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Dance Gavin Dance’s Instrumental Treats

Over the course of 2019, Rise Records released Dance Gavin Dance’s discography instrumentally. This stretched from 2018’s Artificial Selection all the way back to 2006’s Downtown Battle Mountain. Kris Crummett’s holding of the master tracks of all these albums proved to be a delight for…

“Run” is Joji’s Best Song Yet

My first article with this site was a review of Joji’s “Sanctuary” single that he released last summer. I was (and still am) in love with the track, as it was a bit of a departure from George Miller’s typical Joji style,…

Post-hardcore Band Slaves is on a Roll

Slaves is a post-hardcore band from Sacramento, California. The band has seen success in previous albums Beautiful Death, Routine Breathing, and Through Art We Are All Equals. A vocalist change in 2019 saw Matt McAndrew, previously a runner-up on the wildly-popular The Voice, enter the…

Dissecting Tyler, the Creator’s “IGOR”

WARNING! The video embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. After a decade of listening to Tyler, the Creator and his impressive lineage of albums, he has finally won a Grammy award for Best Rap Album. This is monumental…

Final Story – Savaged Soul Review

Hailing from Argovia, Switzerland, Final Story is a little-known metal band that has not released an album since 2015. Whether it be their lack of releases or their small metal scene, the band has not broken through to the spotlight just yet.…

Galleons – Metropolis Review

WARNING! The video embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. Typically, when I reach out to a band/press contact to ask for a press copy of an upcoming album, I either don’t hear back or get the run-around. When…

Deserta “Black Aura My Sun” Album Review

I’ve written about Shoegaze before, as it is a genre that I never fail to find compelling to listen to. Feeling as if one is in a dream is truly surreal, and it takes some serious effort and clever production techniques to…

Gone Too Soon: The Air I Breathe

WARNING! Two of the videos embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. In the early 2010s, bands in the post-hardcore/metalcore genre typically tended to be a flash in the pan, as the oversaturation of the style made it a…

Bilmuri (Johnny Franck) Collabs With Meme Page for Merch

Johnny Franck, who gained notoriety for being the clean vocalist/guitarist for Attack Attack! during their first two album cycles, now releases music under the moniker Bilmuri. In this project, he handles everything from performing every instrument, producing all the music, and marketing…

Legendary Rush Drummer Neil Peart Passes Away at 67

More often than not, I find myself outright despising the so-called “trending for you” topics on Twitter; it seems that site has no idea who I am or what I’m interested in based on the news and hashtags it frequently recommends to…