Scott Heisel

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Enter Shikari A Flash Flood Of Colour This review originally ran in AP 283. A funny thing happened between the release of Enter Shikari’s 2009 full-length, Common Dreads, and now—and that thing is called Skrillex. Suddenly, dubstep was no longer Europe’s dirty little secret, and dozens of bands on the left-hand side of the pond […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Farewell Continental (featuring Motion City Soundtrack frontman Justin Pierre) have announced that they will be playing select dates of the Jealous Sound's upcoming U.S. tour in support of their new album, A Gentle Reminder. FC will support TJS for five shows from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19. Revised dates below: Feb 3 – San Diego, CA […]

Robbed The Bank Records has released the details on their new, vinyl-only benefit compliation for the Invisible Children charity. Titled Invisible Children, the comp includes songs from Frank Turner [pictured], Lemuria, Koji, Daytrader and more, as well as rare/previously unreleased tracks from the Forecast, Jonah Matranga and the Story Changes. The label will be donating 100 […]

Anthony Green Beautiful Things For whatever reason, honesty is surprisingly difficult to come by in modern music. Songwriters agonize over their lyrics, either trying to cloud them with difficult metaphors to hide their personal relevance or dumbing their emotions down to try and appeal to the broadest possible audience. Anthony Green is no stranger to […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Into It. Over It. Proper This review originally ran in AP 279. It’s likely that the Into It. Over It. most people have experienced has been in a live setting, with one guy and an acoustic guitar. Due to that, Proper is going to make Evan Weiss’ life a whole lot more difficult, but in […]

The Horrible Crowes Elsie This review originally ran in AP 279. Gaslight Anthem leader Brian Fallon doesn’t stray too far from his bread and butter on the Horrible Crowes’ debut, Elsie. The songs are generally a bit more reserved and subdued than Gaslight’s usual material, but Fallon still has a knack for killer hooks (“Behold […]