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REVIEW: Panda Bear – ‘Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper’

Artist: Panda Bear Album: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Label: Domino Records Genre: Indie, Chillwave By now, if you’re not into the whole Animal Collective scene, I’m not sure you ever will be, unless you start from the beginning and you work your way to this point, which I totally encourage. The innovation and […]

Belle and Sebastian Share New Single “The Cat With The Cream”

Later this month, the twee indie pop genius group known as Belle and Sebastian will return with their first album in nearly five years, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance. It will be the follow-up to 2010’s effort, Belle and Sebastian Write About Love. Upon releasing a few songs already, today the band has shared […]

REVIEW: The Answer Page – ‘The Nightmares of My Dearest Cardinal’

Artist: The Answer Page Album: The Nightmares of My Dearest Cardinal Genre: Indie, Shoegaze Label: Unsigned Let me tell you a story. I used to blog about very independent bands that are the hidden gems of the internet. The ones that make great music, but just don’t have the resources to get recognized – or […]

Ray Toro (Formally of My Chemical Romance) Releases “For the Lost and Brave”

By now everyone has heard the heart-wrenching story of Leelah Alcorn, the transgender teen who ended her own life tragically after being unable to attain acceptance from her parents. Ray Toro, since the end of My Chemical Romance, has been preparing to unleash his new music onto the world, and now with the timing of […]

The Year of Rediscovery: Corey From’s End of the Year List

This year has been an interesting one for me, as far as music goes. I had an awakening. In one sense, it was weird, because as a late bloomer in the music scene, 2003-2004 were some prime years for me in developing my tastes. So to have artists like Coheed & Cambria, Midtown, blink-182, etc. […]

The Weeknd Shares Lyric Video for “Earned It” From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

The Weeknd has all but fallen off my radar for the past few years, but for the rest of the world, he’s continued to make females swoon for his sensual and risque version of R&B. With that being said, there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that his placement on a soundtrack for Fifty Shades of […]

Against Me! Plans A Southern Tour

2014 is over and 2015 is here. If you thought Against Me! couldn’t get get any better, you were wrong. The band’s 2014 effort, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, has been all over year-end “Best Of” lists and was a hit among the mainstream audiences and indie-punk audiences alike. Well, the dust hasn’t settled yet and they […]

The Movielife Announce a Reunion

It brings me great pleasure to post something about Vinnie Caruana and the boys from The Movielife and not have to tell you to continue dreaming about a reunion. Today, in an interview with Noisey, the band confirmed that they would indeed be reuniting. They will playing a one-off show in New York, at the […]

Modest Mouse Share First New Single in Eight Years, “Lampshades on Fire”

The title says it all. All in one short day, we were teased with a cryptic message from Modest Mouse on Instagram and even an official announcement from the band regarding new music, as they announced their highly anticipated full-length, Strangers to Ourselves Well, this morning, we were gifted a new track from the album, […]

REVIEW: Angels and Airwaves – ‘The Dream Walker’

Artist: Angels and Airwaves Title: The Dream Walker Label: To the Stars Genre: Alternative Rock I’m going to spare all of you my history with this band. I have had various opinions about Angels and Airwaves for many years, and it’s all come to a pinnacle with the release of The Dream Walker. Objectivity was […]

You Blew It! Share “Lanai”

After what seemed to be an endlessly busy year for You Blew It!, releasing one of the better albums of the year in January and then putting out an EP covering Weezer’s Blue Album and endless touring, it seems that the band is back with another EP set for early 2015, which will be entitled […]

Angels and Airwaves Stream ‘The Dream Walker’

On the eve of Angels and Airwaves‘ highly anticipated follow-up to Love, the band has posted the entire stream of The Dream Walker on Rolling Stone today. After releasing four of the tracks, including a video for “The Wolfpack,” and so much hype from the head honcho, Tom Delonge, the album is finally here for […]