For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Since reuniting in 2002, Mission of Burma has become the triumphant story of a band that time forgot. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
There are a lot of songs that, you know, just get me excited because they create a certain, I guess, set of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Rock and ambient music might as well reside on opposite sides of the galaxy, so it's almost shocking when a band like… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Souljazz doesn't reinvent soul, jazz or the fusion thereof, but it plays all of the above with the passion that drove its… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Bands such as LiLiPUT and Essential Logic were just as unorthodox as Gang of Four or Wire, even taking their sounds a… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Justin Broadrick's career isn't widely celebrated, but it's still shockingly uncompromising. From his place at the beginning of grindcore with Napalm Death… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Formerly known as The Muslims, The Soft Pack brings a lot of swagger to its garage-rock sound. There's a load of gimmick-free… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The Beach Boys set the bar for pop sunshine more than 40 years ago, and the genre hasn't changed that much since.… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
The group disbanded prematurely in 1983, but its records made a sizable mark: Mission of Burma became a band's band; leaving noticeable… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Tightly embracing guitar effects and tape loops, Mission of Burma made sound an important commodity in rock 'n' roll, and its members… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
If music ever needs FDA approval in the future, bands like this will be the reason why; Magic Kids' sugar-coated songs paint… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Occasionally, I'll want to cover something that's outside of my audiences' tastes or interests. Every week or so I have to try… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Of Montreal's early releases were loaded with playful but confessional acoustic tunes, but the band soon embraced glam-rock's freakier side on albums… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
A formidable game of 'Name That Influence' could be based on the music of the seductive rock duo Girls: The band's first… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Ab-Souls Outro' serves as a jazzy, spoken summation of 'Section.80's themes. Guest cohort Ab-Soul opens the song with one urgent verse after… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Music can provide a much-needed break from life's harsh moments, but Eddy Current Suppression Ring has no interest in creating a sonic… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Bands such as LiLiPUT and Essential Logic were just as unorthodox as Gang of Four or Wire, even taking their sounds a step further… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
Tame Impala's music revisits a time when guitar effects and studio tricks were music's newest frontiers; when rock was barely old enough to drive… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
Some art needs to be hung on the wall and stared at inquisitively, while other pieces require a more active approach. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
The Internet is the fastest way to get what you want and expose yourself to music you would never have heard otherwise. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
Cryptic messages and abstract statements are littered throughout the music of Happy Birthday, but it hasn't made the band's sun-baked pop-rock any less infectious. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
The U.K. trio Let's Wrestle doesn't make music for its art, but for its attitude. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
A formidable game of 'Name That Influence' could be based on the music of the seductive rock duo Girls: The band's first single, 'Hellhole… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
With its breezy guitars and sweet backing vocals, 'Norway' blows away any semblance of Beach House's previously bleak approach to pop. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
Occasionally, I'll want to cover something that's outside of my audiences' tastes or interests. Every week or so I have to try and cover… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
The musical era depicted in 'Round and Round' may not be pop's brightest moment, but rather than abandon its ideas, Ariel Pink reclaims them… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
Short-sighted music fans might scoff at the revivalism of, say, Ariel Pink, but plenty of acts have built healthy careers around the art of… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
I don't really think reviewing music is something you're going to get famous doing overnight. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
In terms of sound, it's nothing huge, but when it comes to passion, The Tallest Man on Earth can be spotted from miles away. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
The only thing I get more than Anthony Fantano hate is Anthony Fantano memes. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
On their 20th album together, Melvins' members still know how to throw their weight around. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share
