Jason Schreurs

Soul Control Get Out Now EP Finding hardcore bands willing to step outside the normal paradigms of hard, fast, loud is sometimes a daunting task. Luckily, there have always been bands like Rhode Island’s Soul Control, who root themselves in the sounds of hardcore/punk, but branch out from there with varying elements. Soul Control wouldn’t […]

Unearth Darkness In The Light Album No. 5 for Massachusetts’ Unearth puts them atop the heap of new-generation thrash-metal bands. Now that moshers such as Shadows Fall and God Forbid seemed to have peaked and all but gone away (neither have made a peep since 2009), Unearth are a slightly younger, leaner band ready to […]

Ellwood Lost In Transition At this point, Ellwood are essentially the Mad Caddies exploring their reggae side. But it isn’t that simple: All four members of Ellwood are also members of the Caddies, and the project started with vocalist/guitarist Chuck Robertson jamming with some buddies, including original Caddies drummer Todd Rosenberg and Dustin Lanker of […]

Worriers Past Lives EP First off, three-song EPs are the best. Quick, easy, and in the case of New Jersey’s Worriers, totally enjoyable. Featuring members of Night Birds and the Measure [SA], Worriers tread the lighter side of the punk path, with pop hooks and sing-along choruses. Fans of both Night Birds’ raw garage punk/hardcore […]

S.O.S. I Owe You Nothing EP   No one expects a band with members of Hatebreed and Terror to sound anything else than tough-guy hardcore. It’s like when you buy your favorite brand of veggie burgers: You know exactly what you’re going to get, and what it’s going to taste like—and you know you’ll like […]

Emily’s Army Don’t Be A Dick   If there’s ever a band who needed to be prepared to catch major shit upon their proclamation to the punk world, it’s Emily’s Army. Produced and released by Billie Joe Armstrong (yeah, him), and featuring four teenagers ranging from 15 to 17 years old—one of which just happens […]

Dear Lions Dear Lions EP Interesting how you can suddenly throw two random musicians together, in this case vocalist Ricky Lewis and guitarist Adam Rubenstein, and it sounds like they’ve been playing together for years. Lewis and Rubenstein (sounds like the name of a law firm) were introduced by a common friend last year and […]

Givers In Light   While the story of Givers’ formation is very interesting (duo meet at the University of New Orleans, get chased home to Lafayette, Louisiana, by Hurricane Katrina, get discovered by music bigwig Daniel Glass), it pales in comparison to how enthralling their music is. Like a combination of different genres of world […]