Throw up the horns: Our new mini Consequence Crossword, “Masterful Metal ’24,” pays tribute to the band behind one of Consequence’s favorite heavy metal album of the year, which one staffer said “checks all the […]
Few drummers hit faster or with more dynamic control than Yussef Dayes. Over the past decade, the south London-based musician has become a guiding light for rhythm sections looking to blend jazz improvisation with the […]
I Inside the Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey’s first proper album release in seven years, comes from a sentiment most of us would rather suppress: feeling as though we’ve lost our sense of direction, wondering […]
The creation myth of the Smiths is well-known: inspired by a South Bank Show documentary about the songwriting partnership Leiber and Stoller, Johnny Marr turns up unannounced on Morrissey’s doorstep, meets with the singer’s approval […]
Among other trends, the early 1990s saw grunge take over as the dominant rock scene, leaving the hair-metal bands that had commanded the previous decade in the dust. At the same time, though, the burgeoning […]
Purity Ring‘s Megan James and Corin Roddick describe their debut album, Shrines, as one with very strict rules. “All the drums sound a certain way, all the vocals sound a certain way, all the synths… we […]
There was much at stake when it came to Faith No More’s fourth full-length album, 1992’s Angel Dust. The band — singer Mike Patton, guitarist Jim Martin, bassist Bill Gould, keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and drummer […]
for an indie video game, Norco has a decidedly unusual origin story. The point-and-click adventure wasn’t conceived as an entry to a game jam, nor was its nascent form labored over in a game design […]