Based in Windsor, Ontario, Riverside Drive is quickly gaining traction in their local scene. Even though “Quiet Nights” is only the second song the band have released, after last year’s “EWR”, they managed to sell out their show in Windsor last week.
Take a listen to Quiet Nights now, you don’t want to sleep on this band!
If, like me, you were heartbroken when The Venetia Fair broke up in 2016 you may be really excited to hear there’s a band from from Phoenix, AZ, with a very similar sound.
It’s uncanny, but I’m absolutely stoked to have come across this band a few years ago.
The band had some downtime recently, and just came back hitting hard with “Sirens” – you can stream it now!
They’ll be working on more new music throughout the year, so be sure to stay tuned on their Facebook page.
In case you didn’t realize when we posted the band’s song “Wolfsbane” last month, we really dig the sound that Infinite Signal has going.
Leading up to their newest EP, Love Me Not, which will be released on January 31st, the band has posted a video for “Palm Of Christ”.
In contrast to Wolfsbane, this is a more upbeat, traditional pop punk sound in the direction of Alkaline Trio.
Check out the video below, and preorder Love Me Not now!
SoCal trio Infinite Signal, who have been rocking as a full band since 2012, have dropped their first single in two years.
“Wolfsbane” is from their upcoming EP, Love Me Not which is available for preorder now and will be released on January 31st, 2020.
Check it out!
New-school grunge fans, heads up! One man band Black Tiger Bay has released the debut single, “Clarity“.
Self produced by Cole Hooey, “Clarity” is the first single off of his upcoming album January Fire, to be released in early 2020. Keep your eyes open for this one, especially if you’re a fan of the new-era of grunge.
Based in Cleveland, OH, As Time Fades are a pop punk band who successfully combines the key elements of the genre with their own unique sound.
In “This Isn’t What I Paid For” the bandcases their catchy songwriting in combination with solid production. If you’re a fan of modern pop punk, you’ll definitely love As Time Fades – check them out now!
San Diego based alt. rock band Nights Like Thieves recently released a new lyric video for their song “Alright“. The song brings me back to the mid 2000s, showing that the music we all grew up listening to is by no means dead and gone!
Keep an eye out for more from this self-producing quartet in the future by following their Facebook page as well as taking a look at their Bandcamp.
Their debut full length is in the works now, don’t miss it!
Sum 41 is back. And this time, you really can’t call it a Sum-Back…
Why? Because they were never gone.
After the venerable Canadian pop punk band dropped 13 Voices in 2016, they toured relentlessly for two years, then went straight into the studio to begin working on Order In Decline.
The result is one of their heaviest, most masterful albums yet.
Sum 41 mixes the heavier songs like “Out For Blood” (which has a super poppy chorus), “A Death in the Family“, and “Eat You Alive” with other sounds, such as “The New Sensation” which seems to blend influences from fellow pop punk act Green Day as well as Muse, which leads to a very interesting mix of sounds.
Of course, Sum 41 also brings their classic sound to the album in the form of “The People Vs…” before turning to a more brooding sound to close out the album with “Catching Fire“.
One last mention, the band takes a brazen stance against the current political situation in the US, with “45 (A Matter of Time)” being boldly open about the band’s (justified) feelings. “The People Vs…” seems to be on a similar note as well, showing that Sum really is on the side of the people.
Order In Decline drops on Friday, July 19th, 2019. You can preoder or pre-save it here. I highly recommend it!
At their final show on tour with Reel Big Fish, Ballyhoo, and Pkew Pkew Pkew, we had the chance to sit down with Anti-Flag drummer Pat Thetic. In a brief conversation focusing mainly on the band’s activism and political songwriting, we find out a bit more just how Thetic (and presumably the band) feels about the new POTUS and the current political situation in the world.
When asked if the Die for the Government anniversary tour was planned based on the election, Thetic explained that the decision was made long before the results of the election were seen. He goes on to explain, “it’s interesting that all these issues of extreme power being concentrated into one shitty person’s (Trump) hand, that’s a battle that we’ve been fighting for years and that’s a battle that people have been fighting long before us. The songs on Die for the Government talk about those issues, but they’re just as relevant today as they were in ’94 or ’93 when we wrote them. Thetic also revealed that the songs on Die for the Government were written between 1991 and 1996, the year the album was released.
In regards to new music, and how it would be affected by the current state of the world, Thetic discussed the band’s proclivity towards writing about issues that aren’t in the limelight. He continued saying, “it’ll be interesting because the Trump stuff is so out there right now. It’s almost like beating dead horses ‘cuz we already know that he’s a liar and that he’s a scumbag. So to find the spaces where we wanna say something that’s interesting, that’s gonna be a bit of a challenge right now because he’s such a piece of shit.” Thetic also added that the band is working on new material, but that they are in the very early stages and are far from releasing anything.
Following up on his response, we asked about Anti-Flag fighting the smaller battles that aren’t talked about much. Thetic’s response was quite detailed, and he used a great example of what the band talks about; “well yeah, that’s interesting and nobody wants to hear the same things that everybody else is already talking about. For instance, on American Spring we have a song about drone strikes (Sky is Falling). In the US, we don’t consider drone strikes to be a weapon of terror, but they really are because the people who live underneath these drones that are flying around don’t know where they’re gonna hit, don’t know when they’re gonna hit. It’s essentially a billion dollar program that is a terror weapon that just makes the population afraid all the time. That is an idea that is not readily available in the mainstream, and the more you look at the drone program the more you realize it’s just the same as a guy walking into a marketplace with a suicide vest on. It’s just a much more expensive way of doing that, and it creates a culture of fear.”
Last but not least, in regards to The Bright Lights of America, the second and final Anti-Flag album on RCA records, Thetic said the departure from their traditional sound was “a departure in sound, but not in intent”, due to the budget they had from the label. Thetic continued on to say that the band wanted to experiment with cello and glockenspiel, for example, saying it was “a little bit of musical masturbation”, and that working with producer Tony Visconti was an immense pleasure.
We can certainly say the same about speaking with Pat Thetic of Anti-Flag, and are immensely thankful for the time he took out of his day to chat with us. American Spring is available now on the band’s website and at music outlets worldwide.