Black Flag (Musical Group)

Greg Ginn at Cabooze Thursday

Both Greg Ginn & the Taylor Texas Currogators and Jambang have recent albums on SST that are pretty damn cool, soundscapey but never aimless, and always beat-driven.

Diplo, DFA among Top 10 Dance Collections of 2008

Henry Rollins speaks Friday at Pantages

Sarah Palin's favorite records

Neko Case and more

Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe

Fog Cult

A night at the Turf Club with Alpha Consumer

Talk Hardcore to Me

Doc-making punks discuss their decline of Midwestern civ

Out Loud

They scream. They wear tacos for underwear. Meet Faggot, rock's next big gay thing.

Link Wray: "Armed to the teeth"

Audio Rorschach

Askeleton's Knol Tate comments on the soundtrack to his life

Going Mobile

How cruising the western suburbs can lead to a great rock band, and other secrets from a Jeep tour of the Twin Cities with the Hold Steady's Craig Finn

Golden-Haired Satanist Makes Best-Yet Record

Satanism charges later dismissed

The Midnight Evils: Breakin' It Down

Not All Is Quiet on the Western Front

Dios Malos play California pop for the big-eyed kids away from the coast

Sign of the Times

Poster designers Seripop have seen the future. And it's fluorescent green.

Doomsday!

From the garbage house to the club with P.O.S. and his Doomtree crew

Various Artists: No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion

Never Mind The Sex Pistols, Here's Neal Pollack

A snarky writer thinks he's America's greatest living punk

Mission Impossible

After a 19-year hiatus, punk legends Mission of Burma reach for their revolver again

Go Ahead, Punk, Make My Day

Is Slug's hip hop the yawp of a new blank generation?

This is Hardcore

It made less history than '77 punk. It sold fewer records than Nirvana. But the suburban rebellion of Eighties America found its own potent way to say no.

Descent of Man

Dark Days and Decline of Western Civ III look at homelessness as an American underground

Swing Shift

The Hothead Fiasco chart a sophisticated sound that goes beyond the dance floor

21st-Century Fox

For two years, the all-ages Foxfire Coffee Lounge has ignited the new music scene. Now its owner says the doors may have to close.

Bringing Out the Dead

Trail of Dead revive pure punk energy with Madonna

Dope, Guns, and Settling Down

How Amphetamine Reptile changed American music--and then went into the bar business

Come Out and Play

Local punks the Misfires make a case that the youthful basement circuit is still the place to be

Band Stand

35 concerts to soundtrack your summer.

DJ Shadow: Preemptive Strike