Bryan Wawzenek is a freelance journalist who writes for Diffuser.fm and Ultimate Classic Rock. He learned more from a three-minute record than he ever learned in school. His mind is racing, as it always will. Don't start him talking, he could talk all night. The sunshine bores the daylights out of him. Don't touch him, he's a real live wire. Most things he worries about never happen anyway. But he's been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come.
Bryan Wawzenek
10 Years Ago: Trent Reznor Builds a Dystopian World With Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Year Zero’
In creating 'Year Zero,' Trent Reznor had more in mind than just music. He wrote a whole backstory that fueled a game and an aborted TV series.
40 Years Ago: The Clash Unleash a Punk Classic With Their Self-Titled Debut
The Clash wanted a riot of their own. And so they created one in the grooves of their self-titled debut album in April 1977.
Clash Albums Ranked in Order of Awesomeness
We're counting down all of the rock legends' studio albums.
New Pornographers, ‘Whiteout Conditions’: Album Review
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor 'Whiteout Conditions' can halt the power pop of Vancouver rockers the New Pornographers.
New Pornographers Albums Ranked in Order of Awesomeness
We're counting down all of the Canadian power-pop collective's studio albums.
30 Years Ago: ‘Louder Than Bombs’ Becomes the Smiths’ First U.S. Compilation
After rejecting the opportunity to release an earlier Smiths collection of singles and b-sides, Sire put together the two-LP 'Louder Than Bombs' in March 1987.
All 73 R.E.M. Videos Ranked in Order of Awesomeness
For 30 years, R.E.M. participated in some of the most iconic, strange, beautiful, amusing and endlessly watchable music videos in the history of the medium.
Five Years Ago: The Mars Volta Takes Its Time on ‘Noctourniquet’
After near-constant releases through much of the '00s, the Mars Volta took some time to create and release 'Noctourniquet,' release in March 2012.
20 Years Ago: ‘Hand It Over’ Pushes Dinosaur Jr. to Extinction
In March 1997, Dinosaur Jr. released 'Hand it Over,' the final album of the alt-rockers' first run. It remains a favorite of founder J. Mascis.
35 Years Ago: Talking Heads’ Evolution Displayed on ‘The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads’
While the members of Talking Heads were off doing separate projects, Sire Records put out the two-disc 'The Name of This Band is Talking Heads' in March 1982.