Music Stories “People have told me we were one of the first U.S. bands to add metal influences to our music,” says Dan Cunneen, the Seattle-based drummer for recently reunited Portland hardcore Final Wa ...   More

Special Section [FORGOTTEN LEGENDS] There was a time when Steel Pole Bath Tub was renowned on the same level as the Melvins, Jesus Lizard and other influential early-’90s rock acts that incorporated noise and e ...   More

Music HOT VICTORY, Self-Titled (Megathon/One Legged Pup)
[DRUM & DRUM] On side A (the “HOT” side) of its new single, Hot Victory stakes its entry into the burgeoning drum & drum genre. Live, it’s Portlanders Caitlin Love and Ben Stoller on mirror-image drum kits with a squall of cassette tape noise and broken toy accoutrements. On record, it’s often one drum set in a ...   More

Music Stories HOT VICTORY, Self-Titled (Megathon/One Legged Pup) [DRUM & DRUM] On side A (the “HOT” side) of its new single, Hot Victory stakes its entry into the burgeoning drum & drum genre. Live, it ...   More

Music Stories “Missoula’s cooler than Bozeman. It always will be,” says Monte Trent Allen, bassist of highly original—and highly unknown—rock band Rollerball. Rural Montana is the well ...   More