Scott Morrow

Quadruple crowd anxiety: Agoraphobic Nosebleed recording four brand-new albums

Grindcore powerhouse Agoraphobic Nosebleed has announced the recording of four separate albums, each reflecting the tastes of a different member,…

Postcards from the abyss: How to Destroy Angels announces Welcome Oblivion

Trent Reznor’s How to Destroy Angels has announced the name and release date of its full-length debut, Welcome Oblivion, which…

Doug Stanhope on subversive comedy, NFL aesthetics, and music snobbery

Few comedians are as inspired by sociologist James Loewen as by abortion jokes. But Doug Stanhope, in case you haven’t…

More Finnish progressive death metal, please

Finnish progressive death-metal sextet Omnium Gatherum has just released a new track, "New Dynamic," from Beyond (Lifeforce, 3/5/13). Foreign friends,…

Medusa’s expanding glare: “Stonegaze” trio True Widow signs to Relapse

"Stonegaze" trio True Widow, comprised of members of Slowride and The Mag Seven, is currently recording its third full-length album,…

MP3 Premiere: Grayceon’s “Pearl,” a riff-driven string-sludge epic

As the art of the full-length grows weaker with the rise of the digital era, 30 minutes of music practically…

Wagons Ida-ho! Boise’s Built to Spill heads west

Boise rock band Built to Spill has announced a short batch of West Coast tour dates for early February before…

Stream the Portland Cello Project’s take on Beck Hansen’s Song Reader

The Portland Cello Project is the latest group to take on Beck Hansen’s Song Reader, a collection of 20 songs…

MP3 Premiere: Vera Cruz’s “Black Walls”

French metalcore quartet Vera Cruz makes its mosh-inducing US debut next week, and with it comes "Black Walls," the album's…

Dave Grohl convenes Sound City Players around Sundance debut

In conjunction with his Sundance Film Festival debut of Sound City, the documentary about the legendary recording studio of the…

No Journalists Allowed: Tim and Mike Kinsella, the brothers behind Joan of Arc and Owen

Enjoy some bro-on-bro interrogation as Joan of Arc’s Tim Kinsella and Owen’s Mike Kinsella talk about being musicians, coming off…

An occult-metal countdown: Ghost teases sophomore album with “Secular Haze”

The mysterious Swedish occult-metal band Ghost has announced a sophomore album, titled Infestissumam, that's due out this spring on Loma…