Nosedive | Part 1: Is Suicide Punk? | Chapter 1
We are premiering the new novel, Nosedive by Kendon Luscher chapter by chapter. Nosedive is a book about... well we don't really know yet. Enjoy!
Kendon Luscher
I (Don’t) Hate That: The Cure
Kendon hates the emo antics of The Cure. In this edition of I (I Don't) Hate That, Coop tries to convince him The Cure shouldn't be defined by the singles.
I (Don’t) Hate That: Van Halen
Kendon hates guitar solos, Van Halen, and anything fun. Coop loves guitar solos, Van Halen, and (some) fun. In the first edition of "I (Don't) Hate", Coop tries to convince Kendon that Van Halen isn't all superficial fluff.
Interview: Womantra | Politics, Cleveland, and the Future
When I found out my friend Chrissy was in a very new band called and they're actually good, I had to interview them. Womantra is a riot grrl band out of Cleveland, who recently made Cleveland.com's Top 15 album releases of 2017 list.
Liars: TFCF | A Sort of Mental Haunting
Liars latest album, TFCF is the sound of a house that is haunted not by ghosts but by unhealthy thoughts -- a sort of mental haunting.
Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me | The Sound of Grief
Mount Eerie's A Crow Looked at Me is a rumination on how to continue living after his wife died, leaving him to raise their 1.5 year old daughter all alone.
John Darnielle: Universal Harvester | What it’s About isn’t What it’s About
Somehow the more I read John Darnielle's Universal Harvester, the less I felt I knew until the very end when all was revealed.
Cloud Nothings: Life Without Sound | Dark Pop for Our Impending Doom
Cloud Nothings have made music that will not be forgotten. Life Without a Sound is music that can serve as a confidant for the disillusioned.
The Thermals @ The Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH – April 22, 2016
Whenever The Thermals played a song off The Body, the audience went nuts, dancing and singing and moving in possessed gestures...
Hop Along Arrive at the Perfect Time
It’s rare to see a band become the best versions of themselves. I don’t know if it’ll hold, but that's exactly what Hop Along is doing.