In our third installment of “100 Rising Artists To Listen To In 2024,” we’re coloring outside of the lines. While you may strictly listen to alternative or rock, this week, we challenge you to think outside of the box. Think outside the confines of genre, but most importantly, get ready to have some fun discovering new music. Through an array of rock, indie, pop, punk, and, yes, put the two together, pop-punk, it’s time to find your next favorite artist. While we’ll always hold our favorites—My Chemical Romance, Simple Plan, Paramore…the list goes on—near and dear to our hearts, our… Read more »
What makes a song something you want to listen to over and over again? Is it the instrumentation, lyrics, live performance, or all of the above? Either way, there is always something about a song that burrows a special place inside your heart. It usually stays there for a lifetime. Songs often serve as a placeholder in time. A great song that connects can be listened to years in the future. It will have the ability to transport you back to the exact moment you loved it the most. In 2023, we were given hundreds of incredible songs by numerous… Read more »
Better Lovers‘ discography just got a little bit longer with the addition of the new single “Two Alive Amongst The Dead,” which is a fitting birthday gift for guitarist Jordan Buckley. “Two Alive Amongst The Dead” sees lead singer Greg Puciato (ex-Dillinger Escape Plan) urgently screaming, “Shame they’ll never feel/Any inkling of remorse/Fixate envious/I would try to help them but I know better/They’re not my cause.” Juxtaposed with mind-bending, catchy riffs, the single leaves listeners and metalcore lovers hungry for more. Check out the new single below. Luckily, new music will certainly be on its way. In an Instagram caption,… Read more »
“It’s a Christmas f*cking miracle!” God Made Me An Animal artist Better Lovers is set to make your holiday season, merry and metal thanks to their first annual BLissmas concert. Greg Puciato, Jordan Buckley, Will Putney, Clayton “Goose” Holyoak and Steve Micciche are bringing the heat to Buffalo, NY to celebrate Christmas in the best way possible, a music festival. Fans of “30 Under 13,” “Become So Small,” and beyond will have the chance to see the group headline Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY on December 8. Tickets will go on sale October 6 at 10 AM ET. It Dies… Read more »
The Dillinger Escape Plan aren’t set to reunite any time soon, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t being offered the big bucks to consider it!
Better Lovers played their first ever shows, two back-to-back, in Buffalo last week. It was absolute chaos, to say the least.
There was one truth apparent while walking through the merchandise area one hour after the doors opened at the Starland Ballroom last Wednesday evening: the crowd was ready for all that was to come.
Last month, when the Dillinger Escape Plan revealed that founding drummer Chris Pennie had left the highly technical mathcore outfit to join progressive rockers Coheed and Cambria, no one wanted to believe it. The surprise move baffled the band’s allegiant fans almost as much as it confused the Dillinger dudes, who started to wonder if Pennie had been fostering some strange, secret obsession with unicorns and minotaurs.”We found out about him playing with Coheed on the Internet,” explained guitarist Ben Weinman. “[Frontman] Greg [Puciato] forwarded me a link to an announcement, and I’m like, ‘What?!?’ At that point, though, he… Read more »
