Check out some of our favorite portraits and live shots from across the year, spotlighting artists including Sleater-Kinney, Grace Jones, Vince Staples, Thom Yorke, Lykke Li, Iceage, Lauryn Hill, Perfume Genius, Shamir, and Jamie xx.
This Brooklyn band made their name as brainy black metal lightning rods—a rep that often overshadowed their music and split them apart. Grayson Haver Currin tells of how they reunited for new album The Ark Work, which tries to answer questions about a genre that no one thought to ask.
Full coverage and photos from every set, including Vampire Weekend, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Beach House, Grimes, A$AP Rocky, and lots more.
William Bowers files a report from this month's triple-threat "Paradise Lost" tour of Florida with insights on Liturgy's divisive metal, Sleigh Bells' risky Now As Fuck-ness, and Diplo's exotic harvest.
Liturgy and Deafheaven have gained many fans-- along with some enemies-- by fearlessly expanding the idea of what black metal can be. Brandon Stosuy talks to both bands' frontmen about where the genre's going next.
Artists submit their 2011 Best Ofs-- from albums and songs lists to Favorite Chinatowns and Things Not to Do on Tour.
Our annual list of the LPs that had us coming back time and time again throughout the year, including records by Bon Iver, Liturgy, Real Estate, and Frank Ocean, to name a few.
Our favorite songs from the last 12 months, including tracks from Wild Flag, Fucked Up, M83, Danny Brown, Kurt Vile, James Blake, Jay and Kanye, and many more.
Brandon Stosuy breaks down his favorite releases of the year, including Wolves in the Throne Room, Exhumed, Blut Aus Nord, Krallice, Autopsy, and Tombs.
A little over halfway through the year, some records that deserve another listen.
Wolves in the Throne Room, Coalesce [pictured], Liturgy, Black Anvil, and Aanal Beehemoth in a blockbuster Show No Mercy.