Hereditary

‘Halloween,’ ‘Suspiria’ and the Dangers of Overhyping Horror

This year horror welcomes back a certain white-masked killer and also ushers in the remake of a bewitching Dario Argento classic. (What a time to be alive.) We’re on the horizon of what could be a very dynamic year for the genre. Sure, Halloween and Suspiria are making waves—and headlines—but smaller films like Hereditary and…

record shopping

New App ‘Record Player’ is the Shazam of Album Art

  “The Shazam of album covers” is here! The new app called Record Player, designed with Glitch by Patrick Weaver, automatically recognizes album artwork and immediately directs you to the album on Spotify. Record Player is the perfect shopping accessory to have while rummaging the crates because vinyl enthusiasts can now easily preview any album…

Leather face

Daily Dead: In Celebration of Low-Budget Horror Movies

As audience members, we sometimes take for granted what directors can accomplish with proper financial backing for a film. For contemporary studio fare (Andy Muschietti’s IT, for example), having a bigger budget often indicates a studio’s faith in the filmmaker or project, and in the best cases, that confidence translates to the screen, whether in…

Dead Cross Just Dropped A Surprise Self-Titled EP

Dead Cross, the SoCal hardcore outfit featuring Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk), Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox) and Michael Crain (Retox, Festival of Dead Deer), have just surprise-dropped a self-titled, four-track EP via Ipecac Recordings. “I think part of Dead Cross’ motives are to bridge gaps between useless…

The Kaleidoscopic Vision of The Black Angels

The lights went black and The Black Angels’ backdrop lit up like a kaleidoscope, the perfect counterpart to the house’s array of yellows and purples. When the band took the stage at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, a no-frills aura encircled them as they dove head first into bluesy garage riffs peppered with psychedelic…

Mad Caddies

Mad Caddies New Covers Album Puts Reggae-Ska Spin on Punk Favorites

Third wave ska-punks Mad Caddies have teamed up with Fat Mike (NOFX) for a new album called Punk Rocksteady that showcases reggae, ska and dancehall covers of punk favorites. On the docket are tracks like Misfits’ “Some Kind of Hate,” Descendents’ “Jean Is Dead,” Against Me’s “Sink, Florida, Sink,” Bad Religion’s “Sorrow,” and Green Day’s “She,” which you can hear now…

Garbage

Garbage Announces US Tour in Support of ‘Version 2.0’ 20th Anniversary

Garbage has announced a U.S. tour in support of the recently announced 20th anniversary edition of their legendary second album Version 2.0. The tour, which kicks off on September 29th in Seattle, Wash. and wraps on October 27th in Brooklyn, N.Y., will see them perform the classic album in full, as well as a number of B-sides from the reissue. Tickets will…