Jason Schreurs

Tiltwheel The High Hate Us Here’s a recipe for success: Put out one album every 10 years and only play a single out-of-town show each year (hello, the Fest). That’s been the career trajectory of San Diego’s Tiltwheel, like they actually give a fuck. The High Hate Us, the band’s first album in nearly a […]

Silverstein Transitions EP Burlington, Ontario’s Silverstein are back with a new label and a new EP, featuring a couple of songs from their next album (and Hopeless debut), scheduled for early 2011. The new songs are the typical Silverstein offerings, carried by Shane Told’s uncanny ability to switch between crisp, clean (and slightly Auto-Tuned) emoting […]

Various Artists Gift Wrapped Vol. II: Snowed In   Compilations are always hit and miss. Whether it’s pop cover songs, tribute albums to fallen rockers or, in this case, a stab at holiday and wintery tunes, there are always going to be individual entries that delight and others that dismay. Consistency and flow are two […]

E For Explosion Hold Grudges Not Hands EP At first listen, E For Explosion sound like happy times. But peek beneath the surface, and this project from former JamisonParker member Jamison Covington is actually caustic and angry. The music is pretty tame, like a cross between Weezer (or, at the very least, the Rentals) and […]

Iwrestledabearonce It’s All Dubstep EP Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat—we do appreciate dubstep. It’s a form of dance music that can be exciting, inventive and a riot to shake the booty to. Those low, sub-dwelling beats and huge breakdowns—awesome! But only if they are done properly. Louisiana metalcore merchants Iwrestledabearonce have […]

Energy Walk Into The Fire EP Bands change. It’s a plan fact that many diehard fans have a hard time coping with. In the case of Energy’s new EP, Walk Into The Fire, the Massachusetts hardcore band’s circle pit crew are probably going to be thrown by three songs of melancholy, AFI-tinged, melodic rock. It’s more […]

Places And Numbers Notes From The Dead Zone EP Bobby Darling is best known for his role as guitarist/vocalist in the recently reactivated Seattle prog-emo band Gatsbys American Dream, as well the Gatsbys splinter group Search/Rescue. With Places And Numbers, Darling joins producer friend Casey Bates (Portugal. The Man, Chiodos) for four songs of atmospheric […]

Skrillex Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites EP Most AP readers would know Sonny Moore from his singing duties on From First To Last’s first two albums. But when Moore left the band after the release of 2006’s Heroine due to vocal cord problems, he began an unusual solo career which has now led to his […]

Deez Nuts This One’s For You Tough-guy hardcore is entirely a labor of machismo. No one plays in a band like Deez Nuts to get the ladies; it’s all about bro-ing down with your crew in the sweat-pit. There are lots of veins bulging in necks and cussing left and right on This One’s For […]