Charles D.J. Deppner talks with Curt Kirkwood about holding the strings of the Meat Puppets together with love, passion, fate, and sheer luck.

Demolished Thoughts (Matador). Review by Chet Barker.

Here Before (Bar None). Review by Jeff Schweers.

Sub Pop melodic noisemakers No Age kicked off a week-long anniversary celebration for one of Orlando’s best concert promoters at one of the town’s coolest little clubs. Jen Cray dropped in to pay her respects.

Public Stain (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Skin Collision Past. Review by Jeff Schweers.

Logan (Cedar Fever Records). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Heave Yer Skeleton (US / THEM group). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Dark Castle brings a brand of metal mayhem that features some new layers of unique melodicism to SXSW. Guitarist Stevie Floyd runs it down for Ink 19 before the band departs on an upcoming European tour with Kylesa.

Take a trip back to Seattle’s musical heydey with Michael Lavine , who brings us all manner of visual treasure with Grunge.

The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Fans of cutting-edge electronic music most likely have Michael Rother to thank. Rother was one of the prime movers in a German music scene, dubbed krautrock, that still sets the standard for exciting, weird, and groovy music. Ink 19 had the pleasure of chatting with Rother, who seems as comfortable with creating new music as he is with being a careful archivist of the music and legacy of his previous bands.

Chub EP (Cedar Fever Records). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Popular Songs (Matador Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Goner Records). Review by Jen Cray.

Magic Love and Dreams. Review by Matthew Moyer.

Shut Up and Bleed (Atavistic Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Skeleton (Mute). Review by Carl F Gauze

Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Peter Wild and a group of authors take on the challenge of making literature out of Sonic Youth’s noisy, chaotic, shimmering music. S D Green has some warnings for fans of Sonic Youth who may be intrigued.