Anyone that was followed my music preferences in the last year will know how much I loved Emma Ruth Rundle's album Some Heavy Ocean. A year later we find her back with the post-rock outfit Marriages, a three piece band out of California. 

Sink Or Swim might be overlooked by people as the debut of a band who had not yet mastered the airwaves, but to me it was a medium between Against Me! punk mind and the Bruce Springsteen songwriting ability. 

State Faults is one of those bands that I think gets left out of the conversation of great emo/post-hardcore acts in this day and age. 

Pure energy is one thing a lot of the new age of straight hardcore acts seem to bring plenty of. Rotting Out is no exception, bringing their live shows and releases memorable moments of abusive energy that leaves people stuck in mosh pits. 

All four tracks on Football, etc.'s EP feature gloomy moods with exhausted tones. Upbeat moments are rare, mainly focusing on drawn out chord progressions that without vocals could be found helping out a shoegaze band. 

A year ago the majority of the punk world was stunned. Released today in 2014, was The Hotelier's critically acclaimed,  Home, Like Noplace Is There. But now, a year later, where does it stand?

I'm going into their brand new full length Don't Be Long without any bias or deep knowledge of their older songs. From just this record however, I can decipher their style as a mixture of post-hardcore and melodic punk. 

It is as if the true sounds from behind bedroom doors during the 90s has escaped into the world. Adventures' debut full length reimagines alternative rock from the decade with as much energy as possible.

Mood swings come and go but Blis. take that to the next level on their new 4 song EP on Soft Speak, Starting Fires In My Parents House. Is it too early to tell people to remember this band name?

Pioneer Of Nothing might be the name of the new EP, but it doesn't mean You Blew It! isn't being a pioneer within their scene. Rather, they add to the genre.

Pure Noise Records picked up one hell of a band in Like Pacific. The five piece pop-punk band embraces heavy hard hitting emotional music on their new self-titled EP. Each track is quick and to the point, progressing in standard verse chorus bridge manners but keeping it interesting and fresh with their tight musicianship. 

It is that transition into Winter that comes so sudden and without warning that makes me want to reflect on life. And with that comes reflecting on an old pop-punk album. One that reminds me of the fun in the sun, of warmer weather and carefree spirits. Tell All Your Friends is a classic album and revered by many (older) fans of the genre as a defining staple of pop-punk.

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Sean’s video review of The Ghost Inside‘s new record Dear Youth.

This album is gorgeous. Even a while few after its release Keep You has kept with me. Pianos Become The Teeth toned down by ridding themselves of their screams and driving walls of distortion. Vocalist Kyle Durfey can sing, everybody knows it now. They pulled it off. Where does that leave this album in terms the scene? Well, that is for you as listeners to find out, Im just here to give some thoughts on it.