Nothing beats the visceral satisfaction of finding music classics on vinyl at the local swap meet. Or better yet, swiping classic rock records from Dad’s forgotten collection. But there has to be something said about getting those old jams freshly remastered onto brand new, fresh-off-the-press wax. In that case, you’ll be happy to hear about Led Zeppelin remastered boxed […]

Johnny Cash is a music legend. A bigger than life, genuine, real deal outlaw who will go down in history as one of the great American musicians of all time. The Man In Black lived larger and played harder than most of the countless he influenced, and kept at it until his final days thanks […]

It’s hard justifying not posting everything The Magician puts out when his mixtapes are so damn irresistible. Sure we posted  Magic Tape Five, then Magic Tape Twelve, and of course the BEAN mixtape, but yesterday The Magician put out his Magic Tape Sixteen and I see no reason to not share it with the people. […]

Anthrax acolyte, resident New York hooligan and Official Editor of All Things Metal, the nefarious Matt Hanrahan gives us the low down on Van Halen’s other exiled singer’s bio… As anyone who knows me knows, I am a die-hard fan of the Mighty Van Halen. I have seen the band live with Roth and Hagar […]

In a move that is sure to send fans of Japanese streetwear fits of heart palpitations, three of the country’s top labels have collaborated on a GORE-TEX-inspired line of jackets titled “The Fusion Project“. The collection of four performance jackets were created by the mighty triumvirate of mastermind JAPAN, White Mountaineering and  visvim with key […]

Colorado’s Derek Vincent Smith, aka Pretty Lights, releases his new “Future Blind” video from Making Up a Changing Mind. One of the 3 EPs he released in 2010 for free, Making Up a Changing Mind is actually not his latest release — that would be Glowing in the Darkest Night. Regardless, it’s clear Pretty Lights […]

After catching Pretty Lights’ set at this year’s Coachella it was pretty clear Derek Vincent Smith is more than a cut above the average dancefloor filling producer. Although lacing his sound with plenty of Triton-generated bass pulses and brash electro textures, Pretty Lights strangely reminds me more of vintage DJ Shadow than contemporaries like Deadmaus […]

When I venture forth from this mortal coil, off into the cold dark void of nothingness, there will exist only a handful of moments to comfort me into the night — a sacred series of moments that I will always consider epic. As in, truly epic — the stuff of lore and immortality. The time […]