Contributions
El Obo - Oxford Basement Collection
El Obo Oxford Basement Collection Oxford Basement Collection allows Colour Revolt frontman Jesse Coppenbarger an outlet for his more hushed, gentle side under the El Obo moniker. Even Colour Revolt's more languid, grumbled sprawls tend to have a gritty, howled dynamic about them, however, so be warned that Oxford Basement Collection is far softer to […]
River City Extension/Kevin Devine - Split EP
River City Extension/Kevin Devine Split EP River City Extension and Kevin Devine paired up for this split 7-inch to commemorate their tour down to South By Southwest this past March. The former take the front side with “Ballad Of Oregon” and “Point Of Surrender,” two tracks of bustling folk/country-rock akin to a toned-down version […]
Ghost Thrower - Get Miserable EP
Ghost Thrower Get Miserable EP The story behind Ghost Thrower is that when rising Boston post-hardcore act Therefore I Am abruptly called it quits, guitarist Travis Alexander was desolate. He had no band, no job, no home, and was dealing with a close family member's passing away. Factor in Shipwreck A.D.'s Nick Webster and Bravo […]
Mock Orange - Disguised As Ghosts
Mock Orange Disguised As Ghosts Mock Orange's first proper studio album in nearly three years takes the band's kinky indie-pop/rock and truncates it significantly. Even as the years have found the band completely leaving behind the scrappy, squiggly guitars and the late-’90s emo earnestness of their earlier material and embracing sonically textured, quirky compositions, […]
Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
Defeater Empty Days & Sleepless Nights Hardcore punk might be the least accommodating subgenre for ongoing storylines. Bands of this style rarely last beyond a first LP, if they even make it that far. Setting up a thematic arc that digs further than a first recording session or two? Forget about it. Perhaps that's why […]
Tidal Arms - The Sun Exploding
Tidal Arms The Sun Exploding Francis Mark, former frontman/drummer of From Autumn To Ashes, hasn't had much longevity with his other projects. His '90s emo worship outlet, Biology, lasted only a solitary full-length; same for Warship and their smoggy throwback to Until Your Heart Stops-era Cave In. Those albums were promising, though, and with […]
Annabel - Here We Are Tomorrow EP
Annabel Here We Are Tomorrow EP It feels funny calling a band so indebted to ’90s emo tenderness “confident,” but that's precisely a blessed trait that Annabel take on for their newest EP, Here We Are Tomorrow. Their Tiny Engines debut leaves behind the frailer, vaguely lilting tilt of their prior full-length, 2009's Each And […]
Glassjaw - Coloring Book EP
Glassjaw Coloring Book EP Glassjaw's latest reinvention could leave a mass murder of puns in its wake, but something about coloring outside the lines seems to fit best. The band's latest offering of new creations, which arrives just a month after the digital singles collection Our Color Green is a stunning departure from that […]
Transit - Something Left Behind EP
Transit Something Left Behind EP Transit have been flooding fans with an array of smartly refined, prolifically produced pop-punk compositions abundant in varied emo influence for a few years now. The concept behind their latest release, Something Left Behind, is that the band take a song from each of their releases dating back to their […]