This one starts with a death and a rap song. In July 2017, Pennsylvanian rapper Gustav “Lil Peep” Ahr released “Awful Things”, the third single from his debut album Come Over When You're Sober Part … [Read more...] about Album Review: Good Charlotte – Generation Rx
Life-Changing Album: Sleeping With Sirens – With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear
Warped Tour, 2012, New York City. My first Warped, and it was a great one. I was nineteen, between my first and second years of college, and I attended with my high-school best friend. Her tastes ran … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Album: Sleeping With Sirens – With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear
Interview: Comeback Kid
It’s almost September, and for music fans, that means one thing: as the leaves turn from green to brown, summer festival season turns to fall tour season. It’s a change that veteran hardcore band … [Read more...] about Interview: Comeback Kid
Album Review: Real Friends – Composure
It’s like they always say: when life gives you lemons, write pop-punk. Okay, maybe they don’t say that. But they should because it’s a pretty standard modus operandi for pop-punk bands. When … [Read more...] about Album Review: Real Friends – Composure
Album Review: Gorillaz – The Now Now
Question: what do you do when the cartoon bassist from your virtual band is framed for a fictional crime by the live-action kingpin of an unspecified, presumably fictional crime syndicate… and then … [Read more...] about Album Review: Gorillaz – The Now Now
Album Review: Mayday Parade – Sunnyland
Sunnyland is a real place, sort of. Its actual name was “Sunland Hospital,” and the Tallahassee location, operational from 1967 to 1983, was one of a Florida-wide chain of mental health facilities. … [Read more...] about Album Review: Mayday Parade – Sunnyland
Interview: Mayday Parade
Mayday Parade’s story kicks off at Warped Tour 2006, but they weren’t actually playing it. They were still unsigned, a group of plucky young Tallahassee pop-punkers who decided to follow the tour … [Read more...] about Interview: Mayday Parade
Show Review: TesseracT, Plini, Astronoid – Irving Plaza
May 24, 2018 Irving Plaza New York City, NY Review and photos by Blair Levinger In math, a “tesseract” is a four-dimensional extension of a square— an eight-surfaced shape where each surface … [Read more...] about Show Review: TesseracT, Plini, Astronoid – Irving Plaza