The “super-” prefix attached to supergroup used to mean something, man. But thanks in part to the democratization allowed by the Internet, just about any chucklehead can pen a half-baked garage jam, ...

So there’s death metal and speed metal, classic metal and hair metal. Bet you didn’t know there’s something called “Southern Metal,” though, didja, much less enough of it ’round these parts to fill a ...

Escher plays Berkeley Cafe with Aether Realm, Wings Denied and As Oceans Thursday, Jan. 10. The 8 p.m. show costs $8–$10. Mostly, the 2011 documentary Slow Southern Steel perpetuates a myth. Billed as ...