Anti-Flag’s newest record 20/20 Vision commences with a soundbite of Trump’s proclamation: “In the good old days, this doesn’t happen, because they used to treat them…
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Rick Maguire of Pile on the Search for Self-Awareness and Touring Solo
For Rick Maguire, work always comes first, and that work is writing, creating and playing music with Pile. Over the past decade, work has been good…
Interview: Gatecreeper’s Chase Mason on Defying the Sophomore Slump
Ask Chase Mason and he’ll agree that the sophomore slump is real—just not for his band. In the lead up to the writing and recording of…
Interview: Joe Songco on the Revival of Outburst
A few years ago, I was in a darkened downtown bar accompanied by a former fanzine editor who came from the early era of New York…
It’s Garbage Can, Not Garbage Can’t: An Interview With Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer
Sincere Engineer is the stage name chosen by Chicago punk Deanna Belos. The 27-year-old grew up in the Windy City’s world-famous punk rock scene, idolizing bands…
The (Re)Education of Stick to Your Guns
Political ideas often seem ephemeral and abstract until they slam into your life unexpectedly. What previously seemed like lofty, unfocused concepts become real. “My parents got…
Movin’ On Up: Candy’s Michael “Cheddar” Quick on Creation Records
Left Field Listening Very few artists listen exclusively to aggressive music, so in this recurring series we ask a musician about a band that they like…
Interview: Charly Bliss on the Gravitational Pull of Power Pop
Charly Bliss is a four-piece power pop band from Brooklyn, New York. Originally a self-described “bubblegum grunge” band, the group has since transitioned their sound, and…
California Energy: An Interview with The Aquadolls
The Aquadolls are doing it all. The Southern California band effortlessly pours out infectious shoegazey bops, earnest headbangers, cosmic surf-punk ballads, and electrified power-pop anthems— on…