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While most people associate Nike with basketball and hip-hop culture, they’ve taken inspiration from the extreme aesthetics of punk and metal, too. Sure, the Air Jordan 1 is the most recognizable shoe due to the mass association with rappers, but the company has been linked with metal for a long time. Look at any photo […]

In 2002, Daryl Palumbo was on a roll. His flagship band Glassjaw were making heads swivel in the scene with their double helix of post-hardcore and ’90s alt-rock. When the Long Island, New York, band signed to Warner Records, they delivered the admirable Worship And Tribute. Some label execs approached Palumbo to see if he […]

Most listeners know Tilian Pearson from his vocal charms shipping against Dance Gavin Dance’s post-everything metallic madness. On his third solo album, The Skeptic, he’s equally urban and urbane, armed with a pop sensibility JT couldn’t convey, but with enough character to reconcile both his fans and DGD diehards. Ask him about his favorite music, and […]

Sick of the snow storms? So are we! Here's a little reminder that brighter days are ahead!  There's a soundtrack to every season, and spring is a time for uplifting and upbeat songs. Breakups and broken hearts need not apply. The following 10 songs are all worthy of your warm-weather listening. Songs selected by: Brian […]

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 […]

Color Film, the project of Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw, Head Automatica) and Richard Penzone (Men, Women and Children), will release their debut Until You Turn Blue EP on Oct. 22 via Calm + Collect. The four-song single and remix effort will be available on iTunes, with two tracks on seven-inch vinyl through the label. Tour Dates: 10/24/13 […]

Lyrics are often highly metaphorical and definitely not meant to be taken literally. But sometimes that’s where your brain goes, and man do some artists have some rotten advice to give. Here are some instructions and actions we hope you don’t take and habits you probably shouldn’t form. CONTRIBUTORS: [RC] Rachel Campbell [SH] Scott Heisel […]

Below you can watch fan-filmed footage of Color Film's debut live performance at Irving Plaza. The newly formed project is fronted by Glassjaw/Head Automatica's Daryl Palumbo.

It looks like House Of Blow (Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw, ex-Hatebreed guitarist Sean Martin) is working on new music with rapper Cage, according to the tweet below: New music I'm making with @FSEANCC and @DarylPalumboCC just surpasses anything I've made in years. We cracked the code. #illuminated — Cage (@Cagewm) March 17, 2012 We'll keep […]