The video for "Sunstorm," a new song from the dark-pop artist Chelsea Wolfe, tells a nonsequential tale about doomed young love. We don't learn too much about the whys and hows, but it's a sad story…   Read Story »

A prominent narrative going into CMJ this year was the surge in the popularity of hardcore music, and at the forefront of that discussion was Sacramento's Trash Talk. Though Trash Talk have been…   Read Story »

Alright, y'all know what time it is. It's the Halloweekend, and today we've got some of the best tracks from the last month that fit nicely into whatever theme-heavy environment you're trying to…   Read Story »

We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary…   Read Story »

UPDATE: We are happy to announce that Four Tet has been added to this bill, and will DJ from 8-9PM (which is precisely the time there will be free vodka). Come early and often. Iceland Airwaves…   Read Story »

The Strokes' debut album Is This It was first released on 7/30/01. To help us celebrate this 10th Anniversary, we asked some of our favorite indie bands to cover each track. The resulting collection,…   Read Story »

Deafheaven's Roads To Judah came up a few times in the comments of my Top 26 Metal Albums Of 2011 So Far. With reason. The San Francisco group's gorgeous 4-song, 38-minute full-length debut blends…   Read Story »

We recently posted L.A. "doom-folk" songwriter Chelsea Wolfe's "Mer" along with Richard Phillips' "Moses"-scored Sasha Grey short. Here's the mesmerizing, atmospherically deep "Movie Screen," another…   Read Story »

We called Burzum-covering, PJ Harvey-evoking "doom-folk" chanteuse Chelsea Wolfe someone to watch in 2011. Please do: In August, the Californian's following 2010's excellent homespun The Grime And…   Read Story »

It's not news that popular indie rock got a bit darker in 2010. Look no further than regular topics of conversation around here -- Zola Jesus, CREEP, Cold Cave, Salem, Tamaryn, Blessure Grave,…   Read Story »