+ Refused/At the Drive-in Reunion Two of my favorite bands, At the Drive-in and Refused, are reuniting to play Coachella. Hopefully both of them will tour because I don’t want to fly to California – or pay for Coachella tickets – to see them. I go back and forth on how I feel about these [...]
The way Loma blows out the mix of their records always makes them sound so incredibly heavy. If you’re in to melodic screamo this band is pretty much the cream of the crop. They are on tour with Raein in Australia right now so if you live down under go see them. Here’s a nice [...]
I’m not sure if there were 10 albums that came out this year that I was completely taken aback by so I’m just going to write 10 things I’m thankful for in the year 2011. + Bon Iver – S/T I’m sure if you compiled all of the internet’s “best of” lists for the [...]
Hello, internet people. It feels nice to be back home. I just returned home from a 50 day US tour with Touche Amore and Seahaven so I’m slowly adjusting to not being in constant transit. A couple things: + Arcade Fire – Sprawl II Watching this video makes me want to go back and listen to [...]
Hey! We just repressed our split with the Saddest Landscape. We’re recording a new record right now, as in I’m sitting in the studio listening to Zac record bass parts, which will be called The Lack Long After. We plan on touring a bunch behind it so if you read this blog come up to [...]
I usually keep this blog pretty impersonal, but today was such a good day that I feel it should be accounted for. Friday, awake to a text alert saying my check has been deposited, arrive at work, boss gives me a raise, finish large work project, consume BLT, leave work early, listen to weird al [...]
Enjoyments as of late include: + Pygmy Lush - Old Friends. This album is a perfect mixture of the genre’s I’m interested in listening to lately. Atmospheric downtempo folk-tinged music. I think my musical tastes are starting to mellow out as I get older. Pianos recently had the opportunity to play with these guys in Virginia [...]
You Appear Alongside Me by Voyage In Coma Voyage in Coma is a band from the College Park/DC area. They recently released a new album entitled You Appear Alongside Me. Musically there’s a mixture of atmosphere and heaviness that is similar to Rosetta but much more immediate. The vocals are reminiscent of Stop It!!! – [...]
On the trip back home from Europe my barely-out-of-warranty laptop’s motherboard went kaput. After several aggravating conversations with Sony tech support arguing over a recall that was issued on my laptop for an overheating problem I bit the bullet and bought a macbook. Fuck you, Sony. Aside from that, things are well. So lot’s of [...]
Europe has been great so far. We stayed in the punkest place on earth in Copenhagen. A squatted office building. Getting food at shows is incredible.