The Nostalgic Songs of the Month: Punk/Rock Power Anthems 2000-’05
The sweet nostalgia of our favorite punk anthems from 2000-2005; the era in which belting these emotion filled lines was still considered hardcore.
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Wrecking Ball Fest 2016: Recap
Wrecking Ball Festival 2016 Recap from Ben Braunstein with photos from Aaron Braunstein. Feat: Deafheaven, American Football, Tigers Jaw, Daddy Issues, etc.
Dahlia Seed: Survived By | Adopt This Album
Even though I classify Dahlia Seed's Survived By as a summer album, it is also one of my top 20 favorites ever, and I often visit it multiple times a year.
The Hotelier: Goodness | Still Tugging at Our Heart Strings
The Hotelier's Goodness, in thematic innocence is a band that has changed, enduring the wave of personal trauma and glory that arose from the aftermath.
The Smiths – The Queen is Dead: Unhappy 30th Birthday
30 years ago, the Smiths released The Queen is Dead, arguably their finest recorded effort. The staff at B.G.M. celebrates the album a track by track.
Album Review: Hands Like Houses – Dissonants
People will definitely like Dissonants and that is cool, but I feel like people should be getting a much better effort from Hands Like Houses.
Album Review: Panic! At The Disco – Death of a Bachelor
Panic! At The Disco's Death Of A Bachelor is the musical equivalent of MySpace; average fun in it's prime but obsolete and pointless in 2016.
Album Review: Trials of Early Man – Attachments
So where do we find punk rock in 2016? If Attachments, the debut from Trials of Early Man is any punk is as antagonistic, vigorous, and creative as ever.
Discordance and Destruction II: The Best Rock, Noise Rock, and Shoegaze Albums of 2015
The best noise rock albums of 2015 along with several other albums that fall into the rock and shoegaze genres. There's other great stuff included too.
Album Review: The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die – Harmlessness
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have released a record that lives up to the ambition of their name with Harmlessness.