Books Review

Marble Season

A gritty comics master tries coming of age. >>

Gilbert Hernandez is best-known for his edgy, at times surreal work on Love and Rockets, the alternative comics series he co-created with his brothers, Jaime and Mario. His latest, the… >>

Music Review

THR!!!ER

Searching for a pulse after the party's over. >>

Do you remember electroclash radio? In the early 2000's, a ragtag bunch of ecstasy-addled misfits set out to mix the brash, decadent hedonism of disco with the art-damaged, minimalist grooves… >>

Music Review

180

British buzz band avoids embarrassment >>

It's always exciting when a band's first single breaks them wide open, as the exhilarating "Best of Friends" did for London's Parma Violets around the turn of 2013. The question… >>

Culture Feature

This Week on PSFK: Culture Trends You Need to Know, April 29th- May 5th

Make the adjustment. >>

The beauty of time is that whether we like it not, it keeps moving forward bringing with it new ideas and trends. But time doesn't wait for us to catch… >>

Music Review

You'll Never Walk Alone

Psych-pop trio has a noisy blast in the studio >>

Song titles like "Glitter Death" and "Freak in the Fog" should give you an idea of where San Francisco garage-psych trio Burnt Ones are coming from. A tongue-in-cheek vibe similar… >>

Music Review

Can't Get No

Lo-fi evocation of vintage garage-era stomp >>

Recorded on a cheap used 8-track machine in various makeshift studios around Dead Ghosts' Vancouver hometown, Can't Get No is the kind of feeling-over-fidelity album that will make you think… >>

Music Review

Believe You Me

Julianna Barwick and Helado Negro make beautiful music together >>

If you're at all familiar with the solo work of Roberto Carlos Lange (who records under the name Helado Negro) and Julianna Barwick, then you already have a pretty good… >>

Culture Feature

This Week on PSFK: Culture Trends You Need to Know, April 22nd-28th

A better, brighter, and more fun future >>

The word "technology" is synonomous with the word "future", so why wouldn't artists and designers bundle use the former for a happier, healthier future? This week on PSFK the brains of… >>

Music Review

Bored Nothing

Australian revisits the fuzzy-jangle part of the '90s >>

The debut album by Melbourne, Australia's Bored Nothing -- actually a handful of new songs mixed with the best tracks from four previous self-released cassettes -- sounds exactly like what… >>

Music Review

Birthmarks

As good as straightforward modern pop-rock gets >>

The third album by Toronto's Born Ruffians doesn't belong to any particular musical subgenre. It's an indie record in the sense that it's on Yep Roc, a stalwart independent label,… >>

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