• PHOTOS AND REVIEW: Comeback Kid and The Carrier @ Mod Club

    Since their formation in 2002 Comeback Kid have broken barriers within the hardcore scene. They have made it past two full length albums, gone through a few line up changes, most notably being a change in vocalists and still have lived on to tell the tale. Thursday night was no exception at their adoptive hometown …

  • Review Roundup: Ana Kefr, Eyes of a Traitor, Hate, Talons, and Until Your Heart Stops

    Ana Kefr – The Burial Tree I’m not entirely sure what the exact opposite of a black metal purist is, but I’m pretty sure they would have Ana Kefr‘s newest release, The Burial Tree somewhere in their catalog, next to their Medieval Weapon Replicas, Emperor CDs and Drake and Josh DVDs or something equally awkwardly …

  • Review Roundup: Boyfriends, Football, etc., Mountains For Clouds, Empire! Empire!, Into It. Over It., and Pswingset

    Boyfriends – Boyfriends 7″ Situated at a crossroads between post-punk boisterousness and emo sensibility, Boyfriends‘ eponymous 7″ is comfortable enough at this young stage of their career that they have no qualms borrowing from the Lawrence Arms by way of Hot Water Music template offered by contemporaries such as Basement,Snowing, and 1994! (with whom they share members), but brimming with …

  • REVIEW: Drive Angry [Shot in 3D]

    Let’s talk B-movies. The last time we talked about b-movies and b-movie culture, you and I, was my review of Death Proof. Probably something to do with Tarantino at any rate. We’re not talking about his brand of b-movie savantism, wherein he has found a way to elevate the form to legitimate art status, ala …