It’s not often that a new band is able to mix elements of alternative, punk, and metal into a sound that is not only cohesive, but also has potential. Play it too soft, and you’re removing yourself from the rock genre entirely (while still somehow being too “hard” to fit …
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Album Review: Nails – You Will Never be One of Us
For their third full length album, Powerviolence band Nails have returned with another set of truly harsh, unrelenting tracks that is sure to live up to the band’s infamous soundscape. With this being their longest project to date, with a runtime of 21 minutes, You Will Never be One of …
Read More »Interview with Mark Gemini Thwaite: “Working on Volumes, it certainly opened my eyes in that you don’t necessarily need to worry about a style.”
In the late 70s, a teenaged Mark Gemini Thwaite immersed himself into England’s two era-defining musical realms: heavy metal and punk rock—the latter of which peaked in popularity. But come the early to mid 80s, Thwaite, by then a prominent multi-genre guitarist, catalyzed a career overseeing the very best of …
Read More »Album Review: Maths and the Moon – Familiar Strange (Out May 20)
Maths and the Moon continue to hone a stylistic ambiguity that fills myriad alternative fans with joy. Over half a decade in existence, their style is rooted in a mass of crunchy, space-wide psychedelia, all the while kept inventive and free from stringent interpretation. Night Train Daydream, the Southampton trio’s …
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Album Review: Unintimidated – Musicians Against Scott Walker Compilation Album
If there is one thing the rest of the United States should know about Wisconsin, it’s this: Wisconsinites are proud. Wisconsinites are defiant. They do not like to be ****ed with. And if Unintimidated: Musicians Against Scott Walker is any indication, there is a growing population of Wisconsinites disgruntled with …
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Gallery: New Found Glory – The Florida Vacation Tour – Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3/3/16
Album Review: Like Pacific – Distant Like You Asked
Facebook | Twitter Get ready for the latest fast-paced release from Canadian punk rockers, Like Pacific. Distant Like You Asked, available now, is a relentless storm of angst and anger and stands to sit proudly right alongside punk legends such as Blink-182 and Misfits. The Toronto, Ontario five-piece band is …
Read More »Punks Not Dead – The Virginmarys Premiere New Video
Hailing from Macclesfield, England, the Virginmarys make anthems that scream with all the potent sound and fury of modern punk acts, brimming with the honesty of prime British rock of the early 1970’s, before the wizards and capes overcame the attack and dynamic. The UK based three piece recently returned …
Read More »Gallery: Gallows Bound at Jack Rabbit’s in Jacksonville, FL 1-12-2016
It’s hard to describe a band when you hear their description as Appalachian Punk, but once you see Gallows Bound live and listen to their music you instantly understand the label. Now on their first national tour supporting their sophomore self-titled album, these six Virginians are attempting win over crowds …
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