Life-Changing

The 90's were a great time to be a kid. You can ask anybody. From Britney Spears and Pokémon to Nickelodeon game shows, 90’s pop culture left a lasting and tangible impact on everyone in my … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Band: Muse

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

My Chemical Romance’s famous album The Black Parade was released in 2006. At the time, young Elyse was only 10 years old and barely, if at all emo yet. My biggest priorities were probably remembering … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Album: My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade

I usually prefer my place behind the camera and writing fiction, but I finally have a chance to talk about my Life-Changing Band - more like Life SAVING Band. I’ve rewritten the beginning of this … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Band: The Suicide Machines

Parents are in a unique role of being able to pass along preferences to their offspring. It's an opportunity to educate and enlighten the next youth movement from where the previous left off. While … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Album: Thursday – Full Collapse

It’s amazing hearing the first few seconds of an album for the first time. Sometimes, it feels like you’ve finally found that "thing" that you’ve needed without even knowing that you need it. It can … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Album: Thebleedingalarm – Beauty in Destruction

The Swiss Army Romance The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most Dashboard Confessional I had intentions of choosing only one album for this article, but when it comes to Dashboard, that’s … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Albums: Dashboard Confessional

Being someone who contributes to a music zine, it shouldn't come as a surprise that music is incredibly instrumental to who I am. I've got more favorite bands than I can count. However, Rise Against … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Band: Rise Against