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Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday link on "Just Us Two"—watch

Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday have teamed up for “Just Us Two.” The song was released via Aoki‘s label Dim Mak Records. Aoki and Taking Back Sunday are perfectly in sync on “Just Us Two.” The dynamism inherent to Aoki’s production and Taking Back Sunday’s vocals are taken to new heights in their collaboration. […]

Davey Havok and Jade Puget get, uh, extreme with XTRMST's self-titled debut

XTRMST XTRMST Generally speaking, when the term “straight-edge hardcore band” gets tossed around, your thoughts probably automatically turn to the founding fathers of clean living and ripping riffing. You (should) know the names: Minor Threat, Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, SSD… Hell, if you think we’re leaning a little too heavy on the original ’80s […]

The Icarus Line - Black Lives At The Golden Coast

The Icarus Line Black Lives At The Golden Coast Penance Soiree, the 2004 offering from L.A.-based swagger-rockers the Icarus Line, was a real modern-rock benchmark in a world suffering from emo/screamo overload, Clear Channel-sanctioned blandness and the tides of queefy indie-rock tedium. Lead singer Joe Cardamone spit out his street gospel while the rest of […]