Taylor Markarian

Story Of The Year Wolves After seven years of inactivity, coming out with an album is a total make-or-break move. Thankfully, Story Of The Year’s return release, Wolves, is nothing but a complete success: pop punk meets radio rock on the band’s fifth full-length, as they bring a new bag of tricks to their beloved […]

Inside Long Beach, New York’s Allegria Hotel, Gerard Way’s voice comes through the speakers at the memorial service being held for Lil Peep (born Gustav Ahr), who died Nov. 15 in Tuscon, Arizona. The famous, sorrowful line, “So long and goodnight,” from My Chemical Romance’s hit “Helena,” reverberates throughout the hall, which is filled with […]

Phinehas Dark Flag Phinehas’ new concept record, Dark Flag, contemplates the horrendous assaults on human rights that reportedly occur in North Korea under the Kim regime. While the band do not take a political stance, the record focuses on the pain of human liberties being stripped away and the frustration that no one is taking […]

Speak The Truth… Even If Your Voice Shakes Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You Happily, this album is pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a Finch/Senses Fail collaboration. While Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You is a contemporary work in its own right, it does tap into the beloved sounds […]

We Came As Romans Cold Like War We Came As Romans walked into recording their fifth studio album knowing one thing: It had to be better than their last one. While their 2015 self-titled release didn’t totally tank, it definitely left a lot to be desired for long-time fans of the Michigan metalcore band. Their […]

Counterparts You’re Not You Anymore There are some great records that require a few listens to fully appreciate. You’re Not You Anymore is not one of them. Like love at first listen, the album immediately captivates just as the band intended when they wrote the lyric “Carry me forever in your heart” on “Arms Like […]

The White Noise AM/PM FILE UNDER: Radio punk    ROCKS LIKE: The Story So Far, My Enemies & I, Story Of The Year WHAT'S DIFFERENT: The White Noise are more willing to explore their vulnerable side with their debut full-length than on their previous EP, Aren’t You Glad? Fans of the band still get the […]

Motionless In White Graveyard Shift FILE UNDER: Deadly heavy ROCKS LIKE: Korn, Escape The Fate, Atreyu WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Throughout their musical career, MIW have wrestled with how to create their own identity while still paying homage to their major influences. At times the struggle may have gotten the best of them, but that’s not so […]

Two floors with skate ramps of all sizes, a faux brick wall for spray painting, devastating hardcore and booming hip-hop made Zumiez’s Skate The Loft event at Webster Hall on April 20 a total playground. Local skaters did tricks up ramps and down stairs as the music blared and the attendees moshed. There wasn’t a […]