Triple Crown Records has signed Long Island quartet North Korea. The band is currently in the studio with producer Mike Sapone working on a full length release that will be out on the label later this year.
The Take Action Tour (www.takeactiontour.com) kicked off in DC with an evening of hard-hitting music from Sugarcult, The Early November, Hawthorne Heights, Hopesfall and Gym Class Heros. The event is the brainchild of Louis Posen, president and founder of punk/hard-core label Hopeless Records. In 1998, five years after forming Hopeless, Posen formed Sub City Records, an offshoot label that donates 5 percent of its prof- its to charity, according to the Web site. In 1999, Sub City took its socially conscious act on the road. The idea of the Take Action Tour is to connect Sub City bands – and… 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 »
Better Lovers played their first ever shows, two back-to-back, in Buffalo last week. It was absolute chaos, to say the least.
In this episode of DISPOSABLE HEROES, I sit down for the first part of a 2 part conversation with Gil Sharone, an iconic figure in the LA music scene, this man has done it all, but it’s the reggae that binds us. We chat about his influential upbringing with his twin brother, the importance of the journey, to playing with Dillinger Escape Plan, Dave Wakeling, Fishbone, Jerry Cantrell, and all the magic that continues to unfold. You won’t want to miss this very special episode, so tune out and tune in, and be sure to check him out online at gilondrums.com
