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NEW MUSIC // CHALLENGER DEEP SHINE A LIGHT ON MAN’S BEST FRIEND WITH NEW VIDEO FOR “SHIMMER” Michael Whiteside·June 18, 2025Challenger Deep have been gearing up for their new album Point of No Return for some time now,...HEADLINENEW MUSICVIDEO·0 Comments·0·23 views
FOCUS // GROWING ASIDE: THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MATH ROCK DOCUMENTARY IS FINALLY RELEASED Michael Whiteside·May 13, 2025Well, it finally happened – Growing Aside, the star-studded and highly anticipated math rock documentary produces and written...HEADLINEVIDEO·1 Comment·0·40 views
NEW MUSIC // FOX LAKE OFFICIALLY EMBARK ON “THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY” WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO Michael Whiteside·August 1, 2024Winnipeg’s Fox Lake is one of those bands that needs little introduction if you’re a consistent reader here,...HEADLINENEW MUSICVIDEO·0 Comments·0·47 views
NOT ANOTHER FECKING GIG REVIEW // TOEHIDER, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, AND NO SUCH ANIMAL AT THE URBAN LOUNGE Michael Whiteside·July 26, 2024(Editors’s Note: Some of the video we took went straight to our Insta feed because we shot it...NOT ANOTHER FECKING GIG REVIEWVIDEO·0 Comments·0·29 views
FOCUS // CHRISTOPHER DE CINQUE AND MICHAEL BARRETT OF CLOSURE IN MOSCOW GIVE US THE DOWNLOAD ON RECORDING SOFT HELL, THE MAGIC OF PISS TAKES, AND THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF EXTRACTING ART FROM SUFFERING Michael Whiteside·June 25, 2024Well gather ’round young children, because it finally happened – a solid 14 years after we narrowly avoided...FOCUSVIDEO·0 Comments·0·146 views
EXCLUSIVE // JUST HAMMERS DROP A WEIGHTY DEBUT WITH SELF-TITLED EP AND THEIR FIRST MUSIC VIDEO WILLIAM COVERT·June 1, 2024Just Hammers is one of the freshest bands coming out of Chicago. While the band is new, dropping...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINEVIDEO·0 Comments·1·150 views
EXCLUSIVE // NEW JERSEY’S AMSKRAY GAIN MOMENTUM WITH LATEST SINGLE “META (GAINING LOSS)” Michael Whiteside·March 11, 2024It’s Monday and we’re screaming for Amskray and their latest single, “Meta.” The New Jersey based progressive indie...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINEVIDEO·0 Comments·1·175 views
EXCLUSIVE // PARTY FRIENDS MAKE MYTHICAL MATH ROCK WITH “AMETHYST BASILISK” Michael Whiteside·March 8, 2024Cautionary tales, more often than not, involve risks you already kind of know about. Someone is already telling...EXCLUSIVESHEADLINEVIDEO·0 Comments·0·57 views
NEW MUSIC // IN WHICH WE APPEAL TO PREDECEASED FOR A POSSIBLE “SCENE PAROLE” Michael Whiteside·January 4, 2024As you might have seen in our recent Top 50 of 2023 article, one of our favorite punk...NEW MUSICVIDEO·0 Comments·0·35 views
FOCUS // DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF, OR DO: A CLIP FROM OUR RECENT CONVERSATION WITH JUSTIN PEARSON ON THE DOCUMENTARY THAT COVERS HIS CHILDHOOD, THE LOCUST, THREE ONE G, AND A HELL OF A LOT MORE Michael Whiteside·December 2, 2023Today, the soundtrack for Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself comes out, featuring tracks various highlights from Justin...FOCUSVIDEO·0 Comments·0·96 views