Tag: punk
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Life In Vacuum: “Breathing In”
Author: Joe Gamboa The Toronto-based trio Life In Vacuum delivers an explosive, high-energy brand of aggressive rock that laces merciless-but-musical melodies, paired with passionate vocals and rhythms seemingly spit out by an angry calculator. The calculated result of the equation is many things: compelling, hypnotic, menacing, and undeniably magnetic. Look no further than the band’s…
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dweller. “Night Theater” Premiere
Alternative New Yorkers, dweller. will be releasing their debut EP All The Things We Carry in tribute to the band’s late friend/bassist. The intensity of excruciatingly painful and exhausting emotion is equally distributed into the 5 tracks with versatility. All The Things We Carry is the perfect gritty, Alt-EP due to the creatively contrasting mix…
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Heart To Gold Gig Review/Interview
Minneapolis’s alternative band Heart To Gold released their latest album; Tom via Memory Music April of 2022, followed by a collection of acoustic tracks. Tom is the album I would personally show a friend to introduce Heart To Gold due to the range of style and versatility the mix of tracks creates, featuring contrasting tracks…
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Trauma Ray; Transmissions Release
Through karaoke and being left on read, Trauma Ray formed in Fort Worth, Texas – consisting of original band members; Uriel Avila (Vocals/Guitar), Jonathan Perez (Guitar), Nicholas Bobotas (Drums), and Darren Baun (Bass). You could call it faith; “…’I think the hardest thing, and most amazing thing about being in a band, especially if you’re…
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Ridgeway; Alex Ybarra
Ridgeway (Orange County, California) released their latest LP Marlo in August of 2021, bringing us gently-made tracks to delightfully cry and smile to (simultaneously). After obsessively refreshing myself with the entire Spotify discography of Ridgeway, each release bombarded me with vivid imagery – making me feel as if I was actually going through the scenarios…
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Troubled Minds; “Like I Used To Be” Single Release
Troubled Minds from Phoenix, Arizona has blessed us with a new track to jam to; a promised feel-good tune that will make you confident in giving your routine-playlist a new song. The release of ; “Like I Used To Be” will present to you the perfect blend of Midwest Emo and Pop Punk, while also…
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Common Sage; Julian Rosen
Julian Rosen (Vocalist/Guitarist) graciously accepted my inquiry for an interview discussing background and Common Sages‘ latest release; “It Lives and It Breathes”. Julian started dabbling in music and keeps pursuing music simply because he has always wanted to. Julian’s first performance entailed absolutely crushing his middle school talent-show with the song; ‘M+Ms’ by Blink-182. “When…
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Doused “Murmur” Release – With Mike Wolfe
After stumbling upon the single release of “Strawberry Blonde”, I was immediately committed to dipping further into the ambient sounds of Doused – leading me to listen to the entirety of their latest album Murmur straight-through without hesitation. Front-to-back, Murmur made me feel as if I were being drawn into a dream-like state between the…
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Northern Weather; “North River Road” Release
Northern Weather is a Midwest Emo/Punk band based out of Akron, Ohio. A tight-knit mix of laid-back, funny dude’s who respectfully enjoy creating and performing music. Discovering them takes me back to listening to 90’s Punk/Emo for the first time, a rush I shamelessly chase. Still, Northern Weather has their own, fresh sound. They keep…
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