AQ’s Retro Reviews feature returns, with a powerful tale of growing up in Iran during a time of great oppression – and the soundtrack that came to define the era. More

We first noticed Pop Levi back in June of last year, when he cleverly posted a pair of clips on YouTube of himself and a bandmate, each playing half of his song… More

I first heard Del Tha Funkee Homosapien back on the Judgement Night soundtrack from 1993, when he teamed up with Dinosaur Jr. for the track Missing Link. I was totally… More

I had gone out with a bunch of friends to the Bigfoot Lodge in Los Feliz, one of my favorite bars on the planet. On the way back we stopped at someone’s friend’s house, and I went straight… More

I have a problem. It’s an ugly habit that is destroying my life. When everyone else hates an album I love, a syndrome kicks in- its severity proportionate my peers’ collective hatred for… More

In 2003, a friend made me listen to Silverchair’s fourth album. It was called Diorama, and it was produced by the talented David Bottrill,… More

Today I want to talk about a UK based band called Taint, whose 2005 album The Ruin Of Nová Roma will forever have a place on my iPod.

When I first saw… More