Reviews – Archive

It’s not unfair to say that expectations generally weren’t high the last time we got a new Dance Gavin Dance record. After the misstep of 2013’s Acceptance Speech, which came off the back of three vocalist changes within five years,...

2016 is a year of firsts for Stick To Your Guns. Aside from signing with new (and frankly, better fitting) label, Pure Noise Records, Better Ash Than Dust is the first release from the band to be an EP rather than...

After years of chasing their tails, trying to replicate the charms of Tell All Your Friends and assuredness of Louder Now to no avail, Long Island’s second best post-hardcore band finally produced an album that lived up to their first...

Damn it, Dan. Your band could be so good. Granted, you were the least interesting of the Class of 2013 neo-indie big hitters; outshined by The 1975’s sensual swagger, the Vegas glitz of Imagine Dragons, and the eccentric Haim sisters....

The leaders of the late 2000's metalcore scene have been finding various ways of progressing onward from a strictly 'core-influenced sound. With the death of one trend comes the birth of another which brings the topic of more 'mature' music...

It’s wonderfully typical of A Day to Remember to do what makes the least sense at every opportunity. Unless you’re Patrick Star, you’ll be aware of the band’s trademark fusion of mosh-call metalcore and 2002 pop punk. Scores of naysayers...