Wednesday

A year in records, from folk to jazz, rap to metal, rock to electronic, and beyond.

The best bangers and ballads, rippers and dirges of an exhausting year

The North Carolina group sharpen their riffs amid detailed narratives of just trying to get by

The 20 records we can’t wait to drop the needle on this fall

Hear “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)”

Dates lined up with Friendship and Daffo

Plus Blood Incantation, Built to Spill, Blonde Redhead, The Armed, Wednesday, Destroyer and more

Plus Greet Death, Stereolab, and Reginald Omas Mamode IV

Band make their debut on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ tonight

The greatest underground sounds from a quarter-century

Our favorite records from the halfway point

I saw the band live in Richmond and it kicked ass

Plus Dry Cleaning, Hailu Mergia, Horsegirl, Soul Glo and more

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

Our favorite songs from an eclectic year

Punk rock candles, death metal coloring books, trippy t-shirts and more

FADER Label has released a new compilation, FADER and Friends Vol. 1, which features 44…

The North Carolina group is touring with Hotline TNT, Draag and They Hate Change.

Plus Wednesday, Heartless Bastards and Kiwi Jr.

Looking over the past six months of outstanding new music