Into It. Over It. – Proper
Putting needle to groove and listening to the latest full-length, Proper, from Into It. Over It. feels almost like curling up in your favorite chair with a warm cup of coffee on a cold and gray Sunday morning… or lounging back with your favorite drink after a long week at a shitty job. That’s sometimes (Read more…)
Joyce Manor – Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
Upon hearing the new Joyce Manor release Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired, the first reaction from almost everyone will inevitably be, “That’s it? Where’s the rest of it?” Guaranteed. Every time. It was for me. The “album” clocks in at just a tick over 13 minutes which is almost 6 minutes shorter (Read more…)
A little band called Boxer
You might not know it but the first band signed by Vagrant Records was Boxer from Boston, Mass. The band’s one and only album, The Hurt Process was produced by none other than Face to Face’s Trever Keith and released by Vagrant on May 5th, 1998. It’s an under-appreciated but masterful slab of post-Lifetime post-hardcore (Read more…)
Castevet – The Echo & The Light
Earlier this year my friends from the amazing Tiny Engines label released the gorgeous vinyl version of Castevet’s newest record The Echo & The Light. It’s the second record from this Chicago group that I’ve had the pleasure of hearing. It’s not totally (or really at all) dissimilar from last year’s Summer Fences and still (Read more…)
Grown Ups – More Songs
I was going to write about Grown Ups’ EP (the simply titled Songs) until I got their full-length (the appropriately titled More Songs since it includes the 4 songs from Songs plus six more). This is tremendously good stuff so shame on me for not writing about these guys sooner. From what I understand, Grown (Read more…)
Joie De Vivre – The North End
A few weeks ago I had the lucky (or unlucky depending on how you view it) fortune of meeting Brandon and Patrick from the band Joie De Vivre and having a few too many beers with them. That chance meeting made me think about the fact that I hadn’t written about their band’s album, The (Read more…)
Sounds You Should Hear: Stegosaur
Who: Stegosaur Sounds: Adventure 7″ Where: Texas How: Seafoam Recordings What: Just imagine a less tortured Tim Kasher playing songs from Black Sheep Boy and you’ll get the picture. I really really dig this. The cover art on this record is also really great (if you needed one more reason to check this out). RIYL: (Read more…)
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) – What It Takes To Move Forward
Oh time you are such a fickle bitch. The way your never ending pull distorts what once was and colors what now is never fails to fuck with how we all perceive things. Did I ever mention that way WAY back when my email address was something like emokid2121@hotmail.com? I’m not embarrassed to admit it (Read more…)
Everyone Everwhere MP3 Blog Tour
I’m pretty thrilled that I get to be part of the Everyone Everywhere MP3 Blog Tour celebrating the release of the upcoming self-titled full-length from Philadelphia’s Everyone Everywhere. The “tour” began yesterday and runs through the record’s May 4th official release date with 10 great blogs giving away every song from the album (in order) (Read more…)
