Sleepy Gonzales Mercy Kill Light Organ Records Some of the best pieces of music take you on journeys outside of musical genres and reality. Bands such as Sleepy Gonzales make it their business to transport listeners into a slumber-like state, [...]
Passion Pit Gossamer Sony Music Canada For pop artists like Passion Pit, the ability to be undeniably honest in his art form has always been important to singer/songwriter Michael Angelakos, no matter how uncomfortable. When [...]
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, EMERGING VICTORIOUS A CONVERSATION WITH ROBBIE LITCHFIELD OF SAVING VICE For most DIY bands, many would quickly become disheartened by the number of challenges Vermont-based metalcore band Saving Vice has faced since their [...]
PONY Velveteen Take This To Heart Records Certain bands wear nostalgia beautifully and perfectly from top to bottom. Ever since their emergence in the music scene in 2015, Pony has garnered a reputation for their captivating pop charm and [...]
Enter Shikari A Kiss For The Whole World So Recordings Enter Shikari has never been what you call ordinary when attempting to label the music they create within the post-hardcore scene. Establishing a unique and fresh electronicore soundscape [...]
Linkin Park Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) Warner Records Few albums deserve a mark of perfection when it comes to production, writing, and instrumental world-building. For Linkin Park, the album that comes to mind is Meteora. When the album [...]
Covet Catharsis Triple Crown Records It’s hard to manipulate vocals, guitars, bass, pianos, and drums to beautifully articulate sun-drenched guitar patterns and beachfront atmospherics into one’s music from start to finish on an [...]
DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY A CONVERSATION WITH TONY PERRY OF PIERCE THE VEIL When it comes to bands like Pierce The Veil, none is as ambitious, forward-thinking, or consistent. Collide The Sky and Misadventures were success stories that continued [...]
The Sword Apocryphon (10th Anniversary Edition) Craft Recordings Bands like The Sword have always confidently found themselves at the forefront of retro-metal. Colouring and successfully merging classic doom metal, 70’s psychedelic [...]
Silverstein Arrivals & Departures (15th Anniversary Edition) Craft Recordings Looking back on Silverstein’s Arrivals & Departures, it’s a listening experience met with mixed emotions but one that brought about an evolved [...]
Polyphia Remember That You Will Die Rise Records When looking at heavyweight metal bands like Polyphia, it’s easy to see why they are not only one of the biggest instrumental acts in the genre but also in the world. Since they came onto [...]
Danny Goo Butterflies Atoned Music For years solo pop-punk-rap artist Danny Goo has perfected the cocktail of mixing both music genres. When entering the scene with his first EP, Danny Goo showed a grasp of writing intimate lyrics while [...]
Projected Hypoxia Rat Pak Records New York rock and metal band Projected has been called a supergroup not just because of members John Connolly (Sevendust), Eric Friedman (Tremonti), Vinnie Hornsby (Sevendust), and Scott Phillips (Alter Bridge) [...]
Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage: Live At The Palladium Metal Blade Records Killswitch Engage has stood the test of time by being one of the most accomplished bands in the metal scene today. For a band that has many record-breaking [...]
Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends (20th Anniversary Edition) Craft Recordings When looking back at the early wave of 2000’s bands that helped shape the emo, pop-punk, and post-hardcore scene, no band is more fondly or memorably [...]
Silverstein Misery Made Me UNFD/NSEW Recordings Over the years, many will have formed a variety of different opinions when it comes to post-hardcore heavy-hitters, Silverstein. But when it comes to redeveloping soundscapes for every album [...]
Simple Plan Harder Than It Looks Independent Simple Plan has always reigned supreme when we look to the kings that rule the pop-punk realm. They not only shaped the genre, but emerging bands have also used them as the pillar of influence on [...]
Lights Pep Fueled By Ramen Few artists in the pop arena are as unique or as adventurous when it comes to electro-rock artists like Lights. Throughout her career, her music is hardly what you would call mainstream alternative pop music. Looking [...]
HEAVY STEPS ON HOLLOW GROUND A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW NEUFELD OF COMEBACK KID: PART TWO From start to finish, Heavy Steps is a high-octane, aggressive, and technically successful percussive record. Tracks like “Crossed” and [...]
HEAVY STEPS ON HOLLOW GROUND A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW NEUFELD OF COMEBACK KID: PART ONE Comeback Kid have been innovating the hardcore genre for the past 20 years. Never being a band to stay tied to the same old tricks within the music [...]
COMEBACK KID HEAVY STEPS NEW DAMAGE RECORDS/NUCLEAR BLAST Hardcore leviathans Comeback Kid have been in the genre game for 20 years. With years comes experience and knowing how to work the genre field to your favour. Comeback Kid has never [...]
CUE THE CURTAIN CALL, ROLL THE CREDITS, IT’S OVER A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL KOEHLER OF SILVERSTEIN When it comes to bands like Silverstein, they seem to have been through it all. From Discovering The Waterfront to A Beautiful Place To [...]
The All-American Rejects Move Along (Hyper Deluxe Reissue) Dark Operative Everyone remembers when bands like The All American Rejects began to surface in the rock scene early 2000s. A contagious earworm for the audio senses is an understatement [...]
MAYDAY PARADE WHAT IT MEANS TO FALL APART RISE RECORDS Since 2005, Mayday Parade has been a strong presence in the pop-punk and alternative scene. An unwavering sound for the past 16 years that seems to mature and get more solid with time, [...]
