Taking risks and experimenting with imperfection are paths to uncovering new realms of possibility, both in music and life.

This month marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic Youth's first EP in 1982. Though the band started out as part of the No Wave scene in downtown Manhattan, they evolved into one of the best and most ...

Legions of metal bands have sung about the Apocalypse, but few have managed to create a racket that sounds horrific, chaotic and unpredictable enough to resemble a soundtrack to the Rapture itself.

Music unifies the world into a whole. Feliciano Guimarães/Flickr, CC BY-SA It’s a question that has puzzled scientists and philosophers for centuries. 2,400 years ago Aristotle wondered, “Why does ...