's last shows featuring Fucked Up, DIIV, Dan Deacon, White Lung, Deafheaven, and more.
View ArticleWatch Wolf Eyes Perform "Enemy Ladder 1 & 2" at One of the Final 285 Kent...
Photo by Samantha MarbleWhen Brooklyn venue 285 Kent shut its doors, Pitchfork, Ad Hoc, and Todd P presented a final series of shows to send it off. Pitchfork.tv was there to document those last...
View ArticlePhoto Galleries: Festival NRMAL - Feature
Check out Erez Avissar's shots from this year's Festival NRMAL in Mexico featuring Blood Orange, DJ Rashad, Kelela, the Range, and Perfect Pussy.
View ArticleGirl Talk and Freeway Share Wolf Eyes Remix of "Tolerated", Release Broken...
[placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.10155][placeholder:mediastore.audiofile.10154]Here's the latest WTF mashup from the land of Girl Talk: Noise kings Wolf Eyes have remixed Girl Talk and Freeway's...
View ArticleWolf Eyes to Release I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces Via Third Man, Share...
Photo by Alivia ZivichDetroit noise icons Wolf Eyes are back with a new album—the follow-up to 2013's No Answer: Lower Floors. I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces is out October 30 (aka Devil's Night). It's...
View ArticlePhoto Galleries: Basilica SoundScape 2015 - Feature
Photographer Samantha Marble captures moments with Perfume Genius, Jenny Hval, the Haxan Cloak, Viet Cong, HEALTH, and more at last weekend's Basilica SoundScape in Hudson, New York.
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