Following reunions by My Chemical Romance and Rage Against the Machine, a lesser-known but also respected band has hopped on the comeback train: Fireworks. ...
On November 13, 2019 / By Eric SpitzThe Scoop: Skate & Surf Festival is ready to invade the Asbury Park Oceanfront on May 16th and 17th. Some pretty big additions have been announced to the ...
On February 23, 2015 / By M.J. RawlsThe Scoop: Indie-rock outfit Fireworks has released a track off their bonus EP titled “Oh, Common Life”, which you can check out now below. The Spin: The EP serves ...
On April 3, 2014 / By Tyler Sharp“I am what I am / Just not what I was.” Oh, Common Life, Fireworks’ third full-length, is filled to the brim with memorable lines. Frontman Dave Mackinder’s ...
On March 31, 2014 / By Nick NiedzielskiThe Scoop: Indie rock outfit Fireworks is currently premring there forthcoming full length effort Oh, Common Life over at Red Bull Music. You can listen here, or check it ...
On March 18, 2014 / By Tyler SharpThe Scoop: Indie rock outfit Fireworks is currently premiering a brand new song titled “Flies On Tape” over at Stereogum. You can listen here, or check it out ...
On March 5, 2014 / By Tyler SharpThe Scoop: Indie rock outfit Fireworks is currently premiering a brand new song tiled “Glowing Crosses” over at Pitchfork. The track comes off the band’s highly anticipated upcoming ...
On February 13, 2014 / By Tyler SharpThe Scoop: Hardcore outfit Defeater has announced that due to circumstances out of their control, they have been forced to drop off The Wonder Year‘s upcoming Spring US headlining tour. Indie ...
On January 30, 2014 / By Tyler SharpThe Scoop: Indie rock outfit Fireworks has announced that they will be releasing their brand new full length album Oh, Common Life on March 25th via Triple Crown Records. You can check out ...
On January 30, 2014 / By Tyler SharpThe amount of pop-punk albums out in time for summer is pretty staggering for 2011. The Wonder Years, The Swellers and Living With Lions are just a few ...
On May 12, 2011 / By Dylan Powell[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDDoJAIL3g[/youtube] Fireworks have released a new video for the song “Arrows” from their upcoming new album Gospel. The band are currently on the Manscout Jamboree tour with The ...
On April 29, 2011 / By Garry LeeIt is a very difficult task to express my undying love for Philadelphia, PA pop-punkers, The Wonder Years. It is also very difficult to explain why the very ...
On April 16, 2011 / By Dylan PowellFireworks has just posted a free track titled “Summer” for download through their facebook page, in anticipation of the May 24 release of their Brian McTernan-produced full-length Gospel on ...
On April 8, 2011 / By Patrick HaynesPop-punk has been in a rut the past few years. You might even argue that the genre has been in a hangover since the early 2000s, with bands ...
On October 27, 2017 / By Tim DodderidgeBarnaby George “Barns” Courtney is an English born singer songwriter by way of Seattle who by the age of 26 has experience more heartbreak in the music industry ...
On August 13, 2017 / By Kyle TaylorDancefestopia is three days and three nights on September 9, 10, 11 and will be of some of the best EDM music both up-and-coming and long-standing artists. The music ...
On September 7, 2016 / By AmbreThe genre of pop-punk is known best for its hard-hitting melodies and slick hooks. Paralleling such musical contrasts with up-and-down lyrical disparities concerning adolescence, pioneers Blink-182 and Green ...
On August 12, 2016 / By Tim DodderidgeIt’s the middle of July. It’s roughly 1,000 degrees outside at all times. School is out which means the youths are running around causing mayhem. You need something ...
On July 19, 2016 / By Nick Niedzielski1976 was about much more than the invention of the ink-jet printer, it was a tremendous year for music and the development of punk rock. There were a ...
On July 13, 2016 / By Nico GrayIndie rock needed a jolt of emotion, and 25-year-old Mitski was there with a bass guitar in her hand and a knife in her side. Whereas “Puberty 1” ...
On June 17, 2016 / By Zach SilvaI recall leaving my local date of this past summer’s Warped Tour. Every year, after the dust settles and we get to the car, my partner and I ...
On December 17, 2015 / By Connor FeimsterOn a regular Tuesday night in Cleveland, 7 Minutes to Heaven turned up the volume and got down to the business of fun. Timmy Rasmussen (vocals/guitar), Alex Rogers ...
On September 30, 2015 / By Sharan PaulThere was something alluring about Zedd‘s 2012 debut, Clarity. If you were at the landscape of electronic music at that time, Clarity was able to show that an ...
On May 27, 2015 / By M.J. RawlsWhat do you get when you take an insane amount of energy assembled into a three-piece band from Texas? – I give you Purple. The whole time I was ...
