Despite its influence on many of today’s most popular music genres, jazz has decreased in popularity, with only 13% of Americans under 30 listening regularly. This decline is unfortunate, as jazz offers many benefits, especially for those learning to play. The improvisational nature of jazz helps musicians develop their creativity and listening skills, abilities that…
It’s clear by now that today’s indie rock and indie punk listeners love a bit of twang in their records every now and then. If you’ve gotten into Rat Saw God by Wednesday or Infinite Spring by Superviolet (the new project of The Sidekicks’ Steve Ciolek) this year, or a unique marriage of bluegrass-meets-emo sounds…
Darkest Hour have seen just about everything. They’ve survived almost every metal trend you can imagine, and they’ve even released some of the best albums of their career fairly recently (specifically, 2017’s Godless Prophets And The Migrant Flora). Now they’ve teamed up with MNRK Heavy for the release of their upcoming tenth full-length album, as…
Vocalist Peter “Mean Pete” Kowalsky, the vocalist of acclaimed bands like Remembering Never, Until The End, Ether Coven, and a host of other prominent names in the hardcore // metalcore underground, has passed away. He was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2020, though he went into remission later that year (and he still…
