Review
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Brave Face – Grievance Process | Album Review
The spring season has been an incredible time for debuts in our scene. Red Sun took the emo scene by storm with their first EP, “best buds 🙂”, and Wisconsin’s Excuse Me, Who Are You? has their first full-length LP releasing on 5/17. Also on 5/17, Columbus’s Brave Face is releasing their triumph of…
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Excuse Me, Who Are You?- Double Bind | Album Review
There are some bands that use samples to create a fun little bit of ambiance within their music or to provide a little bit of a vibe switch—and then there are bands who base their entire album around sampling and use it as an integral piece of world building within their work. Excuse Me, Who…
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Stars Hollow’s In the Flower Bed: A Masterclass in Emo Lyricism and Songwriting
Stars Hollow knocks it out of the park with their newest release, In the Flower Bed.
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Soccer. Seasons Move Forward – Album Review
Soccer. came out swinging and put everything on the table with “Seasons Move Forward.” 18 minutes is all it took for them to deliver everything a fan of intense drumming, tasteful screaming, raw bone chilling lyrics, and loud fuckin’ rock music can appreciate. “Hurting” gives me everything I want in an opener. A slow instrumental…
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The Merrier: “I Hope I’m With My Cats When The Flood Comes” LP Review
I love trying new things, I think that when variety is introduced to life you have a higher chance of finding joy—something something and adage about doing the same thing over and over. I think you should take every chance to try something new and never limit the perspectives you try to see. All of…
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Frustration and Ignorance: a Review of Cacophony Kid’s Debut LP “Sludge City”
My first listen of Sludge City was as I was on a 9 hour drive home. Not having heard any releases from Cacophony Kid before, I was unsure of what to expect, but entirely prepared to dive in head first. Within the 9 hour journey I had listened to Sludge City no less than a…
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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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Grandview “Everything Between Paint and a Wall” 10 Years
The late winter of 2013 into the early winter of 2014 was an incredible period for emo music. Many of the albums that have come to define the genre today were released in this period, including The Hotelier’s Home, Like Noplace Is There and Foxing’s The Albatross. These two albums, now staples of the genre…
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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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