On February 2, 2015 / By M.J. RawlsIn all honesty, I wanted to put “Problem” by Ariana Grande in every blank, but there were things called “rules” and “guidelines” and “the fear that everyone would ...
On December 31, 2014 / By Nick NiedzielskiIt’s nearing the end of December, and we’ve made our way through another year of music. Check out what the MEB staff has kept on repeat throughout 2014 ...
On December 31, 2014 / By Jacob TestaAfter hours in the silence of the library studying for midterms, I needed some loud music and a crowd of noisy people. The House of Blues in Cleveland ...
On October 29, 2014 / By Sharan PaulI am the least punk. I might have a back patch of a big anthropomorphized rat smoking a fat one safety-pinned to my denim jacket, but I choked ...
On October 28, 2014 / By Jonathan CooneyStarland Ballroom always has a special place in my heart. It’s my New Jersey hometown venue and pretty much the only Jersey venue I go to (sorry, Wellmont). ...
On October 27, 2014 / By M.J. RawlsIt’s July 1st, which means we’re halfway through another year of music. Check out what the MEB staff has kept on repeat over the first part of 2014 ...
On July 1, 2014 / By Jacob TestaAll Spotify users have one thing in common: the Starred Playlist (SP). It’s sacred ground – a place for the best of the best. I personally use it ...
On March 27, 2014 / By Nick FerryDeath metal has become a caricature of itself. As much as metalheads lament the cleancut image of ‘poser’ bands like Between the Buried and Me and August Burns ...
On January 9, 2014 / By Jeremy V.T.2013 is over, and we have lots of music to show for it. What follows is a list of the best (and worst) of the year, as voted ...
On December 16, 2013 / By Jacob TestaAs of late, my interest in the pop-punk genre has started to diminish. Though it was the style that would initially fuel my interest in alternative music back ...
On October 7, 2013 / By Landon DefeverThe Scoop: Indie emo outfit Nobody, Ever is currently streaming their brand new EP This Wall Is Dedicated To Liam And His Mates in its entirety. The effort was officially released this ...
On July 25, 2013 / By Tyler SharpFor me, the Fourth of July is the sort of American holiday that holds a twofold purpose. First, we should celebrate the founding of our nation and every ...
On July 4, 2013 / By Jacob TestaMind Equals Blown staffer Zac Lomas recently interviewed Rookie Town vocalist William Appert in anticipation of their participation on the MEB-sponsored Spring Fling Tour. The two discussed the ...
On April 4, 2013 / By Zac LomasBack in mid-March in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The Wonder Years’ lead singer Dan “Soupy” Campbell sat down with Mind Equals Blown to discuss their time spent on Soundwave, ...
On April 3, 2013 / By Landon DefeverFor this week’s edition of 3 Of The Week, I thought I’d explore how music can affect the way we look at certain seasons. That being said, the ...
On March 26, 2013 / By Landon DefeverLife Is Not a Waiting Room is not Senses Fail’s only Top 5 album. Now, when I say Top 5, I am basing it solely on what other ...
On March 26, 2013 / By Jarrod ChurchMEB guest writer Sarah McGonagle recently had the chance to converse with the members of pop-punk stalwarts Handguns. They discuss the band’s debut full-length album Angst, Warped Tour, ...
On March 1, 2013 / By Guest WriterJust after Hong Kong’s fireworks ceremony commemorating Lunar New Year, I had the chance to speak with Berlin electronica pioneer, Patrick Bodmer of M.A.N.D.Y. at the highest bar ...
On February 20, 2013 / By John FrazierLunar New Year – the biggest celebration in East Asia. As I watched the half hour-long fireworks show from Tsim Tsa Tsui, the smoke seemed to settle toward ...
On February 14, 2013 / By John FrazierJason’s Pick: “Appraisals and Omissions” – No Bragging Rights Having written them off on their last LP, hardcore outfit No Bragging Rights’ new full-length Cycles certainly has some ...
On November 30, 2012 / By Joe BallardAnd to think that I thought all these fireworks around Hong Kong were for Chinese National Day. That’s right folks – Foo Fighters’ leading man Dave Grohl announced through his ...
On October 5, 2012 / By John FrazierOn the opening track to Strawberry Jam, the seventh studio album by experimental indie rockers Animal Collective, frontman Avey Tare sings, “It’s not my words you should follow ...
On September 4, 2012 / By Jack SuitorPhoto courtesy of Warpedtour.com The average date of Warped Tour usually houses between 15,000-20,000 people, depending on the venue’s regulations. With the tour having 43 dates, that means ...
On August 14, 2012 / By Landon DefeverIn many ways, Japandroids are the epitome of current carefree punk rock. They are no-nonsense fast guitars, banging drums and loud life-affirming vocals. Celebration Rock is the perfect title ...
On June 7, 2012 / By Guest WriterAs a collective unit, our staff seems to have one universal thing in common: ranking things based on our opinions and passion for everything music related. Personally, I ...
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