On a cold, San Franciscan Sunday night, TV on the Radio ruined at least one song for me. Jerks. I mean, seriously, I can’t be expected to listen to “A Method” again, without recalling the 12-piece instrumental orgy that took place on stage at the...
Coming out to the Hard Rock Cafe on a Thursday evening is kind of like the atmosphere of any other touristy/family restaurant with rock memorabilia on the walls. Chicken fingers, high chairs and cool drink coasters. But instead of a jukebox there is a somewhat decent...
People are going to talk and, in the interest of covering all the obvious bases, getting what they’ll say out of the way early makes sense. Yes, Chinese Democracy is the long-awaited first full-length release of original material in seventeen years; those terms...
So do you want bleak? As the new Smashing Pumpkins DVD opens, a crushing sense of inevitability and despair overtakes viewers as Billy Corgan recounts, “I’m obsessed with the concept that, just as I’m about to get out of Hell, I seem to find my way...
I'm not going to give you a history lesson in Bay Area metal here, but just in case you are not familiar with Death Angel, here is the CliffsNotes version of the band’s history: Back in the early days of Bay Area thrash metal, there was one band in particular...
So do you want bleak? As the new Smashing Pumpkins DVD opens, a crushing sense of inevitability and despair overtakes viewers as Billy Corgan recounts, “I’m obsessed with the concept that, just as I’m about to get out of Hell, I seem to find my way...
One of Ground Control's favorite obsessions (seriously, look at all the related articles at the bottom), The Sword, has announced the perfect present for all the nascent metal fans in your family: a limited edition box set featuring Age of Winters and Gods of the...
Shiny Toy Guns could’ve gone a few different routes to better the world. They could’ve collected toys, as in Toys for Tots. Or they could’ve collected guns (no questions asked) to get those violent weapons off the streets. Or, better yet, they...
Day/Track 1 – Pukkelpop IntroCan you say exciting? I know I’m crazy, but starting off a trip to the sound of 150,000 people says I’m about to go on a journey. I’m self-admitting myself to Pukkelpop. I hear this place has been around since...
While the possibility of a full reunion has now been terminally limited by the untimely deaths of keyboardist Richard Wright and psychedelic casualty Syd Barrett, it’s a safe assumption that there are tremendously few fans that wouldn’t (literally) pay good...