Stereogum — The Olivia Tremor Control lined up their first big hometown show at the 500-cap 40 Watt in 1995. After a few years developing their kaleidoscopic live act in house shows and smaller clubs around Athens, Georgia, the psych rockers had built a reputati... more info

AllHipHop — SHADI POWERS ON THE LEGACY OF HIS NEPHEW more info

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Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT will release their new album, "The Brotherhood Of The Snake", on October 28 via Nuclear Blast. The CD recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Juan Urteaga (EXODUS, HEATHEN, MACHINE HEAD), guitarist... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT have set an October 28 release date for their new album, "The Brotherhood Of The Snake". Guitarist Eric Peterson told Metal Maniac about the new disc (see video below): "It's finished — recorded,... more info

AllHipHop — THE AUTHOR & ACTIVIST SPEAKS WITH AHH more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On material recorded in latter half of '90s being under-represented in TESTAMENT's current setli... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "The Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific Voyaging" is the title of a new exhibit at UCLA's Fowler Museum, but who exactly is an Austronesian, you ask? "Technically it's a linguistic name of the second-largest language family in the w... more info

Time — Here's what TIME wrote about the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings and Anita Hill's testimony more info

Stereogum — Brian Weitz, better known as Geologist of Animal Collective, is a huge NHL fan. Although he moved to Baltimore as a teen, he grew up in Philadelphia, and he’s a die-hard Flyers supporter. Now, he’s written an essay for Sports Illustrated remember... more info