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In the second of three rooms occupied by Tobias Spichtig’s exhibition “Everything No One Ever Wanted,” the Swiss artist gathered thirteen used armoires in different styles; their arrangement in two concentric rings yielded a kind of closed interior.

Plus: Haunt & Hell Fire, The Black Sabbath Cover Band Rehearsals, The Baseball Project, Cold World, the Triple B / Daze / Streets of Hate showcases, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Bombino, and more tour and festival news.

The Hyper Psychic/Bloody Phoenix vocalist on how extreme metal led to a career as a ghoulish voice actor for video games. Plus: the best metal of May 2023.

From huge events by Roxy Music, Mary J. Blige, and Pavement to important showcases for rising stars like Rema, Kali Malone, Remi Wolf, and Seth Parker Woods, here are the fall music events you don't want to miss.

Peter Aaron reviews Mike Pride's album I Hate Work.

Two worlds came together when Mike Pride, a powerful presence on the NYC underground jazz and experimental music scene, joined the hardcore giants MDC in 2002. Pride played and toured with the band for three years, in that time recording a single album that only just now is being released. Called I Hate Work, the album reimagines some of MDC’s signature songs, such as “Dick for Brains,” “Corporate Deathbuger” and the title track. Brad Cohan spoke with Pride about the new album and the ...

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It’s list season, the only season that matters. That said, let’s talk about a list from nine years ago. Specifically, SPIN’s 100 Greatest Guitarists list,

Across these three new acoustic albums, guitarist Mick Barr has opened up worlds of possibility. We chatted about how he came to finally love the acoustic guitar.

>> this is a little over an hour. >> everybody sit down. welcome. let me just say a few words to introduce mike. in 1977, when i joined the house -- harvard economic department i think it was fair to say it was not a congenial place. was basically a juxtaposition, the kingdom. and he didnt feel very welcomed. but those key people who were very different, and one of them was mike, and thats when we met. and he took me under his wing, made life much easier for me, much nicer for me. and ...