Young Widows Destructive Forces

Published May 22, 2014

One of the most uncompromising bands in the heavy music realm, Louisville's Young Widows chose somewhat of an unexpected direction for their...

Young Widows Easy Pain

Published May 13, 2014

After the depressive, relatively minimalist sounds on their previous album, 2011's In and Out of Youth and Lightness, Louisville dark-rock t...

Crowbar's Kirk Windstein Talks New Beginnings and 'Symmetry in Black'

Published May 13, 2014

With the upcoming release of their 10th album, 25 years into their career, legendary New Orleans sludge metal band Crowbar took the same app...

Young Widows Explain the Destructive Nature of 'Easy Pain'

Published May 08, 2014

Easy Pain, the fourth album by Louisville, KY heavy atmospheric rockers Young Widows might give a jolt to those expecting something a little...

Floor Unleashing the Bomb String Again

Published Apr 29, 2014

The story of Floor is legendary. Band get together in Miami, FL in the early '90s, release one actual full-length in 2002, break up in 2003...

The Menzingers Riffs, Rough and Raw

Published Apr 25, 2014

One listen to the Menzingers's new album, Rented World, and it's very clear that this is a band whose members were raised in the '90s. The P...

Cult Leader Forging Ahead

Published Apr 22, 2014

As Cult Leader, the new band made up of three-quarters of Salt Lake City bleak-grinders Gaza, ready the release of their debut EP, Nothing f...

Floor Talk Their Return to the Fray with 'Oblation'

Published Apr 21, 2014

Sometimes all it takes is, well, the release of an extensive, career-spanning box set to reignite a band. Miami emo-doomsters Floor —...

The Menzingers Rented World

Published Apr 18, 2014

Every band has that album where they switch it up, try a few new things, add some more production values, and maybe bust out some big, dumb...

Cult Leader Nothing For Us Here

Published Apr 11, 2014

With three guys from the now defunct Gaza, Cult Leader have a certain reputation for aural chaos to uphold. But while Gaza delved into the d...

La Dispute Cabin in the Woods

Published Apr 03, 2014

For their third long-player, Michigan melodic hardcore band La Dispute spent over a month in a wilderness cabin together, coming up with the...

White Lung Talk Debut Domino LP: 'Deep Fantasy'

Published Mar 27, 2014

Vancouver discordant punks White Lung are feeling the euphoria of their recent signing to Domino and a completed new album on the horizon. A...

Chuck Ragan The Posi-Troubadour

Published Mar 24, 2014

Chuck Ragan is the kind of person where everything he touches turns golden, so it's no surprise that his fourth solo album, Till Midnight, i...

ZZ Top / Flash Lightnin' Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria BC, March 21

Published Mar 22, 2014

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons is a guitar legend. Anyone who's ever heard anything off one of the band's 15 albums over the past 40-odd years alrea...

Chuck Ragan Till Midnight

Published Mar 21, 2014

It's a shame Chuck Ragan hasn't achieved the success of many of the people that were inspired by him. A punk rock mainstay in Hot Water Musi...

Mounties / Rich Aucoin / Japanese Girls Sugar Nightclub, Victoria BC, March 20

Published Mar 21, 2014

It's hard to believe that this was only the third live show by proclaimed super-group Mounties. Embarking on a Canadian tour for their debut...

The Menzingers Talk Their Return with 'Rented World'

Published Mar 18, 2014

When album four by emotional pop-punkers the Menzingers drops, the first thing a lot of the band's fans are going to notice about the record...

La Dispute Rooms of the House

Published Mar 14, 2014

Conceived and written in a remote cabin in Northern Michigan, the third album by emotional hardcore band La Dispute is a triumph in understa...

Chuck Ragan Talks the Ties that Bind on 'Till Midnight'

Published Mar 14, 2014

Despite years of accolades, Chuck Ragan is not the kind of man to take full credit for his accomplishments, not even the impressive slice of...

Cult Leader Talk Their New Beginnings as They Leave Gaza Behind

Published Mar 13, 2014

Featuring three-quarters of the now-defunct Gaza, the members of Cult Leader are doing their best to move forward with a new outlook and sou...