In a sick twist, Riot Fest and Life is Beautiful have ruined my life by making me choose between seeing My Chemical Romance and Arctic Monkeys on the same day in September. I was so desperate I threw out an Instagram poll! But, the people have spoken, and I ultimately agree with them, that I need to go back to Riot Fest to catch My Chemical Romance. Now, a big reason I agree with this is because I know for a fact a new Arctic Monkeys album is coming, and with that, likely a North American tour. So, I could catch them in the (hopefully) near future. And while My Chemical Romance have apparently been regrouped since 2017, I have heard hind nor hare that new music is coming from them. Why risk never seeing them if I don’t have to? Anyway, all of that for you to enjoy an old ass drawing I did of the band.
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MGK – Mainstream Sellout Album Review
Not much time has passed since I listened to Machine Gun Kelly’s first pop-punk effort, Tickets to My Downfall, but that’s just because I dropped the ball. Now that his companion album, Mainstream Sellout, is out in the world, I won’t be making the same mistake twice.
Read moreRed Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love Album Review
The year was 2016 when we last got a Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their newest release, Unlimited Love, welcomes seventeen (!) new tracks and the return of longtime, off and on guitarist, John Frusciante!
Read moreDouble Album Review: The Linda Lindas & Wet Leg
This was originally just going to be a review of the new album, Growing Up, by The Linda Lindas, but then the Youtube algorithm shoved Wet Leg’s self-titled debut in my face, so now you get two for the price of one. It’s also helpful because it’s hard to elaborate on the phrase, “the whole album is amazing,” because they both were. But I’ll try.
Read moreSteel City Con – April 2022
What a blast this weekend was! After screwing myself out of attending December’s show, I was eager to get back to Monroeville to attend Steel City Con. There were a ton of great guests this time around and I definitely made the most of it.
Read more2022 Grammys
Frankly, I wasn’t planning on watching this year’s Grammy Awards, but then at the last minute hit record on my DVR. The reason being is this: over the last several years the Grammys have become a top 40 showcase, just like every other, lesser music-based awards shows. And that sucks.
Read moreWallows – Tell Me That It’s Over Album Review
Even though I am going to see Wallows over the summer, I was a little nervous to hear their full-length sophomore effort. Their debut had really strong singles, but I was overall supremely disappointed by it, and I was kind of expecting the same thing here. Fear not! Tell Me That It’s Over was actually quite nice!
Read moreNew Singles Review
So much new music I’m behind on! But not anymore. Keep reading to see what’s out there.
Read moreGhost, Impera: Album Review
Ohhhh new Ghost! They used the pandemic appropriately here to curate some new tunes! Truly, I think they had just got done touring for what seemed like forever and then lockdown happened. Perfect timing I suppose.
Read moreAlt-j, The Dream – Album Review
Alt-j’s newest release, The Dream, kind of snuck up on me! Sure, I heard at least two singles on Alt Nation, but I was under the impression that these were one-off releases. Thus, I was pleasantly surprised when I learned of the bands fourth full-length effort getting released in February!
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