DrownedInSound — The sound of a band progressing beyond their humble beginnings and creating something that subverts classification more info

Sweeping The Nation — We haven't read Meet Me In The Bathroom yet apart from some bookshop flickage, but we're delighted that it gives over a chapter to Jonathan Fire*Eater. Their apparent spiritual bretheren got people all het up from 2001 on, but beyond those 20... more info

Metal Injection — FFO: Fugazi, Thrice, Slint... The post Album Review: LESS ART Strangled Light appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Stereogum — Next week, the incredible Providence punk band Downtown Boys will release Cost Of Living, their third album and their first for Sub Pop. It is an absolute monster, a raging maelstrom of political fire and seesawing post-hardcore dynamics. Former Fuga... more info

Chorus.fm — Minus the Bear have covered Fugazi’s “Waiting Room” over at The A.V. Club. more info

Stereogum — Next month, the ferocious, politically charged Providence punk band Downtown Boys will release their new album Cost Of Living, their first for new label Sub Pop. Fugazi co-leader Guy Picciotto is on board as producer, and you should be very, very exc... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Quicker one today. The Camp extends PJ Harvey's new line in songwriter journalism, a collaboration with Ramy Essam based on the displaced refugee children of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley - all proceeds go to Lebanese non-governmental organisation B... more info

Stereogum — Eddie Vedder kicked off a solo tour in Europe last week, and he turned the first show into a subtle Chris Cornell tribute, honoring the Soundgarden frontman by slightly tweaking a few lyrics and covering Fugazi and Neil Young. But at his show at Lond... more info

Stereogum — For decades, the Washington, DC park Fort Reno has been bringing free, volunteer-run live shows to the city twice a week every summer. The Fort Reno Concert Series is a national treasure, and shows at that space from DC bands like Fugazi and the Dism... more info

Obscure Sound — Sterile Jets recall ’80s and ’90s punk and alt-rock with their raw, loose vocal approach and take on societal discontent — not too distant from names like Fugazi, Butthole Surfers, and Melvins. New track “Fireside Drive”, the first single o... more info