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Read MoreREVIEW: Hazing Over – Tunnel Vision EP
Hazing Over – Tunnel Vision EP Review A few weeks ago, Pittsburgh’s own Hazing Over released their second EP entitled “Tunnel Vision”, and since my several listens yesterday, I have indeed found myself stuck in a haze of disappointment and bewilderment. However, let it be known that the source of my disillusionment comes from the fact that it took me two weeks to actually give this 6 track ripper a...
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Read MoreNew Music Report – February 24, 2023
Man, what a week. We’ve got some huge new singles from August Burns Red featuring Spencer from Underoath, new music from Bodysnatcher and Ov Sulfur and then on the other end of the spectrum, a new album from Lucero and Manchester Orchestra. So a little something for everybody with a really diverse week. Now we’re getting into some of the full lengths I’ve really been looking forward to. I know Lucero is a...
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New Music Report – February 17, 2023
This week has been kind of weird, there really haven’t been a ton of notable full-length releases, SeeYouNextTuesday put out a new album, but as far as I’ve been tracking that’s been about it. That said, it doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a packed week for new music in general. Again, we’re in that point in the year where new releases are still rolling in, we start seeing more big name full-length releases...
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New Music Report – February 10, 2023
What a week for good music. Everything from Paramore coming back and putting out their first album in years to absolutely huge new singles from some of the best heavy bands in the game. To start things off, the new singles from Veil of Maya and Brand of Sacrifice are exactly as good as you would expect from such legendary bands, and with new albums likely on the horizon from both of them, there’s...
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New Music Report – February 3, 2023
Yet another week of the singles being more impactful than the albums themselves. There have been a few good albums this year, don’t get me wrong, but when you have weeks like this where both Currents and Invent Animate – two of the absolute best bands in the new age of metalcore – are putting out new music and hyping up their upcoming album releases, it’s hard for much of anything to beat that. If these...
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New Music Report – January 26, 2023
Kind of a diverse set of releases we’ve had this week, it’s been nice to see. There are a few very high profile releases like new singles from Fall Out Boy and August Burns Red, and some heavy hitters from Angelmaker, Unearth, See You Next Tuesday, and so on, which have all been fantastic. I’m actually very much looking forward to the new August Burns Red release. Generally speaking, they’ve been as...
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New Music Report – January 19, 2023
Things are starting to get moving now, we’ve got a couple releases trickling in that are worth listening to. But honestly, the big story is still all the new singles, and the album release dates that come along with it. Bands like Jesus Piece, The Ocean, City & Colour, and more all put out some very promising new singles this week, with announcements for albums coming in the next 2-3 months. Full of...
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New Music Report – January 13, 2023
Honestly, there still isn’t a ton to talk about this early in the year, but there has been some exciting news for coming music, and a few interesting releases that we’ve seen already. Of course, the big news this week is the new Periphery album announcement that came along with two incredible singles. That album should be a real highlight for the year, and with two singles already out, we should get some...
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Weekend Warm-Up No. 8: Warped Tour Nostalgia
–Words and list by Michael Hogan
Excuse me while I have a moment here; this is a pure nostalgia trip. Some of these bands I haven’t even thought of, let alone listened to in years. When’s the last time you talked to someone about Story of the Year? But if you’re anything like me, these songs never really left you. You still know all the words, you can still remember the energy from these songs – as if it was only yesterday you were an angsty little ball of hormones draped in the latest Hot Topic fabrics, counting down the days until Warped Tour.
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Weekend Wind-Down No. 7: Ambience & Keys
–Words and list by Kevin Madert
Brian Eno, one of the fathers of ambient music, titled the first album in his “Ambient” series Music For Airports. It was, he explained, crafted to be absorbed and enjoyed by both passive and active listeners – it was even installed at LaGuardia Airport in New York for a brief time after its release in 1978 (yes, 1978). Much of the music in the collection follows these tenets, bookended by two melody-driven compositions performed by pianist George Winston. Listen intently or absentmindedly, enjoy equally.
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Weekend Warm-Up No. 7: Hip-Hopping
–Words and list by Kevin Madert
There’s nothing quite like rapping along word-for-word with your favorite MCs, even if it’s in the driver’s seat of your beat-up Acura and not on their most recent headlining tour. From party rapper Wallpaper’s questionably serious “#STUPiDFACEDD” to the sunshine ‘n’ summertime vibes of “Coastin’” and “Ghostwriter,” these tracks are ready-made for pregames, preparties, or any other pre- you can imagine. We’ve even included a few electronically tinged numbers – Culprate lays down a rumbling rhythm for Maksim, and RJD2 crafts poignant hip-hop without any words at all.
