Stereogum — The post The Alternative Number Ones: Butthole Surfers’ “Pepper” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Last night the second volume of Stranger Things' final season premiered on Netflix with its most unlikely needle drop yet. [Consider the following a light spoiler coming from someone who stopped watching the series during season three…] The show's ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 55th birthday Dean Ween (Ween). You can do so many things with your own bare hands. Read Deaner get both mean and serene in MAGNET on the Beatles, Bowie, Black Flag, Butthole Surfers, Billy Joel and other non-B artists, including Grateful Dead,... more info

Stereogum — In their prime, Butthole Surfers were, by all accounts, one of the most thrilling, terrifying, consciousness-altering live bands in underground rock. They made some great records too. That legacy is explored in director Tom Stern’s new documenta... more info

Stereogum — Last month S.G. Goodman shared her new album  Planting By The Signs , and this weekend she returned to Newport Folk Festival — having first performed there in 2023 — to play some of those new songs on the fest’s Harbor Stage. But the Kentuc... more info

Antimusic Rock — Butthole Surfers have shared 'The Annoying Song' as a taste of their just announced third live album, Live From The Leather Fly more info

Magnet Magazine — 40 years ago today, Butthole Surfers released debut album Psychic… Powerless… Another Man’s Sac. Roll back the hands of time. Read our review of 2018’s essential Locust Abortion Technician EP: The post Butthole Surfers Released Debut Album �... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Dean Ween (Ween). You can do so many things with your own bare hands. Read Deaner get both mean and serene in MAGNET on the Beatles, Bowie, Black Flag, Butthole Surfers, Billy Joel and other non-B artists, including Grateful Dead, Jimi... more info

Stereogum — The Butthole Surfers have been in retrospective mode this year, which both makes sense and doesn’t compute. The band’s brand of dangerous dirtbag chaos is not congruent with reverential nostalgia, but it’s also exactly the kind of unrepeatab... more info

Magnet Magazine — Available tomorrow on Shimmy-Disc, Grow A Pear began life as JD Pinkus’ contribution to what was supposed to be a new Butthole Surfers LP. Pinkus played bass for the band from 1985 to 1994, and he’s participated in reunion activities since 2009. ... more info