The Red Hot Chili Peppers don’t have the indie cred they once did in the 80’s. They cycled through several guitarists, and came to lie comfortably within the soft pop-rock bed they made for themselves many years ago.

What started out as a joke name, their self-titled debut is their most popular record, achieving gold and platinum status before even reaching Billboard album charts. Gano’s deadpan vocals complimented the natural punky style the band came to rest upon, delivering infectious vocal melodies simultaneously brimming with confidence and insecurity.

Ministry pioneered a new guitar heavy industrial sound that broke into the mainstream and every teenager’s living room in the early 90’s.

The Velvet Underground played a significant role in the exposure of independent and avant garde rock to the mainstream culture.

I know what you’re thinking, not another Beatles “Remaster” re-release, with promises of new demos and remixed tracks. And while an average fan might not notice or care for the subtle differences in the new mix, when compared with the original remaster, the change is undeniable.

Mission of Burma is typically categorized as a post punk, and that would be an accurate assessment. These guys invented post punk, post rock, and grunge…

This dancey little record paved the way for bands like Cut Copy and MGMT to take to the airwaves.

Technically not a real Pavement album, this was the first Pavement record I bought. I was 14 years old, I had a gift certificate to Record City, and I went with my brother and purchased this CD…

Ah, Pitchfork Festival. This is our favorite fest – it books many of the bands that speak to us the most. I have to admit, I was slow for press bookings this year…I did not secure many interviews, but the one I did get…. boy it was a good one. One of my favorite bands as of late, BRONCHO, was playing an aftershow at Subterranean.

It’s a little sad to be writing this #tbt due to a death, but today we felt Chris Cornell deserved a proper #tbt review and acknowledgement of his work.

A heart wrenchingly beautiful and sonically heavy album, Rid of Me marks PJ Harvey’s collaboration with recording engineer Steve Albini and her first foray into internationally known waters.

Their sophomore effort was highly anticipated, as the Pixies popularity peaked and Alternative music became much more widely accepted throughout the listening public.

In 1986, Charles Thompson (Black Francis), Joey Santiago and David Lovering put out a classified ad looking for a bass player who was into “Peter, Paul, and Mary and Hüsker Dü”.

Internationally lauded Chillwave originator and indie darling Ramona Gonzalez aka Nite Jewel, returns with her first album in four years.

Hailed as the groundbreaking album that began the post-rock movement, Millions Now Living Will Never Die cemented my love affair with music outside the standard indie realm.

Madeline Kenney just released the new video for the title track from her new EP, Signals.

laying one night at Thalia Hall with Hop Along, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis’ was kind enough to talk to us about music, birds, mixtapes, and Pavement.

If I had to pick three albums that really, really defined my adolescence, it would be the Pixie’s Doolittle, Nine Inch Nail’s Pretty Hate Machine, and Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual.

Our interview with Jack Tatum from Wild Nothing at Thaila Hall.

White Mystery’s Alex White picks her top 5 Australian Glam & Punk tracks.

Bridging the gap between punk, electronic, and industrial music, Primal Scream’s Bobby’s Gillespie set out to make a record that merged all of his influences, resulting in seriously one of the best album’s of the aught’s.

After completely deleting all of their internet presence, Radiohead have released the video for their new song “Burn the Witch”, in anticipation for (possibly?) new album coming out soon.

Cornelius is reissuing his seminal debut album Fantasma on June 10th via Lefse Records.

Before hitting the stage at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Gaz Coombes of brit-pop powerhouse Supergrass sat down with The Minimal Beat and talked about his solo album, Matador, released on his record label Hot Fruit Recordings.