The Quietus — As he curates this year's Spitalfield Music Festival, André De Ridder speaks to Alex Weston-Noond about his selections, including Nik Void and politics with Monteverdi and Fugazi more info

Sweeping The Nation — What sort of year was 1988? A Don't Worry Be Happy, biggest selling international albums of the year all being released in 1987, Glenn Medeiros, I Owe You Nothing kind of year. On the other hand, and results may vary on whether these were strictl... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend, Insane Clown Posse fans marched on Washington to protest the FBI's decision to designate them as a gang. And DC punk's greatest luminary was there to take in the scene. Ian MacKaye -- co-founder of Dischord Records and former leade... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder headlined the Ohana Fest in Dana Point, California’s Doheny State Beach. It was the second year of the festival, which Vedder and pro surfer Kelly Slater organized, and it looks like it was a good ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — A videogame adaptation of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is forthcoming. Stream a playlist of anti-fascist metal songs. Longreads features new nonfiction by Lindsay Hunter. Drowned in Sound reconsidered Fugazi's The Argument album. On Life and Mea... more info

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