Locrian: Confronting Urban Decay with Ambient Metal
Though it most closely identifies with the Chicago noise scene, Locrian is comfortable with its itinerant musical status, writing songs about urban decay with a mutable ambient-metal foundation.
William S. Burroughs
Mercury Rev: Out of the Psychedelic Haze, a Rock Band’s Renewal
Nearly torn apart on multiple occasions due to drug abuse and infighting, New York-based rock band Mercury Rev is still together, asking the big questions, and enjoying every opportunity to play another song.