john waters Check out the bill for the Mosswood Meltdown fest, a two-day punk festival in Oakland Rusty Blazenhoff

music "Jenny," a favorite character from indie band The Mountain Goats, is back in a new album called "Jenny from Thebes" Jennifer Sandlin

music The ongoing legacies of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Elías Villoro

music Shonen Knife still pop-punk-rocking after 40 years Jennifer Sandlin

music Here's the curiously rare clip of Sonic Youth live on The Late Show in 1994 David Pescovitz

music REM, Wet Leg, David Byrne, PUP, Pearl Jam, and many more on "Liberate Abortion" benefit compilation only available today! David Pescovitz

Opera Bizarre Black Lodge is a captivating punk pageant Jason Weisberger

music Watch every music video played on MTV's 120 Minutes David Pescovitz

retro Watch this introduction of the CD from 1982 Devin Nealy

video games Here's a funny sketch about the video game console war of the 90s Devin Nealy

rap The bizarre world of "hick-hop" Devin Nealy

punk Fred Armisen brilliantly does the history of punk from 1970 to 2000 Mark Frauenfelder

music Listen to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore lovely cover of the Velvet Underground's "Heroin" David Pescovitz

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music Perry Farrell on Survival Research Labs and Psi Com David Pescovitz

music Nearly 1000 Peel Sessions now available online Gareth Branwyn

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 Celebrating the mad genius of music producer Hal Willner, who has died, likely of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

punk Sonic Youth releases 12 of their live shows spanning their career Gareth Branwyn

music Documentary about the 1980s SoCal underground art happenings with Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten, etc. David Pescovitz