Jonah Bayer

Contributions

The Academy Is… talk ‘Almost Here’ in first-ever AP story, 15 years later

The first time you ever heard the Academy Is… was probably when they were opening for your favorite band, but rest assured, their rise to fame has been anything but calculated.  In the course of an hour-long interview with AP, William Beckett will be interrupted three times. First, by the sound of his bandmates in […]

Thrice’s ‘To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere’ is as inspiring as it is unexpected (review)

Thrice To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere If you ever had any doubt there would ever be another Thrice album, you weren’t alone. n our recent interview with the band's drummer Riley Breckenridge, he even expressed doubt that the band would return from a four-year hiatus let alone write their ninth full-length. Yet here […]

Invisible no longer: Thrice discuss their triumphant second act

Thrice will always occupy a special place in the history of AP. Not only were they on a split cover with Thursday back in 2003 (which also presciently featured a poll titled, “Is Emo Sexist?”) but alongside acts like Glassjaw and the Used, they helped ring in what the New York Times memorably referred to […]

“It isn't like we went from sounding like Slayer to Fleet Foxes”—’90s emo unit the Jazz June reunite

Maybe you've heard of the Jazz June, maybe you haven't. The group formed in 1996 at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and during that time, they released a handful of albums on Initial Records that had some attributes in common with their peers in the emo scene, while maintaining an off-kilter sensibility that was wholly unique. […]

Astronautalis - This Is Our Science

Astronautalis This Is Our Science Astronautalis may not have the controversy that surrounds Eminem or the swagger of Jay-Z, but for the better part of a decade, he has consistently crafted some of the smartest hip-hop music in the underground—and his fourth album, This Is Our Science, proves the MC is equally as adept at […]

Sum 41 – Screaming Bloody Murder

Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder The words “Sum 41” and “maturity” might seem mutually exclusive, especially considering the rather rudimentary regression of 2007's all-too-forgettable Underclass Hero. However, the band’s fifth full-length, Screaming Bloody Murder, sees the the Sums entering into adulthood—unfortunately, that process also includes all of the inevitable missteps of adolescence. This is made obvious immediately […]

My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys

My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys It should come as no surprise that My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has spent much of the past three years working on his graphic novel series The Umbrella Academy. Because his band’s fourth full-length, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous […]

Three Mile Pilot - The Inevitable Past Is The Future Forgotten

Three Mile Pilot The Inevitable Past Is The Future Forgotten The Inevitable Past Is The Future Forgotten may seem like an unwieldy album title, but it makes sense when you consider that it’s Three Mile Pilot’s first release in 13 years. If you’re not familiar with 3MP, since their hiatus in the late ’90s, the […]

Another Breath - The God Complex

The God Complex If you're a fan of the late-'90s Trustkill Records roster, which included Harvest and Endeavor, then you'll love the supercharged sound of the upstate New York act Another Breath. However, if you think those bands sound dated today, then you'll probably think the same thing about The God Complex–an album that has more […]
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