This is a pretty cool release all the way around, especially in the artwork. UNDER A DYING SUN play a fairly captivating mix of mid-paced emocore that sounds like it’s been heavily infiltrated by PEARL JAM’s, Eddie Vedder, which as you might imagine, adds for some weird vocal moments. The only thing holding this release [...]

The more I listen to this release, the more into it I get. THE USED play a highly intricate form of hard-nosed emo-core that’s drenched in two opposites – gutsy screaming and beautifully sung vocals. While this style of music isn’t nearly as rare as it was about two years ago, at least at the [...]

1. BRAND NEW – Deja Entendu

2. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL – A Mark, A Brand, A Mission, A Scar

3. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Justified (the fiancee’s choice)

4. THE AKA’s – White Doves & Smoking Guns

5. Me, cursing all of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and a good 40 miles of northeastern Maryland.

In terms of modern power-punk bands with a slick, poppy feel, I’ve held the UNSUNG ZEROS in fairly high regard for the past few years. Through persistence and devoted practice in songwriting, I feel that this band has finally grown into the kind of musical outfit that they’ve always had in them all along. “Moments [...]

One gallon of washer fluid.

The mere fact that Kevin of Punkrocks.net and myself argued over who would to get buy the only copy of “The Changing of Times” while visiting a Tower Records indicates from the onset that this release is worth extending some effort over. UNDEROATH have strayed a bit from the straight-up metalcore that drove their previous [...]

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