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The Beard Presents… AO2 – Boistorous Blues, Freaky Folk

This reworked comp dips in and out of UK folk, while simultaneously tapping some of blues' most overlooked bad boys and obscurities...

An Aspiring Nerd Guide to Tropicália

[tabs][tab title=”Syllabi”] CLICK FOR ALBUM STREAMS BASED ON NERD LEVEL YOU WISH TO ATTAIN Generally…

An Aspiring Nerd's Guide to No Wave

[tabs][tab title=”Syllabi”] CLICK FOR ALBUM STREAMS BASED ON NERD LEVEL YOU WISH TO ATTAIN Two…

Flaming Side of the Rainbow

In a Wax Atlas exclusive, we officially invite you to watch a synced version of The Wizard of Oz featuring the combined music of Pink Floyd and the Flaming Lips. Nerds rule!...

'80s Outsiders

Whether the advent of hip-hop, the many manifestations of punk, or the bitter twang of country outlaws, it was an age epitomized by brilliantly subversive outsider art...

Where the Hipsters Came From

Bands like Joy Division and New Order are the bedrock for contemporary angst and underdog expression. Even as the mainstream co-opts indie, these tunes remain as incorruptible as ever...

A Velvet Underground Family Tree

Glam, punk, metal, noise and the avant garde -- all owe a major part of their sound to the Velvet Underground's influence, making this family tree a weird, wide and eclectic one...

Minimal Techno 101

Minimal is a misnomer in the face of such articulate imagination. A sparring, if not sparse, strain of techno, the key here is listening to what isn't as closely as what is...

Hunter S. is for Assholes…

Etched on the back of my eyelids, the graffiti of a less loving self. I watch as the letters form, waiting as the words congeal producing a clear, undeniable thought: “I fucking hate Hunter S.”...

A Sort-of Tribute to CBGB’s

Jesus may have lived to 33 (the same age as the club), but the devil kicks it at 22 (if Sid Vicious is to be believed), and from the get-go, it’s clear that this place was pushing old age. ..