A lot can change in ten years: personalities, tastes, relationships. For Mayday Parade the last ten years have been a chance to grow as a band, explore new ways to entertain, and to connect with their fans. Which is why—almost exactly a decade after seeing them live for the first time—I’m sitting on a tour bus in Chicago, chatting with frontman Derek Sanders. We’re at the back of the bus. On one side of Sanders, guitarist Brooks Betts is fiddling around on a laptop, on the other, bassist Jeremy Lenzo pre-signs a stack of Sunnyland CDs. The window is cracked… Read more »
Déjà-vu got the best of me again If you happened to see the Mayday Parade tour for A Lesson in Romantics last year, you may have caught a dynamic set from the opening band Milestones. But even if you missed your chance to see the Manchester-based quartet in North America, you’ll want to pick up their debut full-length, Red Lights, because believe me when I say it’s everything you want in a pop rock record. From opening track “BitterSweetHeart” to the boppy closer “Forever or Never”, every song is a carefully crafted treat for your ears. Like a box of… Read more »
A sun drenched weekend in Chicago surrounded by live music and spirited company would sound too good to be true if we didn’t have proof that Riot Fest 2017 was exactly that.
September means one thing…yes Pumpkin Spice is back at Starbucks, but mainly that Riot Fest in Chicago, IL is right around the corner!
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from blink-182, Weezer, Machine Gun Kelly and more.
Our writers weighed in on what bands not only have the best beach bash tunes, but would also be the life and soul of the ultimate (and currently imaginary—we’re working on it) summer beach party.
Black Lines is difficult to get a grip on, because it’s so emphatically different from anything Mayday Parade has ever done. It’s nothing like the kind of “happy heartache†pop-rock a listener might come to expect. It’s much more aggressive, but worth hearing.
Mayday Parade will release their self-titled third album October 4th.
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