Contributions
The Weeds - Roots/Routes EP
The Weeds Roots/Routes EP Often bands are described as being “infectious,” but it’s hard to know what that actually means. Like, is that just a fancy way of saying they are catchy, or does it signify some sort of super-flu-style disease that will have you uncontrollably humming the band’s songs into a state of catatonia? In […]
Spoken - Illusion
Spoken Illusion Like a security blanket, Christian nü-rock can be that safe, cozy thing to curl up against when deathcore and metalcore is just a little too much to handle. That’s not to say Spoken—returning for their first album since leaving Tooth & Nail Records in 2007—are all about puffy clouds and rainbows on Illusion, […]
Crown The Empire - The Fallout
Crown The Empire The Fallout Once upon a time, the term “metalcore” was reserved for bands that combined the ferocity of metal with the rage of hardcore. My, how times have changed. Crown The Empire, a seven-piece from Dallas, are an example of what’s being referred to as metalcore in late 2012, and it’s not […]
The Lead: Alternative Press presents the third annual Festies
Now in its second decade as the premiere event for beards, booze and bro-downs, THE FEST wrapped its 11th year with a bang. AltPress.com was there at the Gainesville, Florida, event, and now here are our picks for the best moments during the weird, wild world of the Fest: the third annual Festies! WRITERS: Scott […]
We Were Skeletons - Blame & Aging
We Were Skeletons Blame & Aging On their third album, Pennsylvania band We Were Skeletons come into their own, sounding a lot more like Fugazi than City Of Caterpillar. Using understated rhythms and airy basslines (see the downright funky “Slow Death”), these guys have surpassed being just another band to pile onto your weeping buddies […]
Bad Powers - Bad Powers
Bad Powers Bad Powers When the three instrumentalists in Made Out Of Babies parted ways with singer Julie Christmas earlier this year, thus ending the band, the last thing anyone expected was for them to recruit another lead singer who sounds remarkably like Christmas for their new group. But that’s what’s going on for Bad […]
Larry And His Flask - Hobo's Lament EP
Larry And His Flask Hobo’s Lament EP Most of us sigh and roll our eyes at the term “folk-punk,” and justly so: It’s one of the most overused subgenre descriptors of the past several years. And, sure, Oregon buskers-turned-punkers Larry And His Flask definitely fall into that category, but the term really doesn’t do them […]
One Man Army - She's An Alarm EP
One Man Army She’s An Alarm EP It’s been eight years since San Francisco’s One Man Army decided to hang up their spiked jackets. On She’s An Alarm, Jack Dalrymple & Co. return with four new songs, and it’s like they never left us. Jack and fellow One Man Army member Brandon Pollack spent some […]
The Chariot - One Wing
The Chariot One Wing When The Chariot’s 2010 album Long Live was unleashed, it cemented the band as leaders in utter originality and chaotic passion. One Wing continues on the Georgian group’s uncompromising path, electing this time to include songs that expand upon the band’s throw-a-blender-into-a-food-processor sound. Wiry, twisting riffs are fused with Josh Scogin’s […]