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Excuse Me, Who Are You (Talking To)? A Double Bind Discussion
Excuse Me, Who Are You? Is an emo band from Madison, Wisconsin. Their first LP, “Double Bind”, comes out May 17th. I hopped on a call with Kyle and Stu, vocalists and guitarists for the band, to talk about the new release and what else they’ve been up to this year. Check the below EMWAY?…
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Sammy Kless Bares All For The DIYgest
By: Ashton Morris Sammy Kless is the bassist of Mom Jeans, lead vocalist of Just Friends, the founder and self-proclaimed “project manager” of Honey TV, and an all-around bay area legend. I was lucky enough to get the chance to interview him and get his thoughts on the current state of DIY, bands to look…
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Summerbruise on the Past, the Present, and the Future
In the last summer month of 2023, I made my way to a local venue for a show that was legitimately life changing. Tiny Voices and EMWAY were deep into their WUGUGOT tour, and on the 25th of August, they played Healer DIY. While I had been once before, much of my experience was with…
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Robo Pumpkin: Max Adams lives and breathes DIY
An interview with Max and a look at “YHITOPIFAH” As a community we easily throw around “DIY” as a way to describe anything not produced with labels. Really encompassing the do-it-yourself attitude when focusing on music and trying to craft the perfect work is really, really hard. Robo Pumpkin(Max Adams) can attest to that, with…
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Spending the Night with FinalBossFIght!
“FinalBossFight! showcases instrumental precision and sing-along punk hymns with their S/T” The trio based in Lansing, Michigan released their tightest work to date with their sophomore LP “FBF!’. This DIY project has had my attention for the better part of a year and I can honestly say they contribute to the exciting Michigan scene in…
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Clipboards album review/interview
It seems that we get mind-blowing releases from Michigan DIY acts almost every single week and Clipboards LP1 is par for the musical course. Written over the course of the past year, Clipboards showed off a multitude of musical talent and artistic vision. “Endless Days” paints Clipboards as something like a track team, with each…
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Up Next: Aren’t We Amphibians turn heads with sophomore EP “Emergency, Exit”.
Aren’t We Amphibians use “Emergency Exit” to show Southern California, and the country, who’s up next.
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Look at the Bones: “Home Sweet Home” EP
“Look At The Bones is a Seattle-based emo revival-revival project with an even mix of hunger and experience to offer the exploding PNW music scene.” On September 21, LATB handed in their “first gift to this world” , releasing the project’s first EP “Home Sweet Home”. This EP is their first release as a conglomerate,…
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