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Established in 1994, Fearless Records has progressed into a label renowned for its influence, innovation and Punk Goes… cover compilations. Kick-starting the careers of Mayday Parade, Motionless In White and As It Is, the label soon became synonymous with launching successful scene-setters and bolstering the progression of established bands, including the reunion of Underoath and […]

The Venn diagram comprising many punk and metal offshoots got pretty messy in the 2000s. Post-hardcore crews were regularly lumped in with metalcore, screamo, emo and a plethora of hybrid acts, often sounding comparable and touring together. The biggest of those spectacles was something called Warped Tour.  Yet, there’s no doubting their sway. These subgenres […]

Fearless Records’ famous Punk Goes… franchise has certainly come a long way since its first installment in 2000. Genre discrepancies aside, it’s impossible to deny the success of one particular subseries: the Punk Goes Pop albums. There are now seven volumes, with speculation of an eighth floating around online. Of course, as with any expansive […]

One standout feature of the early 2000s emo music scene was song titles that could barely fit on the back covers of CDs. You probably have fond memories of typing the lyrics of your new jam into the Google search bar and discovering that the actual name of the song was nowhere within them. Or […]

Warped Tour may be long over, but it will truly live forever in our hearts. Every scene kid probably spends an embarrassing amount of time thinking about their favorite moments at the summer music festival each year and daydreaming about the lineups we never witnessed. Recently, we’ve been doing the same thing and started thinking […]

As legendary bands in the scene continued to mature musically and grow away from the genres that they became known for, newly established musicians were creating blends that sparked new categories for scene music. In 2008, Fall Out Boy released their last album before their hiatus, and I Set My Friends On Fire popularized crunkcore. […]

This week’s Must-See Music selections make us want to slap people who complain that there’s “no good music anymore.” There is great music out there—the complainers simply don’t know what’s going on. If you’re seeking alt-rock icons, punk lifers, guitar rockers and pensive singer-songwriters,you’ve come to the right spot on the web. This is Must-See […]

Even though Michael “Jag” Jagmin had creative input with his former band A Skylit Drive, he didn’t feel the musical direction the band took after the release of Wires…And The Concept Of Breathing was something he was confident in. With this in mind, Jagmin and guitarist Jonathan Kintz teamed up to form Signals, a new […]

Post-hardcore broke out as a movement in a huge way during the first decade of the 2000s while shaping how people view the genre today. Countless others had pioneered the genre throughout the ’80s and ’90s, but bands such as Glassjaw, At The Drive-In and Boysetsfire helped push it to new heights. Take a look […]

2008 was a wondrous year for post-hardcore—our scene saw bands from all over the genre put out record after record that continuously pushed the heavy-meets-melody formula. Below are 12 records that have transcended the trends and fads and still rip to this day. Read more: Minibar guitar pedal distorts sound based on the drink you […]

In 2017, A Skylit Drive fans were hit with the unexpected news that vocalist Michael “Jag” Jagmin was no longer part of the band. A lengthy Facebook post from guitarist Nick Miller stated the decision was mutual, but a later post from Jagmin addressed the claims as “utterly and entirely false.” Not much has been […]

It’s starting to look like 2019 is the year of comebacks with bands such as Valencia releasing new music and There For Tomorrow announcing a reunion show. Now, it looks like we might get to add A Skylit Drive to the list after the band dropped a cryptic teaser across all social media platforms. What […]

So often, bands disperse and never get back together. However, this isn’t the case for this classic duo. Today, the brand new band, Signals, composed of Jonathan Kintz and Michael “Jag” Jagmin, premiere their first single “New American Religion.” Read more: Nekokat (Summer Set, Ready Set) drop new song — listen In 2007, the members of […]

UPDATED: Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. EST  Michael “Jag” Jagmin has posted a longer statement on his Facebook explaining his side of what happened. He said: “‪Earlier today a post went up on A Skylit Drive's Facebook page stating I quit the band, and also that Nick himself was and is supportive of the […]

As we head into 2017, the anniversary and reunion tours are still going pretty strong, with this fall producing both Cute Is What We Aim For and Mayday Parade pop-punk goodness in full-album form. But what can we hope for next year? We’ve already found out that August Burns Red and Circa Survive will be […]

Former A Skylit Drive members Joey Wilson and Cory LaQuay have returned to the scene with a brand new project: Avant Garde. Having just signed to Tragic Hero Records, the duo will release their debut album, Fire Walk With Me, on Aug. 5. In the meantime, you can check out the very first song ever […]

Cory LaQuay and Joey Wilson, former members of the post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive, are back to making music in their new project Avant Garde, signed to Tragic Hero Records. “It's such an amazing thing for us, Avant Garde, to be signing to Tragic Hero Records,” says Wilson. “It's rare to have a group of […]

Canadian metal outfit Vesuvius have officially signed with Tragic Hero Records, joining the company of A Skylit Drive, Everyone Dies In Utah and more. The band is set to release their new album My Place Of Solace And Rest on May 6. Versuvius teamed up with AltPress to bring you an exclusive premiere of the […]

With six volumes and over 80 songs to its name, Punk Goes Pop has become quite a staple in our scene. From the classics on Volume 2, to the wave of refreshment found on Volume 6, the series has certainly proved its staying power in a world of blink-and-miss-it content. We’ve gone through each edition […]