If there’s one thing I want from my punk rock these days, it’s intensity. Loud, fast, unforgiving. No bullshit. I want rumbling bass and...

As a singer-songwriter, I know how hard it is to carve out a niche that is uniquely you—especially when you’re doing it all on your own...

I’m all about music that is rich with intellectual wit and emotional honesty; the latter is the pretty much only thing I want from a reco...

As a musician, math rock scares me sometimes. The very essence of such technical music is, well, its technicality—its driven by knowle...

While I grew up listening to metalcore, it’s a genre I thought was basically dead. Ten years of local shows with six bands playing nearl...

Emo and punk music have a tendency to thrash and to smash—not that there’s anything wrong there. Cut beat drums, searing power chords,...

All art strives to bring its audience somewhere, to create an experience that is both novel and immersive. No small task for any medium....