Ryan PangilinanBecause of really cheesy (re: terrible) nu-Warped bands like Millionaires and Brokencyde, I long for the days of earnest Midwestern emo. Yes, I wrote the dreaded “E” word, but let’s not get it twisted. Before it turned into the...
"We have a responsibility like this when people look up to you. The person you are bleeds into the music you make." -- Zach Gehring
12 Summers Old is the band name. Fitting, because the members sound like they are twelve years old, making music for twelve year olds. I’m not twelve years old. So, to review this seems a bit hard, because now I have to go back to the times...
There 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...
I first made aware of Greeley Estates in late 2005; they were a “little band” that had jumped on a few tours that brought them through Orange County, California. In 2006, I was asked to do my first interview with a few of the guys from...
Eyes Set to Kill have popped up on my radar several times as they have been the new “it” band, hopping from tour to tour over the passed year with acts of various rock genres. In their most recent release, Reach, this Tempe, Arizona band...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Formerly known as the Pale, the Pale Pacific’s name change reminds me too much of the horrendous pop-punk band, Amber Pacific. Had I not known of the name change, I probably would have skipped right by the Pale Pacific at the record store...