Ryan PangilinanThere are few bands from the 2001-2003 screamo explosion that have lasted as well and as long as Thursday has. While some bands (Finch, Glasseater) broke up or reformed, others such as Thrice and Senses Fail have altered their sounds dramatically to...
There’s something to be said about a band when you listen to their record and you want to like them. Their songs may be solid, catchy, and well-played, but there’s still that lingering feeling of uncertainty on whether you actually like...
Recently, essayist Eric Grubbs wrote a book entitled POST: A Book About the Influence of Post-Hardcore 1985-2008. In the book, Grubbs profiles several bands, including genre stalwarts like At the Drive-In, Jawbox, Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate...
At one-time –- as Fear Before The March of Flames –- the band was often compared to The Blood Brothers and Converge. Now, as their career reaches its seventh year, they find comparisons to Depeche Mode and the Deftones on their plate.
From the first few bars on “Nerve Tonic!,” the opening track from the Whore Moans’ album, Hello From the Radio Wasteland!, the listener knows that he or she is in for a treat. Like the similarly-minded Hour of the Wolf, the Whore...
I’m rather weary of tribute compilations. For the most part, they tend to be stale, and the covers rarely outshine its source material. Take, for example, Rock Music: A Tribute to Weezer, a compilation that gathers several pop-punk and...
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