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People Are Going Bananas: An Interview with Cherry Glazerr

Cherry Glazerr's singer, main songwriter, and guitar player Clementine Creevy is not one of those artists who wishes everyone would leave her alone. She's made a big rock star album in Stuffed and Ready and she's having a blast playing sold-out shows.

Jennifer Kelly

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The Unspeakable Horror of Daughters' 'You Won't Get What You Want'

There's an 'exorbitant' something that might be considered the implicit subject of Daughters' You Won't Get What You Want, in which it's never entirely clear if the threat is invasive, exerted from outside, or the confession of internal struggle.

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Royal Trux Return in True Rock 'n' Roll Fashion with 'White Stuff'

After 19 years of silence, Royal Trux returns rejuvenated and unleashes an old-school, energetic, and fun ride in White Stuff.

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Cherry Glazerr Perfects Noise Pop Blend on the Incendiary and Vital 'Stuffed & Ready'

With its personal perspectives on the effects of the current cultural zeitgeist, Cherry Glazerr's Stuffed & Ready is not simply a great rock record, but an important document in the early days of 2019.

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Extreme Music Fiends ENDON Return with Another Chaotic Offering in 'Boy Meets Girl'

On Boy Meets Girl, Japan's ENDON carry down the same path of aggression tilting towards their hardcore-esque origins.

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After an Eight-Year-Long Hiatus Daughters Reach Their Peak

Noise rock, mathcore veterans Daughters make a fantastic return to the extreme, experimental scene with the highly potent and verging on sadistic You Won't Get What You Want.

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OddZoo Introduces Listeners to 'Future Flesh' (album stream)

European trio OddZoo taps into sounds that will appeal to fans of the Soft Moon, M83, A Perfect Circle, and Cult of Luna.

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Younger Then Celebrates Salvation Through Music Via "Bad Life" (premiere)

Buffalo, New York band Younger Then delivers a powerful slice of the positive via the title track from their upcoming sophomore album.

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KEN mode Turn Back the Clock with 'Loved'

Canadian extreme hardcore act KEN mode makes a return to its proper, overwhelming form with their sardonically nihilistic new record, Loved.

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The Story of Swans by Those Who Lived to Tell

Nick Soulsby's oral history of Swans digs deep in and around the trenches of Michael Gira's twisted musical world.

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Uniform Carry on Their Death March with New Album

Industrial/noise rock act Uniform adds drummer Greg Fox to its line-up, shaking up some core elements of their sound on The Long Walk.

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Nick Soulsby Reads from His Oral History, 'Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence'

Swans' story is a story of artistic near-death, defiance, and resurrection. This excerpt brings forth the band's challenges during the Swans Are Dead Tour of 1997.

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Body/Head Rip Up the Playbook with 'The Switch'

The new studio offering from Kim Gordon and Bill Nace offers an experience that's less tied to the raw emotions of the past and more focused on the exacting, brilliant technical and compositional skills of its creators.

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The Oxford Coma Contemplates "Smack & Temporary Enlightenment" (premiere)

The Oxford Coma has a penchant for blending heavy music in the vein of Neurosis with post-rock sensibilities, flashes of grunge and doses of noise, as heard on "Smack & Temporary Enlightenment".

Jedd Beaudoin

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E Find Some Dark Places in Their 'Negative Work'

With entwined chaos and a compelling attack, E offers plenty of intensity to enjoy on Negative Work.

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Ricarda Cometa Combines Latin, African and Asian Influences With Noise, Math Rock on 'Ricarda Cometa 2' (album stream)

Argentine-Peruvian duo Ricarda Cometa prepares for a European tour with the release of a new album filled with adventure, Ricarda Cometa 2.

Jedd Beaudoin

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