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Dallas post-hardcore/emo trio Lost At Sea harness the feeling of uncertainty on their debut album, Motion Sickness, out April 30, 2021, via Revival Recordings. The album represents the chaotic moments of life when the future becomes unclear. To the band, that part of their life came about when they finished school. They then had to […]

We may be a good decade out from the height of the scene heyday, but that doesn’t mean our favorite artists are anywhere past their prime. In fact, a good number of them have been extending their talents by forming new bands and side projects. Unless they’re getting broad recognition like Simple Creatures, however, these […]

You’re welcome: We’ve made finding new songs by rising bands easy. Each week, we’re gathering the best from the underground and offering it to you in one concise list. Scroll below and check out our Spotify Discover playlist, featuring these tracks and more! In return, we want to hear your favorite. Let us know which […]

New York pop-punks Live Well have delivered the modern love and romance video the world has desperately needed. With “Classes,” the band—lead vocalist/guitarist Paul Masbad, guitarist/vocalist Max Johl, bassist/vocalist Luis Castro and drummer Neil Stafford—have delivered a cool jam. But even cooler is the video they created to get the song’s message across. Needless to […]

Coming up on 20 years in the scene and releasing their most adventurous LP to date, longtime emo unit (and Drive-Thru Records roster staples) the Early November are only picking up speed. However, frontman Ace Enders shares that after taking an indefinite hiatus in 2007, the group’s future wasn’t always clear. “I feel like we […]

“Perfect Sphere (Bubble),” the first track off the Early November’s newest LP, Lilac, hits listeners with immediate and hypnotic vocals paired with a poetic piano part that sets the stage for the pop-infused, dreamy comfort this record offers throughout its entirety.  Lilac weaves through several heavily lo-fi bedroom-pop instrumentals, garnished with influences from all over […]

The Stolen announced a North American tour—plus, don’t miss a new music video from Potty Mouth. Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. HEALTH release new EP ORIGINAL ARENA WARS SOUNDTRACK :: OUT NOW WITH @RockstarGames :: https://t.co/xHYOFYUh90 pic.twitter.com/XaZufBjYcM — HEALTH (@_HEALTH_) March 1, 2019 HEALTH released a new EP containing […]

We love when bands get together to work on projects together, and that’s just what the Wonder Years’ Dan Campbell and the Early November’s Ace Enders did. The two vocalists unveiled their new project Clear Eyes Fanzine, a “musical fanzine” that’s dedicated to the mid-2000s drama, Friday Night Lights. Read more: Gerard Way talks “Dasher” lyric video, shares kind words of Lydia Night […]

Emo Night Brooklyn have announced their biggest event of the year—on Thanksgiving Eve, to be exact—and they have an epic party planned. Breaking out all the party tricks for this one, the night will feature acoustic sets from the Starting Line’s Kenny Vasoli, Ace Enders and the Dangerous Summer’s AJ Perdomo. Not to mention, the night will have […]

Man Overboard's Nik Bruzzese and the Early November's Ace Enders have teamed up to produce, engineer and perform a new Christmas song in their recording studio in Hammonton, New Jersey called The Lumberyard. Watch the video of “Jacob Marley” below, and find out more about that beautiful studio here. Read more: Man Overboard’s Zac Eisenstein debuts Bright Green […]

Aaron Gillespie of Underoath will be heading out on a co-headlining tour with Ace Enders of the Early November. I Am The Avalanche/the Movielife frontman Vinnie Caruana will support. Check out the dates below! Read more: Aaron Gillespie (Underoath) premieres new single “I Can’t Make You Love Me” (exclusive) Tickets for the tour are available here. Gillespie will […]

Watch Ace Enders’ new I Can Make A Mess music video for “I’m The Man (Sarcasm),” which pays homage to musical duo Hall & Oates. The track is taken from Enders’ new album, Growing In, which was recently released as a surprise via Bandcamp. Check it out, and let us know your thoughts. You can catch I […]

Ace Enders (frontman of the Early November) has released a surprise album, titled Growing In, under his side-project moniker I Can Make A Mess. Enders wrote the songs on the record in three/four minute sessions and recorded them initially with the voice memo feature on his phone. According to a message from Enders himself, you can hear […]

There are blatant ways a band can wear its influences (think cover songs and copycat designs), but there's a subtler method that gets the point across to those in the know. We're talking about songs where an old familiar lyric (or title, in a few cases) is snuck in there. Think of them as the […]

Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties We Don’t Have Each Other Like a great novel, it’s hard to imagine that the fictitious characters who populate We Don’t Have Each Other—the debut full-length by Dan “Soupy” Campbell’s solo project Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties—don’t actually exist in the real world, and aren’t carrying on where […]

Ace Enders of the Early November and I Can Make A Mess has posted an interesting live, acoustic music video of sorts for a new song titled “One More Song.” No word on exactly what the song is from—Enders referred to it as a “test” song on Facebook. Listen to the song below, and tell us […]

Ace Enders performs “What Happens Now?” from I Can Make A Mess' latest album Enola at the Connecticut stop on last year's Warped Tour. Check it out and let us know what you think. Directed by: Trevor Bowman, {el.de.te} productions.

I Can Make A Mess has released a music video for “Enola,” the title track to his latest album out now on Rise Records. It's the Early November frontman Ace Enders' fifth full-length to date under the moniker. Check it out below! Director: e l . d e . t e productions

I Can Make A Mess Enola With four Early November albums, two as Ace Enders & A Million Different People, plus the three previous releases from I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business, Ace Enders has earned his stripes as a talented and diverse songwriter. Enola continues that diversity, as the album gets off […]