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Punk / Jan 1, 2011 1:00AM
With tracks titles like “Destroy 2000 Years Of
Culture,” “Start The Riot,” and “Deutschland (Has
Gotta Die),” Atari Teenage Riot (ATR) offered a
harder-edged electro-punk alternative to the bigroom
trance and glowsticks that defined the mid-
’90s electronica explosion.
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Punk / Jan 1, 2011 1:00AM
Post-punk legends Gang of Four revisit
old principles and crank up the transistor
amps on Content.
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Punk / Dec 1, 2010 4:15AM
EQ Web Exclusive Extended interview with Atari Teenage Riot’s Alec EmpireBy Justin KleinfeldThe January 2011 issue of EQ profiles Atari Teenage Riot’s “Activate.” Here, read our extended interview with Alec Empire, who discusses touring, songwriting, and his favorite studio gear.Why
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Punk / Jan 6, 2010 6:10PM
Hailing from Cardiff, Wales, seven piece band Los Campesinos plays a punky, bratty, shouting, sarcastic, and emotionally manic depressive brand of indie rock music. Since forming at Cardiff University in 2006, they've been on the fast track, releasing two full
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Punk / Jul 1, 2009 10:55PM
Green Day and Butch Vig devote serious time to preproduction and demos before recording 21st Century Breakdown
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Punk / May 21, 2008 2:10PM
After communing with the spirits of ’60s rock, Panic At The Disco’s sophomore effort, Pretty. Odd [Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen], is more reminiscent of the Beatles and the Beach Boys than Fall Out Boy or the myriad other modern rock radio darlings the band is regularly lumped together with. It’s an ambitious album that fully transcends the trendy pop-punk sound of the Las Vegas quartet’s smash-hit debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.
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Punk / Oct 9, 2007 4:50PM
"I'm anti demo, ”Tiger Army guitarist/vocalist/head honcho Nick 13 declares from back stage at this year’s annual Vans Warped Tour. “In my experience, the first commitment of a song to tape always has a very special quality to it, something that, ultimately, is lacking in any later versions. I’m not into chasing that vibe. I’m not into spending all our time trying to recreate that magic of the first track. So I prefer the first cut to be in the studio . . . and for the record.”
Punk / Aug 1, 2007 12:00AM
Since starting out ages ago, back in 1985, Jack Endino has managed to record literally hundreds of albums, helping define the grunge sound by working extensively with the likes of Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Tad, and heaps more. Legendary productions aside, Endino is also the consummate musician-recordist, having played in acts as diverse as Skin Yard and Kandi Coded, as well as his self-titled solo project (a new album — Permanent Fatal Error — is out now).