ALBUM REVIEW: Bloom, by Cold Hvnds – A Love Letter to Mid-2000s-2010s Post-Hardcore

Cold Hvnds’ influences are laid bare – walking on the same stones cast by alt-rock and pop-punk forefathers of a bygone era, while also marching out of step by pulling from the Rise Records run of post-hardcore styles, culminating to an honest and passionate effort in their debut album, Bloom. The Continue Reading

Dance Gavin Dance continue to impress with “Afterburner”

Dance Gavin Dance is a band that just consistently gets better and better each release at it again with their ninth album titled Afterburner; they continue to impress. Blending all sorts of different sounds from rock to pop to funk to Latin, these guys aren’t ones force themselves into one Continue Reading

Issues mark a new chapter on “Beautiful Oblivion”

Atlanta based group Issues are set to release their newest album Beautiful Oblivion via Rise Records on Friday, October 4th, 2019. I see this album as a rebirth of Issues after the departure of their unclean vocalist Michael Bohn in early 2018. Beautiful Oblivion marks a new chapter for the group. The album takes Continue Reading

Tillian Pearson (of Dance Gavin Dance) shares new single, video from upcoming solo record

Words by Annayelli Flores It’s been a hot minute since we had new solo material from Dance Gavin Dance frontman Tilian Pearson – since 2015 to be exact – but it isn’t like he hasn’t been busy putting out a hot new record with DGD and touring the world. Somewhere Continue Reading

Album Review: Casey “Where I Go When I Am Sleeping”

Words by Nina Tadic Where I Go When I Am Sleeping, Casey’s highly anticipated sophomore record, has been released for less than a day, and in that time has made waves. On the band’s 2016 release, Love Is Not Enough, the band did an good job of establishing their style, both sonically and Continue Reading

Fire From The Gods sign to Rise Records, release music video

Fire From The Gods have officially signed with Rise Records and will release their new album, Narrative, on August 26th and is available for pre-order here. You can stream the music video for their new song “Excuse Me” and check out the Narrative album details below. Track listing: 01. Public Enemy 02. Continue Reading

Album Review: Hands Like Houses ‘Dissonants’

After completing a full run on the 2015 Vans Warped Tour as well as a North American headliner tour this past fall, Canberra-based alternative rock band Hands Like Houses has delivered a powerhouse of an album with their newest release, Dissonants. Pushing 260,000 fans on Facebook, three years in the Continue Reading