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Eyedress on 'Mulholland Drive,' self-image & how nostalgia inspires him
Eyedress has released his new album, Mulholland Drive. Alongside the new record, we bring you our cover story from issue 396. I met Eyedress (aka Idris Vicuña) in the middle of the pandemic when he cold DMed me to collaborate on a track for his new album. It was a refreshing encounter. His ask pulled […]
Here’s how to see Red Jumpsuit Apparatus play ‘Don’t You Fake It’ in full
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recently released their The Emergency EP, and now the band are set to play the new tracks in a live setting. The audience can also expect to hear fan-favorite tracks as TRJA will be playing Don’t You Fake It in celebration of the album’s 14th anniversary. The discography-spanning performance will mark […]
These are 19 of the best music videos to come out of the scene
MTV launched Aug. 1, 1981, and eventually took over the planet as a youth authority and a music video jukebox that had the power to catapult an artist’s career to the stratosphere. As YouTube and other streaming platforms took flight in 2005, MTV slowly started becoming more obsolete and less meaningful as a video network, […]
QUIZ: Can you pass this ultimate ’90s music trivia quiz?
Comparison quizzes seem to be all the rage on the internet these days, but we’ve yet to see a ’90s quiz that includes all of the four basic food groups: ska punk, nü metal, alternative rock and pop culture. And we don’t care that you’re more of a Chandler than a Phoebe. Are you ready? […]
Here are blink-182’s music videos ranked in order of greatness
The blink-182 story isn’t about the accomplishments and accolades. Yes, the trio probably like playing in front of sold-out stadiums. We’re sure cashing checks with that many zeroes is fun. But to know blink-182, you have to watch their music videos. Few bands boast a collection that tickles the teenage funny bone with scat humor, […]
20 scene albums from 2002 that you probably still have in your car
When the new millennium broke, the alternative music community was heavily saturated with popular genres such as punk, pop punk and emo. Lying dormant, a new alternative music sound and scene was awaiting its time to shine. In 2002, it absolutely exploded. It was virtually impossible to go a day without hearing Simple Plan’s latest […]
Sum 41 ditched the DIY rulebook on the road to ‘Does This Look Infected’
A blustery north wind greets Hollywood one Thursday morning in mid-winter. A shiny purple tour bus containing Sum 41 sits parked in front of the Hyatt West Hollywood on Sunset Strip. Behind it, a Jack Daniel’s delivery person offloads boxes of booze destined to replenish the hotel’s cocktail lounge and minibars. As workday commuters in […]
