Today came the very sad news that Unwound bassist Vern Rumsey passed away, and tributes from fellow musicians and other members of the music industry have been pouring in. Conan Neutron, who was ...

Vern Rumsey, who played bass in the great ’90s/early 2000s post-hardcore band Unwound, has died. He was 47. Conan Neutron, who was Rumsey’s bandmate in current group Household Gods, wrote on Facebook, ...

Washington post-hardcore band Unwound have reunited. The band have come back together for an initial run of 15 shows in the US, which will take place across February and March next year and see them ...

Digital music didn’t kill reissues, but today’s reissues more commonly offer each album individually, through the now standard “reissue series.” Led Zeppelin started an “extensive reissue campaign” in ...

On Aug. 6, news broke that Vern Rumsey, the longtime bassist and founder member of the Olympia, Wash. post-hardcore band Unwound, has passed away. He was 47. Conan Neutron, Rumsey’s bandmate in ...

There they sat—one young woman and two young men, their clothes drab and their hair unkempt—huddled together as if for warmth. All around them, people were talking, joking, laughing. Not these three.

The fourth and final chapter in record label Numero Group’s fascinating history of the Olympia, Washington, trio Unwound collects the albums Challenge for a Civilized Society (1998) and Leaves Turn ...

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When the time comes to put on an Unwound album, it can be easy to feel like the only Unwound fan on Earth that is listening to that particular document at that special moment. Unwound worshipers are ...