Riot Fest Chicago 2016
It can be argued that Riot Fest is a festival for people who hate what bigger festivals have become and in that sense, it's my festival. It's our festival.
Aaron Cooper
Taking Back Sunday: Tidal Wave | Returning to Their Rock Roots
Taking Back Sunday's Tidal Wave isn't a collection of singles, writes Aaron Cooper, but an actual album and one of their most satisfying releases in years.
The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl | A Terrible Live Band?
Live at the Hollywood Bowl isn't just a bunch of live Beatles tracks, it shows how exciting and tight they were as a live band, writes B.G.M.'s Aaron Cooper.
Sevens and Splits: Your Monthly Guide To The Underground – July & August
Best underground music from July and August featuring Brother O Brother, Static Is A City, Carvist, Dendritic Arbor, and so many other dope bands.
Reverends: Derealization Blues | Mysterious Uncertainty
Reverends' Derealization Blues features the temptation of mysterious uncertainty, while delivering some unexpected vulnerability in quite a few songs.
Stranger Things’ Musically Talented Cast
Stranger Things is the breakout show of the summer. but just like the show's mysterious, "the upside down," the music savvy cast is more than meets the eye.
Living in Analog: How the Music of Stranger Things Shapes the Series
Survive's soundtrack for Stranger Things hits all the right notes, delivering work holding it's own among it's influences, writes Aaron Cooper.
Pitchfork Music Festival 2016: Cutting Records and Pet Sounds
Aaron Cooper didn't like music festivals, until the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing Brian Wilson at the Pitchfork Music Festival changed his mind.
The Lees Of Memory: Unnecessary Evil | Creative and Fearless
The fearlessness of recording a rock album that features strings, sitars, and pedal steel, is what makes The Lees Of Memory so great on Unnecessary Evil.
Garbage: Strange Little Birds | Boring Nostalgia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen, OJ Simpson on the TV, and Ecto-Cooler in the refrigerator....