Hearwax has partnered up with Bridge 9 to give you the opportunity to win a copy of Strike Anywhere‘s newest effort, Iron Front, along with a signed poster from the band. To enter, simply sign … 
Along with Between the Buried and Me‘s Alaska, Misery Signals‘s second full-length, Mirrors, has long been criticized by fans for its poor production. Ironically, the album it is packaged with in this deluxe, double LP … 
This shall be a relatively short review for a relatively short album in itself. At almost thirty minutes in length, Keith Murray and Chris Cain manage to deliver an album that despite its compact nature … 
From time to time, one will attend a show simply for the sake of seeing the headlining act, and thus go in with no prior experience of what the opening acts sound like. In a … 
You’d be hard-pressed to find any band as consistent over the last three years as Trap Them. 2007 saw the band release both the Seance Prime EP and Sleepwell Deconstructor LP, before they released their … 
Defeater are one of the most original and honest hardcore bands working today. Both their Travels LP and Lost Ground EP have been met with love and adoration in the hardcore community, while their live … 
Don’t Mention the War – Whack-A-Mole
DMTW are probably one of the only post-2000 post-hardcore bands worth mentioning, alongside Alexisonfire. It seems wrong addressing the style this way, since it has definitely seen … 
The Summer Blockbuster is known for a few things; a high budget, big name actors, an expected killing at the box office, lots of cool special effects, and usually, being really disappointing. Iron Man 2 … 
I’ve only reviewed a few albums here, and I haven’t really loved any of them. That is, until Animal Names‘ Let It Been.
From the first track, I was immediately engaged, and this intrigue … 
When the credits are rolling at the end of documentary and you’d be willing to sit through another hour of talking head interviews, you know it is a good documentary. The People vs. George Lucas … 
It is odd for me to think that a blog that started as reviewing music with a couple friends, has actually become something with a little web presence, and actual readers. And yet, here I … 
There has been a lot of hype about The Killer Inside Me since its debut at Sundance earlier this year. Oddly, there wasn’t much talk in regards to the actual quality of the film itself, … 
An Obscure Signal – Creations
Creations was produced by Periphery‘s Misha Mansoor. It’s no surprise then, that the EP ventures on the mix of low-end brutality and melodic tendencies that made Periphery’s debut so enthralling. However, … 
I am intrigued as to what a great year for music 2010 is turning out to be. I didn’t think 2009 would be topped for years, but it looks like an early contender is steadily … 
As you are reading the rest of this post, listen to our interview with Ken and Joe from Giraffes? Giraffes! below. We talk about the Internet, moshing, and vinyl, among other things.
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A seemingly odd pairing for a Tuesday night, post-rockers This Will Destroy You ventured into Lee’s Palace with comeback kids Autolux. Their sonic relation was not very apparent until both bands brought their catalogue to … 
Whether you know him as the guy who Kurt Cobain learned all his tricks from, or simply don’t know him at all (the more likely of the two options), Greg Sage was one of the …