Emily Zemler

Contributions

The Spill Canvas - Abnormalities EP

Abnormalities EP The Spill Canvas have been testing the patience of their fans over the past year. The South Dakota foursome's last full-length, No Really, I'm Fine, came out in the fall of 2007, and the band offered a few appeasements of an EP,Honestly, I'm Doing Okay, and a re-release of No Really with some additional B-sides in […]

Various Artists - Take Action Volume 9

Take Action Volume 9 Even if a portion of the proceeds wasn't being donated to charity, Take Action Volume 9–the annual compilation released to coincide with the Take Action Tour–would still be worth six of your dollars (its suggest retail price). With two discs, 34 songs and one eager PSA from We the Kings, that's 17 […]

We Were Promised Jetpacks - The Last Place You’ll Look

The Last Place You’ll Look There must be something about Scotland that breeds introspective, intense musicians. We Were Promised Jetpacks, a foursome from Glasgow whose debut, These Four Walls, came out last June, accompany Frightened Rabbit and the Twilight Sad on a path of pensive, moody indie-rock songs that seethe with emotion. Frontman Adam Thompson has […]

The Spill Canvas - Realities

The Spill Canvas Realities Although the Spill Canvas are working on their fifth album, the South Dakota foursome continue to release stopgap EPs in the interim. This five-song disc follows shortly on the heels on their three-song teaser, Abnormalities, which came out in January and offered a brief sense of where the group are heading. In […]

Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto

American Ghetto Portugal. The Man have truly become prolific. The Portland, Oregon-by-way-of-Wasilla, Alaska, band have managed to release an album each year since their 2006 debut, Waiter: "You Vultures!"–not exactly an easy task since the group also tour relentlessly. Sure, you can toss new material out to the public any time you want (paging Ryan Adams) […]

MGMT: Here Come The Warm Vets

Although MGMT draw influence from a lot of musicians, it’s veteran British rock icon and producer Brian Eno who gets an entire song named after him on their new record. “Brian Eno” was penned because, as Ben Goldwasser says, the band were “really obsessed with Brian Eno while we were recording the album.” The song […]

Web Cover Story: Breaking The Record--How bands like the Bouncing Souls and Mae are changing the way

STORY: Emily Zemler The music industry-like the rest of the country-is in a time of great instability. Albums regularly leak prior to release and many fans, even deeply devoted fans, elect to (illegally) download their music from torrents and websites. Record labels are struggling to cope with steep falls in record sales, often dropping bands […]

Hit The Lights - Skip School, Start Fights

Hit The Lights Skip School, Start Fights After the departure of singer Colin Ross last year, it was unclear what direction the Lima, Ohio, group Hit The Lights would veer. Would they elect to reprise the nasal pop-punk on their 2006 debut This Is A Stick Up… Don’t Make It A Murder or jerk the […]

The New Amsterdams - Story Like A Scar

The New Amsterdams Story Like A Scar In his latest attempt to shift from being the leader of a beloved pop-punk band to going the introspective-singer/songwriter route, former Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor returns to the spotlight with the fourth album from his other band, the New Amsterdams. But despite masking his apparent intention […]
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