No return policy: 24 side projects we'd love to see come back
Ah, the side project. It's the perfect outlet for a creatively overstimulated musician who just can't be contained to one band. Unfortunately, many side projects are one-and-dones, rarely getting to tour or exist outside of the artist's main gig. Here are some of our favorite side projects of recent years that we'd love to see...
Album Premiere: Adam Rubenstein, 'Excavator'
Adam Rubenstein, guitarist of Chamberlain, releases Excavator, his second solo album tomorrow, April 23. The album is a diverse collection of songs Rubenstein had written but never recorded over the years and recently rediscovered. “I often equate being a songwriter to having some inoperable disease, where ideas just keep rapidly proliferating beyond your conscious control,”...
Relient K drummer Ethan Luck leaves the band
Following news that Relient K would be touring without three of their members, drummer Ethan Luck, who joined the band in 2008, has resigned from the group. You can read his exit statement below. “To all the great fans of Relient K It saddens me, more than you know, to tell you that I have...
Geoff Rickly (Thursday) reflects on his Warped Tour experiences
Geoff Rickly, former Thursday frontman and current solo troubadour, has reflected on his Warped Tour experiences in a piece titled The Nine Circles of Vans Warped Tour. While he spent many summers out with Thursday, he refers mostly to last summer, when he met up with the inaugural Acoustic Basement stage. Read an excerpt from his highly...