INTERVIEW: Skip The Foreplay
Starting something new usually follows with exhilaration, anticipation and confidence, but most of all it starts with passion. Breaking out of Montreal, Quebec, metalcore newcomers SKIP THE FOREPLAY have shown each trait but steadily focused on the latter, turning up the volume on shows and in different cities in order to connect with anyone who will listen to make an impact that’s not simply heard by kids standing in the front row. Off of... Read More
INTERVIEW: letlive.
Over the course of a year, Los Angeles five-piece LETLIVE. signed to a major independent label, sowed their proverbial brand of post-hardcore into South By Southwest and toured extensively across North America, the UK and even Australia. Numerous shows later, the group still perform at a level of intensity – which slightly mirrors the energy of a basement gig mixed with the ruthless speed of punk – that knows no boundaries but only one... Read More
REVIEW: Every Time I Die – “Ex Lives”
[Mar. 6th, 2012 - Epitaph Records // Find it at: iTunes | Amazon] ______________________________________________________________ Vicious. Picturesque. Blunt. For close to fourteen years, Every Time I Die have steered their own hardcore abandon into the way of anyone who would listen and the response to the group’s technical songwriting has been nothing short of a massacre. While The Big Dirty and New Junk Aesthetic’s extroverted personalities... Read More
INTERVIEW: The Menzingers
In this particular time, it’s difficult to think of another band that captures the essence of straightforward punk rock and the thick blood it carries that pumps life into the notes about love, loss and growing up. Since breaking out from a wave of ska back in 2006, Scranton’s own THE MENZINGERS have fused together a blend of aggressive, sincere rock that takes a minimalist form – as it does on the group’s Epitaph-first, On... Read More
VIDEO: letlive. – “Muther”
There are few bands that exist that can actually capture every sense your human body uses for minutes at time and letlive. are one of them. An emotional cut from their recording of Fake History, “Muther” has done the former with ease and the California post-hardcore act counter with an equally moving video that’s artistic as it is stirring, leaving odd images and tour footage behind to leave you with something deep, personal and... Read More
CONTEST: Epitaph Records Prize Pack
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INTERVIEW: New Found Glory
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REVIEW: Frank Turner – “England Keep My Bones”
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GOING LIVE: Every Time I Die, The Chariot
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GOING LIVE: Every Time I Die, The Chariot
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