Since GK first strutted onto the scene in 2004/2005 it has become a symbol, representing the look of pop-punk but also, unexpectedly, the sound of alt-rock. But last year, just short of a decade later, the journey derailed. Today, Glamour Kills is fighting its way back.
Mike Ayley speaks with the same passion you would expect from a bassist whose band just moved from vans to trailers and from dive bars to venues, but Marianas Trench has been playing arenas since 2012.
Against The Current have been on our UpRising radar for months now, but their schedule for an exclusive is just that overpacked. This only proves even more why they’re such a perfect pick for UpRising band.
We spoke to Cory Hiamovi and Chris Keranen of indie/alternative rock band Young Natives about songwriting, being independent, connecting with fans through their music, and more.
Though the exact memory from ten years ago might be a little fuzzy, we all do remember loving every moment spent with this record. Well, who didn’t love this one, right? Everything in Transit is about as perfect as records come.
It’s pretty apparent that we’re writing to you from a time warp, because we’re certain it’s still 2008 even though we’re discussing the biggest moments of 2015. Anything that happened this year that had you happy, sad, or anywhere in between can probably be found below. Check out what our staff remembers most from 2015, then let us know what you’d add to the list on Twitter.
Fallstar vocalist Chris Ratzlaff gives a track by track breakdown of the band’s new record, ‘Future Golden Age’.
Monday, we brought you an exclusive listen of “A King’s Departure Is Never Silent†by Pyro, Ohio. If that taste of the hard rocking quartet wasn’t enough for you, we have good news. Today, we’re bringing you their entire new album.
I guess it’s true what they say, you can never go home. For some of us home isn’t a place, it’s a place in time. A time where everything made sense and we all fit in. A time where the scene was our family. The Matches video for their song “Life of a Match” is like a high school reunion where we suddenly realize everyone has grown up and everything has changed. The video features all of our favorite bands from the glory days of pop punk and emo as they time travel forward to sing along to that… Read more »
A lot of life has happened in the past ten years. Just think about everything that has consumed the world since 2005—graduations, weddings, the rise of the smartphone, and an entire language understood only by twelve year olds (**insert fourteen emoticons to thank Instagram here**).
