Artist: High Dive Album: High Dive Genre: Indie-Pop/Indie-Punk Label: No label High Dive is a new project from Defiance, Ohio front man Ryan Woods. While he was on tour with Defiance, Ohio, Woods saw Toby Foster perform as a solo artist. Woods had found it difficult to express his experiences about being queer through the […]
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Review: High Dive – High Dive
February 7th, 2012 
Ethan Merrick 
Posted in Features, News, Reviews 
Tags: album review, defiance ohio, High Dive, indie pop, indie punk, pop punk (genre), Queer Positive, review, Reviews, Ryan Woods, Toby Foster 
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Review: Good Luck – Without Hesitation
February 7th, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Good Luck Album: Without Hesitation Genre: Pop-Rock/Indie-Pop Label: No Idea Records Good Luck formed in the summer of 2007 and in the ensuing five years the band have almost perfected their brand of insatiable indie-pop. On their most recent release, Without Hesitation, the band exudes warm, bubbly indie-pop in excess. Creating ear candy that […]
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Jesse Leach Back in Killswitch Engage
February 6th, 2012 Ethan Merrick While Killswitch Engage was on the tour for their album Alive or Just Breathing in the summer of ’02 Jesse Leach left the band; letting the other four band members know via an email that he had quit. Howard Jones, the front man for Blood Has Been Shed, was brought on to replace Leach and […]
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REVIEW: Pulled Apart By Horses – Tough Love
February 2nd, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Pulled Apart By Horses Album: Tough Love Genre: indie rock/post-hardcore Label: Transgressive Records When they came barreling on to the scene, Pulled Apart By Horses gained the attention critics and fans alike for the their energetic, bombastic live shows. With their self-titled debut record Pulled Apart By Horses was able to capture everything that […]
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REVIEW: TS & The Past Haunts – Gone & Goner
February 1st, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: TS & The Past Haunts Album: Gone & Goner Genre: Alt-rock/Punk Label: No Sleep Records It was while he was acting as the tour manager for the Duke Spirit that Travis Shettel, lyricist and front man for the now defunct Piebald, began to start writing new music. After recruiting the husband and wife duo […]
Review: Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
January 25th, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Craig Finn Album: Clear Heart Full Eyes Genre: Americana/Alt-Country Album: Vagrant Craig Finn of The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller is known for crafting a sprawling mythos centered around the mythologized Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, with his rock ‘n’ roll yarns spanning the entire Midwest and the occasional trip down to Florida. […]
Posted in Features, News, Reviews Tags: acoustic, album review, Americana, blues, Clear Hearts and Open Minds, Craig Finn, folk, review, Reviews, the hold steady 1 Comment »
REVIEW: Lamb of God – Resolution
January 23rd, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Lamb of God Album: Resolution Genre: Groove Metal/Metal Label: Epic, Roadrunner After two decades and seven full length releases, Lamb of God are still as bombastic and explosive as ever. The band’s seventh album, Resolution, is melodic runaway freight train barreling through 14 tracks, rarely granting the listener a reprieve from its furious pace.
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Review: Matt Pryor – May Day
January 21st, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Matt Pryor Album: May Day Genre: Indie/Folk Label: Vagrant It seems that Matt Pryor enjoys constructing challenges for himself with his solo albums. For Confidence Man Pryor was determined to write-record-mix an entire album before he hit the age of 30. The result was a folk-y, alt-country stripped down version of his side-project The […]
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Review: SHOWYOURTEETH – World Denier
January 21st, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: SHOWYOURTEETH Album: World Denier Genre: Metal/Hardcore Label: Let It Burn Records For their second album the Austrian five-piece SHOWYOURTEETH (who I wil now refer to as “Show Your Teeth”) have constructed one hell of an album. World Denier is packed with racing guitars, teeth rattling bass lines, thunderous drums and guttural shouts. The album […]
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REVIEW: Anthony Green – Beautiful Things
January 18th, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Anthony Green Album: Beautiful Things Genre: Indie/Folk Label: Photo Finish In need of a creative outlet outside of his band Circa Survive Anthony Green recorded Avalon. The album was a warm, inviting record with a focus on a more acoustic, folk sound rather than Circa Survive’s bombastic indie rock sound. A little over four […]
Review: Belle Manoir – Century Tree EP
January 16th, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Belle Manoir Album: Century Tree EP Genre: Post-hardcore, screamo Label: Unsigned The Houston, TX sextet’s debut release Century Tree EP is a familiar cacophonic blend of bright buzzing guitars, alternated screamed and sung vocals, electronic flourishes scattered throughout as well as the “clatter-boom” of drums. However, all of this sonic ear candy not only […]
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