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Geoff Rickly of the bands Thursday and No Devotion will release his debut novel, based on his experience at an ibogaine clinic, later this year. Here’s what you need to know.

Welcome to Sound Station, where we’re highlighting the best new tracks that came out this week. Head into the weekend with songs from PinkPantheress and more.

Welcome to Sound Station, where we’re highlighting the best new tracks that came out this week. Head into the weekend with songs from Magnolia Park and more.

9/11 famously inspired My Chemical Romance’s formation. Relive the band’s show at New York City’s Barclays Center with our review.

No Devotion’s long-awaited second album No Oblivion captures the darkness they faced while on hiatus. Ahead of the release, the band explored its creation.

On in loving memory, blackbear reconnects with 2000s punk. He taps several iconic musicians to create his new album, from Travis Barker to Bert McCracken.

On Friday, Feb. 18, New Jersey post-hardcore pioneers Thursday played a sold-out, career-spanning set at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles.  The show took place at the tail end of their triumphant return to the stage as part of their headlining tour that featured select support from Cursive, the Appleseed Cast and Nate Bergman.  Read more: […]

Vein.fm have shared the new song “Fear in Non Fiction” featuring Thursday‘s Geoff Rickly. The track comes ahead of their new album, This World Is Going to Ruin You, out March 4 via Closed Casket Activities. Read more: iann dior releases sophomore album ‘On To Better Things’—listen “Vein.fm continually give me hope,” says Rickly in a press […]

In the music world, everybody has to start somewhere. While a producer’s early albums are their proving ground for a bright future in the field, they also need luck on their side to find a successful band and a scene-changing album to springboard the rest of their career into the stratosphere. From legendary production masters […]

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 […]

Today marks Election Day in the United States, where Democratic candidate Joe Biden and Republican incumbent Donald Trump are hoping to obtain or retain The White House. This election is unlike any other in many ways. Not only are we living through a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, but we have also seen the current POTUS show signs […]

They say you have your entire life to create your debut album, but they’re usually pretty terrible. However, these scene acts went above and beyond the call of duty, making bona fide masterpieces from the very start. There’s hardly any filler on these records, and many of the albums mentioned here are fan favorites to […]

Frank Iero is filling in on guitar for Thursday‘s upcoming livestream performance that kicks off Wednesday afternoon at 1 P.M. PT/4 P.M ET. Alongside Thursday and Iero, Cursive and And So I Watch You From Afar are supporting the virtual gig with sets of their own. Read more: Here’s why Spotify users were having trouble […]

On Aug. 6, news broke that Vern Rumsey, the longtime bassist and founder member of the Olympia, Wash. post-hardcore band Unwound, has passed away. He was 47. Conan Neutron, Rumsey’s bandmate in Household Gods, broke the news on Thursday. Read more: Billie Joe Armstrong thought fans would hate this classic Green Day song Neutron took […]

The first decade of this century began in the wake of boy bands and nü metal, so no one truly knew which sounds and bands would break out this time around. Well, “the scene” became a widely used (and misused) phrase, and bands decided to become more egalitarian.  Read below for more on both points, […]

In 2003, major scene bands were gaining popularity on the Warped Tour circuit. The musical mixture of emo, pop punk and punk was growing in both the mainstream and the underground. As some of the millennium’s biggest names in the alternative scene started changing their sound, younger musicians joined in with their own take on […]

Gerard Way, the ever-iconic face of My Chemical Romance, has participated in a number of musical collaborations. With the relentlessly rising popularity of his comic book series The Umbrella Academy and a successful solo career under his belt, he’s somehow found plenty of spare time to contribute to other artists’ works over the years. In […]

Bernie Sanders just suspended his presidential campaign. This essentially paves the way for Joe Biden to grab the Democratic nomination. That being said, musicians are expressing their concerns on social media.  While some are simply lamenting the fact that four more years of Donald Trump may be more likely, others are thanking Sanders for everything […]

Last week, Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly announced the band’s plan to aid in the coronavirus pandemic. The band are repurposing unsold tour shirts into masks to combat COVID-19. Working with NJ Maskmakers and FaceMaskWarriors, the band hope to quickly get masks to frontline workers. The band will also be creating special Thursday dove-branded masks via […]