bands that are worth your time

Seven Scene Bands from Your Youth that Broke Up, but You Can See this Year!0
- Music
- August 15, 2023
Nostalgia is in the air as more and more emo/screamo reunion tours keep popping up. The When We Were Young Festival is sold out for 2023 and features a gambit of bands you thought called it quits right about when wearing your girlfriend’s jeans went out of style (if it ever was truly in style).
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Bands You’ve Never Heard Of, But Are Worth Your Time: House of Heroes 0
- Music
- January 9, 2022
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a terribly positive view of Ohio. (Sorry if you’re from there or are moving there, or have an affinity for flat and cold places…) It could be that I was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, which is sometimes referred to as South Ohio, because of all
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Bands You’ve Never Heard Of, But Are Worth Your Time: Slick Shoes 0
- Music
- January 9, 2022
Brother Lawrence was a monk famous for saying he could be just as close to God while doing dishes as on his knees in a chapel (my paraphrase). I don’t know if you can relate at all, but for me, I have to agree: Doing dishes is sometimes the most peaceful moment in my day.
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Bands You’ve Never Heard Of, But Are Worth Your Time: The Dingees 0
- Music
- September 30, 2021
I’m not quite sure how it happened, but somewhere along the line I acquired a taste for music on the fringe. Maybe it was that desire to find something cool before it became “cool.” Or possibly I was just never cool in the first place, so I was drawn to other things like me (let’s
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Reviewing Movies Like it’s 1999: DETROIT ROCK CITY and OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE 0
- Film/TV
- September 29, 2021
With today’s Reviewing Movies Like it’s 1999 column we’re talking about a duo of stoner comedies released around the same time and both seeped in 70s nostalgia. Detroit Rock City (released August 13, 1999) serves as an extended infomercial of sorts for KISS– both for their music and the concept of being part of their “Kiss Army” (i.e.
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7 Active Ska Bands to Prove that the Genre is Alive and Well 0
- Music
- May 29, 2021
Recently, I wrote an article about my first listen to the legendary Operation Ivy album, Energy. The idea was sparked by a conversation with two punk/ska enthusiasts who are very close friends of mine, and are unknowingly responsible for keeping me up to date (as well as catching me up, apparently) on all things punk
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