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I Met a Yeti – Camp Yeti EP Review

This is not the first time I have written about a Swancore band, and it will surely not be the last. However, the one gracing my ears right now is I Met a Yeti, an up-and-coming post-hardcore powerhouse. Camp Yeti, released on…

K Sera – Collisions & Near Misses Review

Variety is the spice of life, and K Sera’s Collisions & Near Misses has it in spades. This little-known band’s only full-length album was released six years ago, but still resonates with me after all these years as proof that the longer the…

American Pleasure Club – F***ing Bliss Review

When you pull up music to listen to, what do you expect to hear? In the vast majority of cases, it is typically a band plugging away at a melody to a syncopated rhythm. Some genres employ certain intricacies to their percussion,…

Cold Wind Calling – Circadian Review

WARNING! The videos embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. The genre of spoken word is obtuse, as it is quite the alternative to the conventional singing you may be used to hearing in a song. What makes it…

Royal Coda – Compassion Review

Will Swan is a guitarist that has contributed to Dance Gavin Dance, Sianvar, and Secret Band. He has also run his own record label, Blue Swan Records, since 2013. He is so infused in the genre of post-hardcore that fans have dubbed…

Andrés – Once Upon a Time in Bakersfield Review

WARNING! The videos embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. Andrés Aparicio is now on his third solo release, this one coming less than a year after his previous effort, Heroes, Villains, and All that Jazz. Formerly of the…

Muted Color – Pastel EP Review

I am a native of Chicagoland, and have lived in the area for roughly fifteen years of my life. It was roughly around 2010, though, that I fell in love with my local scene. At the time, I had just discovered heavier…

Greet Death – New Hell Review

WARNING! The videos embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. Davisburg, Michigan shoegaze rockers Greet Death have released their second full-length album, New Hell. I came across this band through a Facebook advertisement featuring the video for their single,…

Asking Alexandria – Stand up and Scream Review

WARNING! The video embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. The year is 2009. The new trend on the block is straightening your hair, wearing an excessive amount of headbands, and listening to bands like The Devil Wears Prada,…

Lead Hands – Lead Hands Album Review

At the dawn of this decade, the landscape of Post-Hardcore was filled with long hair, breakdown riffs, and a bit of a generic nature. If you’ve heard one post-hardcore band, there wasn’t much to set them apart from the crowd. This is…