Phuc Tran is the kind of teacher who makes anything interesting. The kind who gets over 100,000 people to watch his TEDx talk on Vietnamese grammar—for…
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10 Pop Punk Albums to Look Forward to in 2020
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc around the world, 2020 isn’t shaping up to be the best year for musicians or their fans. Artists and bands…
Trevor of The Black Dahlia Murder on Hardcore, Punk and Indecision’s Influence on the New LP
Besides being a vocalist for one of the longest-running heavy metal bands currently, Trevor Strnad is nothing less than a music connoisseur. His The Obituarist column…
Florida Deems Wrestling Essential, So Here Are 13 of Erick Rowan’s Best Metal Shirts
Florida has deemed World Wrestling Entertainment an essential business during lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic, because there’s no way to flatten the curve like flattening your…
Comfort Food: Scott Vogel of Terror on the Records He Comes Back to Again and Again
Music fans and creators are naturally inquisitive people when it comes to their art— always seeking out how one band pulled off this or spun this…
Happy Nowadays: Interviews with Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle and Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley is dead, but Buzzcocks live on. Steve Diggle is pretty certain Shelley would have wanted it that way. For decades, Shelley shared the co-singer/songwriter/guitarist…
Dave Hause on Virtual Concerts and Defining the Philly Sound
Dave Hause spent the late ’90s and early 2000s playing in bands like Curse, Paint It Black, the Falcon and The Loved Ones before striking out…
15 Bands That Couldn’t Follow Up Breakthrough Debuts
The 15 groups that stunned, then underwhelmed It’s a tale as old as the music industry: A band comes out of nowhere with a blazing debut…
Ryan Young of Off With Their Heads On Making a Record During Quarantine
Off With Their Heads has toured all over the world, constantly changing their lineup in order to stay on the road. But what happens when a…