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Life as a touring punk musician: Watch Retox’s YPLL doc in full

Last week we premiered footage from Retox’s YPLL documentary, giving an in-depth look at the existence of the punk-hardcore outfit and touching on realities that face bands looking to play music for a living. Now, as promised, here’s the hour-long film in full.

Watch a hallucinatory preview of Queens of the Stone Age’s “Kalopsia”

It’s been six years since the last Queens of the Stone Age album, and Josh Homme and co. are making up for lost time with the no-filler …Like Clockwork on June 4.

The Great Gatsby limited-edition vinyl set

Blingin’ vinyl: Third Man moves gold/platinum records from wall to turntable

Jack White’s Third Man Records is taking a cue from The Great Gatsby’s glittering scenery and releasing a fittingly extravagant collectable — a two-disc gold and platinum metallized record set.

Q&A: Massive Attack producer Neil Davidge scores the next chapter in Halo’s legacy

Massive Attack producer Neil Davidge was tapped to score the latest iteration of the Halo series, Halo 4. We talked to him about fandom, scale, and the challenges of working in interactive media.

Taiwanese death metal and epic martial arts in Chthonic’s “Defenders of Bú-Tik Palace”

Chthonic: Bú-Tik (Spinefarm, 6/18/13)

Taiwanese melodic-death-metal outfit Chthonic is a unique group in many ways. For one, it’s not every day that a symphonic metal group chooses to include a hena or erhu (a traditional two-string bowed fiddle) into the mix. Also, there’s the band’s ongoing advocacy of Taiwanese history and culture in its music, from lyrical content to music videos. In short, Chthonic is committed to its craft, and as the video for “Defenders of Bú-Tik Palace” shows, neither thunderstorm, nor gravity, nor sword-wielding cyborg general can stop it.

Seven songs for a road trip to anywhere

Going somewhere? Anywhere? Put on these tunes during your aimless getaway.

An ode to a stabbing (and Earth’s eventual demise) in KNTRLR’s “Stabs”

It’s an age-old story: 1980s child actor turned drummer meets seminary-school dropout in a Russian bath house; they witness a man getting stabbed outside their practice space; they write a few songs.

Screaming feelings: Have Mercy’s “Ancient West”

Honest, soul-baring rock is in short supply these days, but Have Mercy has the sound pinned down with new track “Ancient West.”

Watch Buzz Osborne, Nick Zinner, and other punk vets ruminate in 10-min Retox doc

In a video documentation of its new album, hardcore-punk outfit Retox (along with friends Buzz Osborne, Nick Zinner, and Trevor Dunn) ruminates about endless touring, pouring out emotions on stage, and the magic of music.

A kaleidoscopic fever dream in Cloudeater’s “Smog” video

Atmospheric and bass-heavy as always, Atlanta’s Cloudeater has a new standalone single that shows off the band’s slower side. Its video, meanwhile, is a kaleidoscopic fever dream set to blurred visions of woodlands, geometric patterns, and intense close-ups.

Q&A: Surf rock, Italian Westerns, and B-movie themes collide as RobotMonkeyArm

RobotMonkeyArm is a multimedia project of the mind, set to a cinematic mix of surf rock, Italian Western, and B-movie themes. We talked to creator Ryan Baker about his influences, the future of the project, and which adversary (gorilla or robot) stole whose arm first.

Neon Neon’s society of communist libertines in NSFW video for “Hammer & Sickle”

Neon Neon takes high concept to new heights in the video for “Hammer & Sickle,” a track from its freshly released Praxis Makes Perfect, an album inspired by 20th Century left-wing Italian politics.