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Online, long-distance relationships are the insufferable discomforts that come along with the rise of the internet. As we became more connected and the world felt like it shrunk into a phone screen, distance has never truly been felt until you realize the world keeps turning when someone isn’t by your side. It’s something that has been etched into the public consciousness since the 1990s, and the thin line that one needs to walk to make a relationship work long-distance can be ... read more

Atlanta, GA based mathcore band The Callous Daoboys. With the fallout of bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Chariot, two of the genre’s most important acts, there have hundreds of music journalists heralding the next band as the new torch-bearers of the genre. Whether it be British bands like Rolo Tomassi or Ithaca, to US bands that have run amok such as Vein.fm, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, or .gif from god. The Callous Daoboys, however, completely rip up the concept of ... read more

My mother has dreams where I kill her. A recurring nightmare where I come into her room while she sleeps, and I smother her with a pillow. I only became knowledgeable of this this past summer while I was back living with my parents, and when she told me this, I could not help but feel offended. As a son, I could only feel personally wounded by the idea of my own mother thinking I would dare to kill her. I’ve never had violent tendencies, I’ve never acted out on her, I’ve never ... read more

22, a Million is a cry for...something. Its songs, rather than just being songs, act as vignettes—a breadcrumb trail that follows itself and ends where it began. And after placing these crumbs and realizing where he was, Justin Vernon created a cryptic, deafening plea for stability outside of this self-made insanity. There are some things that you can never move forward from. The things that beat your psyche to death, leaving it as a wandering in ghost stuck in circles. I’ve found ... read more

Janet Jackson after the Jackson 5, after constant record label, and before her prime. Janet, along with songwriting giants Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, created a fun, cut-and-dry pop record that helped give new jack swing the pop sensibility it was needing. The rigid, swinging, danceable, HUGE rhythms all over this album are unstoppable, and are backed by growling bass synthesizers and ganged vocals. Songs like "Nasty", "What Have You Done for Me Lately", and "The ... read more

“So you think there’s no meaning in anything that we do?”

It’s easier to sum up ten years than one might think. While in this very moment, the year 2030 may seem like the distant future. However, it is assured that by January 1st, 2030, ten years will be condensed into one simple phrase. Just like every other decade that preceded it.

I firmly believe that the 2010s will be remembered as a time of rising tension. It was a rising action of the 21st century. Mountains of ... read more

Following the one-two punch of Get to Heaven and A Fever Dream, Everything Everything seemed to have perfectly tied up their volatile feelings towards the world at large in the mid-to-late 2010s. While the fantastic conclusion that was A Fever Dream would be difficult to follow up for any other artist, Everything Everything took a safe yet massively entertaining approach--they simply moved right along.

Let it be known that the aesthetics and power that came with their last two records are not ... read more

Is it full of itself? Yes.
Is it muddled with too many ideas? Yes.
Is it overly dramatic? Yes.
Do the dance beats get too repetitive during the first half? Yes.
Are the 'baroque' and vaudeville elements a bit simple? Yes.

Is it fun as all hell? God yes.

For the amount of universal praise this record seems to get in the hardcore-sphere, I can firmly say that this is the one of the most overrated metalcore records of all time. The production is exceedingly muddy, the performances are so "raw" they actually turn out to be sloppy, and Josh Scogin's vocals have come a LONG way from the indecipherable grunting all over this record. The riffs are feel same-y across the record, with each relying on chugging and high-pitched minor 2nds. ... read more

fuck this band.

whiny, pretentious, overly-dramatic.
i fucking love it lmao

Jade Bird has SO much potential. If she were able to expand her songwriting to a wider instrumental palette and experiment with her song structures, she can be an singer-songwriter giant. I have tons of hope for her future.

you fucking pussies.

fitting title.

their best work so far.