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Riot Fest 2018 has already proven to be full of surprises, but the Chicago festival has a few more tricks up their sleeve. Notorious for getting bands to play their classics in their entirety, Riot Fest has finally revealed this year’s full-album performances. Re...

In today’s world of music, it’s hard to listen to every band out there, let alone really get into their albums. Our generation has it the easiest because we can listen to any song we want within seconds. In the late ‘90s to the mid 2000s, you couldn’t listen to every band that existed by simply looking them up on your phone. You had to go to a sho ...

Chicago's Mark Rose, former frontman for Victory pop-punks Spitalfield, is streaming his new solo record, the Wild Type. His sophomore effort made its label debut via InVogue Records, also home to Being As An Ocean, Let It Happen, City Lights and Hawthorne Heights. Rose wrote a mes ...

Chicago's Mark Rose, vocalist for Spitalfield, has signed with InVogue Records. Rose will release his label debut LP, The Wild Type on September 25, 2015. Read more: 10 Essential Emo Power Ballads Mark speaks a bit about the new record: When envisioning The Wild Type, I wanted to do something cinematic and beat driven--but to have those elements really built around the storytelling and songs thems

The power ballad rose to prominence in the ’80s, when band after band of hair-metal jokers realized they needed something more emotionally resonant to connect with their female fans (and their genitals). While the initial motivation may have been a bit disingenuous, the style has remained ingrained in many types of music, even (some might say especially) emo. Here ...

LIFTED BELLS is what results when you bring together members of Braid, Their / They're / There and Stay Ahead Of The Weather. AP has the exclusive debut of the collective's new song "So Solo." Stream it and tell us what you think. SPITALFIE... Read More ... Read More ...

Spitalfield frontman Mark Rose gets nostalgic on the band's breakout full-length, Remember Right Now, which turns ten this year. This time capsule of vintage Victory Records pop-punk will be cracked open for their anniversary tour this summer, so make sure to get tickets now. ...

Spitalfield's Remember Right Now ten year anniversary tour tickets are all on sale now. Check out the dates below with their respective links. JUNE 7, 2013 - CHICAGO, IL: JUNE 8, 2013 - BLOOMINGTON, IL: JUNE 9, 2013 - ST LOUIS, MO: JUNE 10, 2013 - DETROIT, MI: JUNE 11, 2013 - TORONTO, ON: JUNE 12, 2013 - PITTSBURGH, PA  (on-sale Sat, Apr 20): JUNE 13, 2013 - BALTIMORE, MD (on-sale

Chicago's Spitalfield will hit the road once again to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Remember Right Now, originally released on Victory Records. Tour support will come from Shane Henderson & The Future Perfect (Valencia) and Jon Walker (ex-Panic! at the ...

Since the send-off of scene favorites Spitalfield, frontman Mark Rose reinvented himself with 2011's Wonderful Trouble, his debut full-length that had more in common with jazzy pop than emo-rock. His latest release, the Sound Of A Turnaround EP, finds the Chicago singer-songwriter remembering more of his roots, while embracing his newfound sultry side at the same time. The E ...

Spitalfield frontman Mark Rose will perform a full acoustic set of the band's songs on Jan. 24 in Toronto, ON. More information for the show is on Facebook.

Mark Rose Wonderful Trouble Since Chicago-based emo-rock unit Spitalfield disbanded in 2007, vocalist/guitarist Mark Rose has evolved his songwriting into a sophisticated brand of adult-contemporary pop. Wonderful Trouble, Rose’s full-length solo debut, has style and emotion of a John Hughes movie soundtrack. “How ...