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Web Exclusive: A conversation with Cancer Bats' Scott Middleton
CANCER BATS have uprooted their punk/hardcore foundation to become a monolithic metal/hardcore monster, carrying the torch for heavy music emanating from the Toronto area. With their new record, Hail Destroyer, the quartet have spread their ribbed wings and concocted a fierce, prolonged bark that crushes more efficiently than their past work and helps them to […]
20 songs we need to see Tom DeLonge perform with blink-182 again
Most people would take any concert over sitting at home at this point, but blink-182 aren’t making the wait any easier. With rumors of an eventual reunion with Tom DeLonge swirling around at the most frustrating possible time, imaginations and shaky live footage are the only things fans have to remember the pre-distancing era. For now, […]
twenty one pilots songs ranked in all of their pop majesty
Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun—known to the planet as twenty one pilots—have built their reputation on a twisted DNA helix of pop music and relentless existential inspection. The results are not always pop-tastic and not always hopelessly opaque. It’s the emotional and sonic hairpin turns the band take their fans through that make their output […]
These 15 classic albums made 1996 a crucial year in punk history
1996: President Bill Clinton was squaring off against Kansas Sen. Bob Dole in a successful bid for a second term in the White House. On April 3, former math professor Ted Kaczynski was arrested in his remote Montana cabin, suspected (correctly, it turns out) to be American domestic terrorist the Unabomber. Conservative public policy bulwark […]
25 most influential emo bands who made the genre what it is today
Emo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a place in the rankings for all eternity, where no band admits to falling into the criteria of emo, and no fans admit to listening to it either. Of course, the one precursor to belonging to […]
10 bands that prove why Misfits endure, from Metallica to My Chemical Romance
Misfits are the very model of an influential punk band. Which was most likely not Glenn Danzig’s goal when he formed them in 1977 in his native Lodi, New Jersey, naming them for Marilyn Monroe’s final film from 1961. After initially being driven by Danzig’s distorted electric piano, Misfits became known for sludgy power chords […]
Creeper discuss next era: “There are no fast songs on this record”
Creeper vocalist Will Gould marvels about how strange it is to try to describe their impending album to us, throwing out a list of influences as scattered as a string of whats-its in a Dr. Seuss poem. In the new Creeper era, Roy Orbison will meet David Bowie and Type O Negative to have a […]
Interview: If you're Suppy and you know it, slap yourself: Man Overboard on the Suppy Nation tour
Prior to the release of their new album Heart Attack, Man Overboard are hitting the road on the Suppy Nation Tour with the Story So Far and Tonight Alive beginning tomorrow in Dallas, Texas. Vocalist/bassist Nick Bruzzese and guitarist Wayne Wildrick woke up one cold morning to deal with Jason Pettigrew’s line of questioning regarding […]
Interview: Attack Attack! vocalist Phil Druyor and drummer Andrew Wetzel on the band's future
Yesterday, we revealed “No Defeat,” Attack Attack!'s first new song featuring the band's new lineup. Following the recent departures of vocalist Caleb Shomo and bassist A.J. Holgado, the band bounced back quickly, recruiting I Am Abomination vocalist Phil Druyor and their roommate/merch-guy Tyler Sapp to take over their respective positions. What resulted was a sound […]
Exclusive: Tigers Jaw's Brianna Collins on the band's future
Tigers Jaw devastated their fanbase this past March when they broke the news on their Tumblr that three founding members of the lineup–vocalist/guitarist Adam McIlwee, bassist Dennis Mishko, and drummer Pat Brier–would be leaving the band, leaving guitarist/vocalist Ben Walsh and keyboardist/vocalist Brianna Collins as the sole members responsible for continuing TJ's heartfelt, creative, scrappy […]
