Smoke & Fiction is due August 2024 via Fat Possum Records, following the band's 2020 comeback record, Alphabetland - their first LP in 35 years. They recorded the album with producer Rob Schnapf, and... more

Bristling punk energy, hooks that would endure for decades, a sound that darted back and forth from the present day to the rock 'n' roll '50s—this is X's classic sophomore LP (1981). Ray Manzarek... more

The punk, rockabilly, country and even ballads on X's 1980 debut made it clear why they stood out so starkly from the rest of the L.A. punk pack. John Doe and Exene Cervenka's killer songs are what... more