When the Virginia/North Carolina math-metal outfit LOINCLOTH entered the scene back in 2000, heads in the underground swiveled so hard they threatened to pop off their bodies like champagne corks. The ...

With a few notable exceptions, the combination of the terms “progressive” and “Instru-metal” are enough to send me into a drooling mini-coma of cavernous fucking boredom. Loincloth is one of those ...

Over the course of a decade, the highly regarded ultra-technical instrumental-metal outfit Loincloth's discography totaled four songs. The N.C.-Va. trio's debut LP leaves room for a broader audience ...

From fighting fires in New York City to winning $1 million on the grueling reality TV show “Survivor,” Tom Westman has embraced excitement and challenge and tasted fame. But now he’s a rookie working ...

The headline on People magazine’s annual “Hottest Bachelor” issue says it all: “Mario Lopez Bares All.” “We thought of this issue kind of as the ‘summer fling,’ ” Julie Jordan, People’s chief ...