Leor Galil's posts

There’s no shortage of rappers who incorporate food into their work. Most notably, onetime chef Action Bronson…

2016 has been a big year for music, with the likes of Beyoncé, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Chance The…

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

Phone messages from a couple posited as Kendrick Lamar’s parents snake their way through the Compton rapper’s major…

Grindcore made its first splash outside its insular bubble with Napalm Death’s 1987 debut, Scum, which includes the…

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week, we’re talking about songs with…

In a largely positive Washington Post review of Pinback’s 2004 album, Summer In Abaddon, critic Elaine Beebe…

North Coast Music Festival, now in its fourth year, hit Chicago’s Union Park on Labor Day weekend with its signature…

We’re only about halfway into 2013, but this year already feels more musically exciting than 2012. With albums on…

On the surface, Purity Ring is a sleek pop act with an ear for the weird. Corin Roddick’s off-kilter…

The growing international acclaim for Australian bands like the soulful Royal Headache and the visceral Eddy Current…

There’s not a single pop-culture meteorologist who could have predicted the strange career path of Brooklyn hip-hop…

A founding member of iconic D.C. punk band Fugazi, bassist Joe Lally provided the glue that held the legendary…

On the surface, Champaign, Illinois’ Hum appears to be your average mid-’90s semi-success story that can be filed…

Time hasn’t been kind to the once-popular amalgam of metal and hip-hop known as nü-metal, and it’s been absolutely…

Keith Morris may not be the most recognizable name in hardcore punk’s first class, but as evidenced in documentaries…

Bob Mould is a musician with a couple of different hats. Most music fans are familiar with “Bob Mould, the…

Few artists have rendered the art of failure as enjoyable as Claudio Fragasso did with his 1990 film Troll 2. The…

Three decades ago, a fledgling Chicago label called Autumn Records released Busted At Oz, a compilation record that…

As far as bands go, Mister Heavenly is pretty new. And still, for some not-so-mysterious reason, the band is getting…