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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PC) Review

We are truly in the end times when EA has published a fantastic Star Wars video game. After the two disappointing Battlefront games, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an outstanding experience that captures the magic of previous in-universe titles like Knights…

Rise Records Botches Instrumental Album Release

Over the course of this year, Rise Records has been surprise releasing instrumental versions of Dance Gavin Dance albums, spanning their entire discography. They have been releasing these in reverse chronological order, starting with 2018’s Artificial Selection and on 11/29 they have…

Stroud Releases “Wild Child Again” Music Video

WARNING! The videos embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. Earlier this decade, I spent a few years living in Edwardsville, Illinois, where I would end up meeting and working with Sarah Gallagher, who is now a musician under…

Lost Ember (PC) Review

This decade has seen a large array of quality indie narrative action games, such as AER, Submerged, and Abzu, having the player explore truly gorgeous environments while a story unfolds in front of them. Through this well-established genre, the player absorbs the…

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…