More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Emo has been making a bit of a comeback lately, with a lot of bands reuniting and emo parties cropping up throughout a bunch of cities (shout out to Philly’s emo nights, which were one of the first, if not the first… and Thursday vocalist Geoff was a guest DJ a few times), and while […]
Philadelphia’s Ink & Dagger were one of the most influential and strangest bands to ever come out of the city of brotherly shove. Formed back in 1995 and disbanding in 1999 (and which vocalist Sean McCabe died shortly after at the young age of 27), the band is most famously known for on and off […]
Earlier this year, my friend told me that there were rumors that Saves The Day would be touring playing their seminal album Through Being Cool in it’s entirety. Growing up in New Jersey around the time this was released, I have played the shit out of TBC for 15 years now and it still is […]
Over the span of their career, Illinois punks Alkaline Trio have completely exploded. Although their sound has changed over the years, my favorite era of Alkaline Trio will always be back when they were on Asian Man Records, and I have been spinning their Self Titled compilation pretty much nonstop since I saw them last […]
I’m going to try and catch up with the show recaps this week since moving has set me so far behind. But on September 4th, I headed out to Philadelphia’s XFINITY Live to see a free Taking Back Sunday show on their outdoor stage. As anyone in Philadelphia could tell you, this had all of […]
Holy crap, with the holidays and just remaining incredibly busy am I behind on posts here. I’ve been to like 4 shows this week alone, and am just getting a chance to post. Last Sunday, I headed to Philly’s First Unitarian Church to see the legendary Saves The Day (fuck you, they’re legendary if you’re […]
It’s impossible to grow up in New Jersey in the late 90s, be into melodic hardcore, and not listen to Saves The Day. Sure, I don’t know anything by them after Can’t Slow Down and Through Being Cool, but I am still always stoked to see them just to be able to rock out to […]
Texas Is The Reason twice in less than 6 months… am I lucky, or what? Saturday night I got a chance to see Texas Is The Reason again with some friends, only this time I stayed pretty close to home heading out to Philly’s own Union Transfer. I missed Title Fight (confession time: I’m not […]
I remember the first time I saw Richmond pop-punkers Hold Tight. I went to a house show here in Philly and they were playing with one of my favorite local hardcore bands Lighten Up (RIP). I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was completely blown away by their feel good pop-punk, and I picked […]
Last night I headed out to New York City’s Irving Plaza with some friends in order to catch post-hardcore legends Texas Is The Reason reunion show at Revelation Records Anniversary show. Unfortunately I could not catch any of the other nights (Youth Of Today is playing Saturday), but I was stoked to catch TITR. Gameface: […]