Articles by Greg Pratt

M.I.A. Confused Over Why Executions Are Controversial So Decides to Diss Justin Bieber

PUBLISHED May 12, 2010

There's nothing controversial about a video showing adolescents being rounded up, driven out to the middle of nowhere and being either shot...

Lil Wayne Busted for Contraband in Jail

PUBLISHED May 12, 2010

Here's a thought: if you're going to bring contraband into prison, don't tell the world's biggest music magazine your plans to do just that...

Ryan Adams Taps Voivod Drummer for New LP's Artwork, Backpedals on Calling <i>Orion</i> a Metal Album

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

We were as skeptical as anyone that Ryan Adams was going to deliver a full-on metal album, but that's what the alt-country singer had been...

Exodus

Exhibit B: The Human Condition

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

The only thing stopping these modern-era Exodus albums from totally ruling are the obscene song lengths. The band can cram more amazing rif...

Misery Index

Heirs to Thievery

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

There's nothing wrong with being stuck in a rut when that rut is top-notch grindcore. Maryland politicos Misery Index offer no surprises he...

Howl

Full Of Hell

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

Rhode Island doom troupe Howl's take on the genre is something unique; it's violent and ugly, but there's also heaps of potential for a bit...

M83's Anthony Gonzales Scores New French Film

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

Anthony Gonzales (better known for creating the electronic/shoegaze/'80s new wave pop of M83) has taken his ethereal sounds to new places e...

Social Distortion Sign to Epitaph Records

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

SoCal punk institution Social Distortion haven't released a studio disc since 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll. But that will change thi...