2023 Grammys - Best Rock Album Nominees The Black Keys, Dropout Boogie Elvis Costello & the Imposters, The Boy Named If Idles, Crawler Machine Gun Kelly, Mainstream Sellout Ozzy Osbourne, Patient Number 9 Spoon, Lucifer on the Sofa
December 6, 2023 Clockwise from top left: yeule, Jeff Rosenstock (photo by Matt Price), Mitski (photo by Ebru Yildiz), Yves Tumor, and Wednesday (photo by Michael Grant). Image by Chris Panicker. The best rock music of 2023 spoke loudly and directly. From the guttural screams of Wednesda...
With their 2023 album The Hypnogogue, the answer was yes and no: the sonic identity of the band remains intact, but the infusion of new blood by guitarist Ashley Naylor resulted in the band’s most ambitious album since their 1992 masterpiecePriest = Aura. It’s the band’s (surprisingl...
When the band came out of the gate with “Remove Your Skin Please,” listeners were quick to draw comparisons to other noise rock weirdos of that time period. However, now you'd be hard-pressed to draw any 1:1 comparison. "I Am Dog Now" perfectly encapsulates the mashup of disparate e...
When the band came out of the gate with “Remove Your Skin Please,” listeners were quick to draw comparisons to other noise rock weirdos of that time period. However, now you'd be hard-pressed to draw any 1:1 comparison. "I Am Dog Now" perfectly encapsulates the mashup of disparate ...
” And in many ways, Blink have found the magic touch in 2023, dropping catchy rock songs that take us back 20 years while still capturing a bit of that coming of age angst. But the band once known for their lack of maturity also get surprisingly sentimental and do it with aplomb, ...
be a hard listen for some people. That’s where the beauty in the Codefendants lies though, the bared teeth honesty that’ll help you realize that you’re not alone in this crazy world. Besides, where else are you gonna hear The DOC get down with the surprise best new band of 2023....
This also led to debate among our staff as to what counted as "the best" rock movie in a given year. For example, does, say, an average-but-popular movie with a hits-filled soundtrack prevail over a well-made story of a fictional band or a documentary? We admit our choices were mo...
Queens Of The Stone Age’s eighth studio album is a return to form for the legendary alt/stoner-rock band, following up an ambitious “Villains” from 2017. Eschewing its predecessor’s Mark Ronson production for a grittier feel, “In Times New Roman…” sees QOTSA at their best, with ...
You left out Algy Ward, bassist with OG British punks the Damned, early Aussie punk/rocknroll band the Saints, and leader of his own killer heavy metal band Tank. If you like Motorhead and haven’t heard Tank, get on it. Reply this comment Jeff Tamarkin 1 June, 2023, 17:11 Than...