Calling something "derivative" isn't necessarily a knock. Lots of bands are derivative in ways that expand the sound they're copping. For me there's a simple test to decide if an album is inspired ...

As it turns out, careers in mystic-scuzz-blues bands don’t come with 401(k) plans. And although the stock market might jerk up and down like an epileptic marionette, all of that stuff must seem pretty ...

A band that looks as youthfully innocent as Awesome Color shouldn’t be capable of making such convincingly grizzled rock, but good Midwestern genes and a steady diet of Stooges records can apparently ...

A solar system away from household-name status, but spoken of through beaming smiles by those who’ve seen them sweat it up live, Detroit trio Awesome Color owe much of their exposure to [a]Sonic Youth ...

Brooklyn, NY-based trio Awesome Color have announced the details for their third album. The band released two stellar albums of psych-influenced garage punk since forming in 2004, both of which were ...

Despite looking like members of a new age cult with their bright outfits and headbands, the members of Awesome Color deliver fiercely robust rock n roll. Co-produced by Thurston Moore, the band s ...

This Michigan-to-Brooklyn trio seems more like a sound statement than an actual band. Picked up by Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, Awesome Color often sports vivid splashes of pink, yellow, and ...