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Noise Tech Collective: Friends With Robots Brings Together Best & Brightest In Boston Area Scene
–Written by Kevin Madert
The travels and trials of the local DJ hardly make it an enviable occupation. From making pennies to play opening sets for the barbacks and bouncers to slaving away for weeks on a track that ends up with a few hundred plays on Soundcloud months after the fact, the passion dumped in often far outweighs the visible returns. The worst part is watching wholly talentless “musicians” play to thousands of fans – “musicians” who quite possibly did nothing but fork out considerable cash to gain their recognition.
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Review: Gerard Way’s “Hesitant Alien”
–Written by Kevin Madert
In high school, Gerard Way got me. I was a totally normal kid with totally normal issues, but of course at the time I was the only person who’d ever felt confused, the sole target of all the world’s ire, and the first guy to ever like a girl who didn’t like him back. The singular constant in my whirling dervish of pubescent emotion was music, and Way’s band My Chemical Romance became one of my most frequented therapists. I’d slam my bedroom door, grab my first generation iPod Nano, and let Way’s tortured tones echo atop the distorted crunch of those quintessential mid-2000s emocore riffs, washing my latest crisis away.
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Frequency of the Week No. 5: Cloud D
–Written by Reed Eisenhauer
Traveling to the mile high state of Colorado has always been on my bucket list, and I managed to cross it off this past September. While already well aware of the breathtaking scenery, affable locals and (of course) the legal recreational cannabis, what really stood out to me during my visit was the oversaturation of the music scene – not only in Denver but throughout the state as a whole. While shuffling through local magazines and newsletters I came across handfuls of jam-packed venue calendars. There were easily 4-5 different musical acts performing in various locations every day of the week. To put it bluntly, Colorado natives are musically spoiled in the best way possible.
DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist Give Silver Spring a History Lesson (Show Review)
Written by Michael Hogan
It’s easy to become jaded as a music journalist. You’ve been to so many shows and seen so many artists that they all blend together after awhile. You get into it because you love it, because every single show is something special; while music may still be a wonderful thing, most shows have just become a little less special. I know it’s a rather bleak way to look at things, and some of you are surely cursing at me through your keyboards – something about how I’m an ungrateful little shit and I’m taking it all for granted – and you’re probably right. But if I’ve gained one skill in life it’s the ability to recognize when a show is momentousness; a once in a life time experience that has some sort of echoing effect in the history of music, regardless of the scale.
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On “This Is Cave Music,” Moon Hooch Tighten Up Without Turning Down (Album Review)
Written by Kevin Madert
Before I bought Moon Hooch’s self-titled debut album, I didn’t know the true meaning of the phrase “replay value.” From late-night drives to early morning runs, parties to study sessions and everything in between, Moon Hooch became my go-to soundtrack for basically everything. It’s for this reason the prospect of a new Moon Hooch LP stirred within me equally feelings of excitement and nervousness. My mental bar for a follow-up full-length was set to an unfair height, and a part of me fretted the trio would let me down by default.
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Frequency Of The Week No. 4: Derlee
-Written by Kevin Madert
My experiences with Bandcamp have been somewhat of a mixed bag. It’s a fantastic place for independent labels, low-key artists and bedroom producers to share their work, yet much like Soundcloud your music exploration can quickly derail into a black hole of falsely advertised accounts and underwhelming tunes. If you stay focused and go in with a plan you can find some really neat stuff, and that’s how I came across this week’s FotW: Derlee.
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Weekend Warm-Up No. 7: Hip-Hopping
–Words and list by Kevin Madert
There’s nothing quite like rapping along word-for-word with your favorite MCs, even if it’s in the driver’s seat of your beat-up Acura and not on their most recent headlining tour. From party rapper Wallpaper’s questionably serious “#STUPiDFACEDD” to the sunshine ‘n’ summertime vibes of “Coastin’” and “Ghostwriter,” these tracks are ready-made for pregames, preparties, or any other pre- you can imagine. We’ve even included a few electronically tinged numbers – Culprate lays down a rumbling rhythm for Maksim, and RJD2 crafts poignant hip-hop without any words at all.
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