We’re not joking when we say wacky! The Locrian mode is rarely heard in rock or pop and only occasionally found in metal and jazz-fusion. That said, have a listen to Juicebox by The Strokes, and Black ...

The Locrian mode is one of the most sonically challenging sounds in music. And, though built on the major scale, this mode sounds totally removed from its parent scale's bright, happy vibes. Most ...

"Why music?" It comes off like a Philosophy 101 essay question at first, but the more I twist my head around it, the more it causes a volcanic hurl of thought: Why do I love music? Why do I write ...

July 29, 2015 • On the brink of what scientists call the "sixth mass extinction," an experimental metal band matches a sublime track with kaleidoscopic images of glitches and decay.

The more music Locrian create, the less sense the metallurgists seem to make: That is the implicit lesson of Infinite Dissolution, the most adventurous and accessible album the once-prohibitively ...