The self-titled debut Montrose album, released 50 freakin’ years ago (!)—October 17, 1973—on Warner Bros. records was a game-changer that was hugely influential on some of the biggest metal and hard rock bands the world would ever know. Iron Maiden were fans, as was a… Read More »Montrose and Sammy Hagar Bassist, Bill “The Electric” Church, Releases New Memoir
Any readers keeping a close eye on newer emo release may already be aware of saturdays at your place from their energetic and excellent EP always cloudy. Given the title, the EP was ironically a bright spot in late January and it hasn’t lost any… Read More »New Track: saturdays at your place – “pourover”
In the late ’90s, bleeding into the early 2000s, Kevin Devine was in a Long Island emo band called Miracle of 86. Not Long Island emo in the sense of The Movielife, Taking Back Sunday, or Glassjaw–the band’s 2000 self-titled debut owed a heavy debt… Read More »It Holds Up: Kevin Devine – ‘Make the Clocks Move’
A few months ago, (G)I-DLE previewed their first English-language EP with I Do — a synthy, atmospheric slow burn that worked well for the group. That sound didn’t turn out to be an indication of where the EP would go, as (G)I-DLE explores a multitude… Read More »Song Review: (G)I-DLE – I Want That
Short Fictions’ Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler) is a record of dualities and contrasts constantly clashing for a final result that’s invigorating as it is heartbreaking, meditative as it kinetic, and as hopeful as it is despairing. The… Read More »Album Review: Short Fictions – ‘Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler)’