This used to be what indie rock sounded like. During the 1990s, Elephant 6 and Belle And Sebastian were outliers, and the genre (which really was more genre and less loose lifestyle appellation)…   Read Story »

After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix -- MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. -- in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so,…   Read Story »

For years, the Louisville trio Coliseum have walked the line between fuzz-blasted riff-metal and clangorous post-hardcore, and their new album Sister Faith, recorded with brutal clarity by the former…   Read Story »

In a few weeks, the Louisville power trio Coliseum will release Sister Faith, their latest album of clangorous, hard-charging, metallic punk rock. We've already posted their album tracks "Black Magic…   Read Story »

The three tracks we've heard from Coliseum's forthcoming Sister Faith -- "Black Magic Punks," "Doing Time," and now "Fuzzbang" -- suggest the band's new LP has a good chance of being their very best.…   Read Story »

The excellent Louisville trio Coliseum were responsible for one of 2010's most exciting releases, House With A Curse -- a raging inferno of massive hardcore anthems with enough energy to power a…   Read Story »

The Louisville stomp-rock power trio Coliseum play a sort of metal/punk hybrid that also draws on the ragged precision of fellow Louisville band Slint; they're a band worth paying attention to. In a…   Read Story »

When I posted Coliseum's "Blind In One Eye," vocalist/guitarist Ryan Patterson went in depth about his Louisville crew's third album House With A Curse. Their new-look throat-shredding blues punk…   Read Story »

Those of you familiar with heavy Louisville punk trio Coliseum's previous two albums Coliseum (Level-Plane) and No Salvation (Relapse) will notice a change of pace on House With A Curse. Their newest…   Read Story »