Email Author Zach Baron

2008 Stories by Zach Baron

• SCUM MANIFESTO

  published March 18, 2008

  Grindcore godfathers Napalm Death are still touring on 2006’s Smear Campaign, a pretty decent homage to the band’s 1987... More >>

• BONE DANCE

  published March 18, 2008

  With Krayzie, Layzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh, and honorary member Phil Collins, a/k/a Chrome Bone, in their camp, stalwart Cleveland rappers Bone... More >>

• HEALTH

  published March 18, 2008

  Punk-gone-astral quartet HEALTH and the eight-bit-remix duo Crystal Castles—the former from L.A., the latter from... More >>

• DINOSAUR JR. JR.

  published March 11, 2008

  Brattleboro, Vermont’s Witch—not to be confused with Witchcraft, Burning Witch, White Witch, or the original L.A. shredder-metal... More >>

• GOAT, RESPLENDENT

  published March 11, 2008

  After a hair-raising and introspective trio of autobiographical full-lengths, the Mountain Goats’ new Heretic Pride feels... More >>

• Spring Music Preview: The Teenagers and the Porn/Pop Split

  published March 4, 2008

  Paris-via-London trio the Teenagers remind me of the Strokes (that mute, expressionless guitar sound) and sometimes of Pulp (those songs about... More >>

• How to Rob, by M.I.A.

  published January 15, 2008

  DISCUSSED M.I.A. ("Paper Planes," #6 single) Kala (#3 album) 50 Cent ("I Get... More >>