I first wrote about Seattle-based pianist/ex-Everlovely Lightningheart member Faith Coloccia's Mamiffer in 2008, around the time of her Hyrdra Head-imprinted debut Hirror Enniffer, pairing her with…   Read Story »

American black metal's shifted radically over the past few years -- in both mainstream perception/acceptance and via a more expansive set of underground aesthetics and a more diverse execution. Since…   Read Story »

You heard Vampire Weekend's "Jonathan Low" (one of VW's top three songs about vampires) and before that Muse's “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” (inescapable at vampire proms this…   Read Story »

As we mentioned, Muse is one of many surprising bands on the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack (though, they're probably the least-surprising). Their contribution, "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is…   Read Story »

After Thom Yorke, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, and Grizzly Bear & Beach House made soundtracks to multi-million dollar hormonal-teenage-vampires-in-love franchises a safe place for indie artists…   Read Story »

A lot's changed since the last Twilight album. For starters, there are those pesky teenage vampire movies of the same name. I asked new Twilight member Stavros about them a few months ago: "This is a…   Read Story »

Every year I'm tempted to -- and sometimes do -- say "this has been a great year for metal." It's a toss-away idea: If you consume the genre obsessively, every year seems sort of great, the chaff…   Read Story »

When I included "Haunting The Chapel" in the headline to my last column, I'd intended it to be a smart-ass joke regarding my inability to legally use the name "Show No Mercy" after relocating things…   Read Story »

Hey you lovers of vampires and/or mall culture, this one's for you. The Twilight Saga: New Moon OST is the #1 album in America, shortly before the Twilight Saga: New Moon feature film will be the #1…   Read Story »

In our continuing Twilight coverage.... For those of you who thought maybe Owl City's Postal Service plagiarism would inspire Ben Gibbard to jam with Jimmy Tamborello on some post-Give Up material…   Read Story »