Bob Mould

Retro Active: 1987, Here We Come

Grunge Puppy

Paw from Lawrence, Kansas: modest Midwest guitar desperation

Rotation

Paw from Lawrence, Kansas: modest Midwest guitar desperation

Pure-D Purty

Don Walser's yodeling can bring tears, even to the eyes of a Nashville record exec

Rotation

Don Walser's yodeling can bring tears, even to the eyes of a Nashville record exec

Rotation

Don Walser's yodeling can bring tears, even to the eyes of a Nashville record exec

Two Shots of Jerry Jeff

Don Walser's yodeling can bring tears, even to the eyes of a Nashville record exec

Help Wanted

Get those suggestions in now for the Press Music Awards

Pop Moment

Get those suggestions in now for the Press Music Awards

Pop Moment

Get those suggestions in now for the Press Music Awards

Critic's Choice

Listen to the Quiet (and Loud)

Static

Listen to the Quiet (and Loud)

Sound Check

Listen to the Quiet (and Loud)

Rotation

Listen to the Quiet (and Loud)

Mr. Loud and Sensitive

Bob Mould takes his act on the road one more time

Spunk Rock

The Muffs' Kim Shattuck can't understand why everyone else doesn't write like her

Beyond the Stars

The Muffs' Kim Shattuck can't understand why everyone else doesn't write like her

Static

The Muffs' Kim Shattuck can't understand why everyone else doesn't write like her

Rotation

The Muffs' Kim Shattuck can't understand why everyone else doesn't write like her

Too high. Period.

Curt Kirkwood, now living in Austin, is still a Meat Puppet. His brother Cris is a missing-in-action junkie.

Totally Fucked Up

Perhaps the best-named band of all time

2007 Music Year in Review

Perhaps the best-named band of all time

The Replacements: All Over but the Shouting, by Jim Walsh

A new oral history of The Replacements

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

A new oral history of The Replacements

Bob Mould

Body of Song

Screaming Fidelities

This fan has her own Dashboard Confessional to give

Big Noise

This fan has her own Dashboard Confessional to give

Dollars for Discs

Introducing a shopping guide for sounds

Flannel File: Quicksand

Speaking of the early days of the Warped Tour, let's talk about Quicksand. Along with Helmet, Quicksand developed and popularized a particular type of post-hardcore that took the metal-influenced hardcore punk of 1980s New York, cut the tempo in half and filled up the resulting space with melody and ... More >>

Aftermath: Fun Fun Fun Fest In Austin Day 1 - Death, Young Widows, Melt Banana, The Sword, Jesus Lizard

Photos by Marc Brubaker/ Click here for a slideshowDeath, reborn​This year's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin was the exact thing Aftermath needed in the midst of his fall concert schedule, even though the last day was marred by mud and constant rain. But after last month's dillo-dirtied Austin City Lim ... More >>

Leatherface

Photos by Marc Brubaker/ Click here for a slideshowDeath, reborn​This year's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin was the exact thing Aftermath needed in the midst of his fall concert schedule, even though the last day was marred by mud and constant rain. But after last month's dillo-dirtied Austin City Lim ... More >>

Two Timing: The 11 Best Rock Duos

Todd Cole​Wednesday night, noisy indie duo No Age (above) pulls into Fitzgerald's. The two-piece of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer Dean Allen Spunt, starting making waves in 2007 with their debut Weirdo Rippers. 2008's Nouns brought them even more acclaim, and along the way they gained fo ... More >>

Out Today: Paul Simon Resurgent, Foos Get Loud, Isbell Kills

​It's New Release Tuesday, and this week's is one of the biggest days of the year, with new discs by the Foo Fighters, a reinvigorated Paul Simon and TV On The Radio leading the pack, plus a few other artists returning to the scene after a few years away from the limelight. Next week (April ... More >>

Stone Deaf Forever: Rockers With Hearing Loss

​The wages we pay to rock and roll aren't always of the sinful and hungover variety. Some of us pay, dearly, with our hearing, one of the best gifts that God has given humanity. Besides Kate Upton that is. Today is Pete Townshend's 66th birthday, and The Who guitarist is just one of countles ... More >>

And, Uh, Um, OOPS: The Third Members Of Great Musical Trios You Probably Can't Name

​Last night we all watched as Governor Rick Perry blanked on the third department he would do away with if he was elected president. It was one of those moments - a la Scanners - when we all tensely waited for his head to explode, figuratively. Of course we love the guy and he's too precious t ... More >>