In the 1980s, hardcore punk warned of existential threats clotting on the horizon, prescient like sci-fi, loud like an alarm. Nonstop war. Ecological peril. The unresolved legacy of colonialism. The ...

Two years ago, Straw Man Army, a DIY post-punk duo from New York, released their album SOS, and it impressed the hell out of me. Now, Straw Man Army have announced plans to drop a new LP called ...

For President Bush, this is the season of the straw man. It is an ancient debating technique: Caricature your opponent's argument, then knock down the straw man you created. In the 2004 campaign, Bush ...