Editorial
Don’t Call It A Comeback, It’s Been Love For Years – MCR Returns
My Chemical Romance is back.
My Chemical Romance is back.
When you’re sixteen, you never really look around the room to see if you’re the only Asian person there. It’s not something that occurs to you when you’re so happy to be front row at a show. For me, I was just excited to share a similar interest with other people my age and to be able to talk about bands we enjoyed. I never realized how important it would be to see other people who looked like me on stage and behind the scenes.
When you think of Emo history, you might think it only goes as far back as The Cure or another formerly “Charming Man.” But Emo has deep historical roots.* You can see it in the prose, clothes, and the stances of many historical figures. Now you be the judge: Were they Emo or just over it? Edgar Allan Poe Poe might get claimed by the goths but with quotes like “We loved with a love that was more than love” we think he might belong with us BUT he was pretty broke and critically underrated in his lifetime so maybe… Read more »
Did Christmas come early or is the new episode of Man Of The Hour just that good? Usually we gather ’round our speakers once a week to hear from Pat and Seb, but this time they’re bringing along a special guest to make our holiday season extra merry.
Guitarist, producer, and music director extraordinaire Zubin Thakkar joins the show this week after the guys tracked him down on Myspace (or something like that). Listen in as he and the hosts catch up on everything that’s happened since they saw each other last, from Hello Operator tours to Saturday Night Live performances—and of course, his recent work with Patrick’s favorite, Shawn Mendes.
Our staff have spent the past few weeks arguing, digging out their old iPods, and scouring their Myspace pages to narrow their personal picks down.
With the Vans Warped Tour 25th anniversary shows and genre sensation blink–182 touring the 20th anniversary of their “Enema of the state” album a massive pop-punk revival is underway. Blink–182’s new album “NINE” will be out September 20 and after the outstanding reception of “blame it on my youth” one can only imagine the trajectory from there will skyrocket. The tracklist for NINE definitely sounds like it will be a good time at the very least. That title of track 13 though – I’m here for it. 1. “The First Time” 2. “Happy Days” 3. “Heaven” 4. “Darkside” 5. “Blame… Read more »
Not every band can release a song on a Wednesday, then have everybody in the audience scream each word back at them live on the following Friday. And not every band can put together a festival in their hometown and bring in fans from around the world in the middle of January. But The Maine is not like every band. “We’ve been so fortunate and lucky to experience what we have,” says vocalist John O’Callaghan. We’re sitting in a building inside Civic Space Park in Phoenix, AZ on the second day of 8123 Fest. Through the windows, This Century plays… Read more »
Get ready for a Chemical Romance…yup, this lucky couple got the wedding of their emo dreams with a The Umbrella Academy themed day.
What better way to kick off 2019 than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Bring Me the Horizon, Set It Off, Our Last Night, and more.
Here’s a list of the artists we need to hear more of—and the single album they did put out is why.