It Holds Up

Guest contributor Samuel Morin sings the praises of the Blood Brothers' fourth LP 'Crimes,' which turns twenty years old tomorrow.

While 2013 was a time of renewal and culmination for emo, with it comes death. Things must perish. Nothing will […]

Zac speaks with Kevin Devine about the legacy of his 2003 solo offering 'Make the Clocks Move'

Loan looks back on the legacy of Touché Amoré's third studio album 'Is Survived By' and speaks with frontman Jeremy Bolm about its ten year anniversary

Guest contributor James Jaskolka reflects on the legacy of short-lived Wilkes-Barre emo group In Writing and their seminal 'Tabula Rasa,' ten years after its release.

Michelle looks back on Thrice's classic 'The Artist in the Ambulance' 20 years later, and in the wake of the album's rerecording.

Zac reflects on 'Whenever, If Ever,' the groundbreaking debut from The World Is... for its tenth anniversary.

With 'Youth,' released ten years ago this weekend, Citizen would define alternative rock in the 2010s. Loan looks back on the record.

Loan speaks with The Maine's drummer Pat Kirch about the tenth anniversary of their classic fourth record 'Forever Halloween'

'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here', while not nearly as outwardly anguished or thunderous as 1992’s 'Dirt', still stands as a much more refined version of the band. In some ways, Alice in Chain’s fifth album was their second run at writing a sophomore album as a band, and probably the more successful of the two. It holds up.

Zac looks back on Rika's sole LP 'How to Draw a River, Step by Step' ten years after its release.

Hugo Reyes looks back on Have Heart's 'The Things We Carry' 15 years later, reflecting on the youthful naïveté and genuine emotion that makes the album feel just as revelatory now as it did on release.

Guest writer Tim Gagnon looks back on The Thrills' third album, the ultimate slice of The O.C.-core.

In this edition of It Holds Up, Jordan looks back at 'The World We Know,' Ace Enders introverted and ambitious sophomore album as I Can Make A Mess, which turns 10 later this month.