Browsing All Posts By Adit Ahmed
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Stick to Your Guns: Disobedient
Growing up, I found myself in the midst of the so-called “emo” days. Remember those? Back when emo was used as a slur towards kids that liked My ...
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Drug Church: Swell
To lead singer Patrick Kindlon, Drug Church is an attempt to alienate people. He calls alienation a “straight up personality defect, in a very defined way”. In some ...
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Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Like many kids my age, my experience with Sleater-Kinney is pretty limited. The first time I heard the name Carrie Brownstein was on Portlandia, an IFC sketch comedy ...
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Joey Badass – B4.DA.$$
Like many of his contemporaries, Joey Badass made a name for himself through the internet. With the release of 1999 and Summer Nights, Badass’s nostalgic, ’90s-inspired mixtapes developed ...
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Lights & Motion: Chronicle
Even if you haven’t heard of Swedish post-rock project Lights & Motion, chances are, you probably have. Featured in commercials for Google and Visa, as well as trailers ...
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Sufjan Stevens Announces New Album, Available for Pre-Order
The Scoop: Sufjan Stevens will release his seventh studio album, Carrie & Lowell, on March 30 in Europe and March 31 in North America. Named after his mother and stepfather, Stevens ...
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Night Riots: Howl
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a wave of new artists take over alternative rock. Groups like MGMT and Passion Pit, with their accessible, dance-friendly songs, have ...
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Like Pacific: Like Pacific EP
For Toronto’s Like Pacific, the journey to where they are today has been an exciting one. Since their formation in 2010, the Canadian punk quintet has slowly found ...
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9ScoreSingle Review – Kanye West Ft. Paul McCartney: “Only One”
Hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, Kanye West made sure that we were ready to start 2015 off right. While Yeezus rolled out with a global ...
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EOTY Lists 1
Adit’s Top In 2014
Hello everyone! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Adit Ahmed, and I’ve been with Mind Equals Blown since July of this past year. It has ...
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New People on Vacation Album Release Delayed, Free Download of Holiday EP
The Scoop: People on Vacation, a duo consisting of Bowling for Soup‘s Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile‘s Ryan Hamilton, have moved the release date of their newest full-length, The Chronicles of Tim Powers, ...
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Walk the Moon – Talking Is Hard
When Walk the Moon hit the scene in 2012 with two big hits, “Anna Sun” and “Tightrope”, fans flocked to the band’s tightly-wound dance attacks. Strong production value, ...
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U2, Bruce Springsteen, Top Rolling Stone’s Best Albums of 2014
The Scoop:Rolling Stone’s top album list of 2014 contains a few surprises that may leave a few music fans dumbfounded. Topping the magazine’s list is U2‘s controversial thirteenth studio ...
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You Blew It! to Release New EP in January, New Tour Dates
The Scoop: You Blew It! is back with a brand new EP. The band’s next release, Pioneer of Nothing, is due for release on January 27th via Jade Tree Records. It ...
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Front Porch Step – Whole Again
Since 2012, Ohio native Jake Mcelfresh has used his thoaty, punk voice and acoustic guitar in establishing himself as Front Porch Step. His confessional lyrics, punk/emo mentality akin ...
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Copeland: Ixora
It has been a few years since we’ve heard anything from Copeland. Two years after their fourth studio album, You Are My Sunshine, the band decided to call ...
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Major League: There’s Nothing Wrong With Me
Never underestimate the power of a producer. One of the hottest names in the alternative/punk scene, Will Yip is a producer by title, but his contributions have done ...
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Accents – Small Tales
As we’ve learned time and time again, side projects allow us to learn more about our favorite artists. When artists get the chance to work with different styles, ...
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Somos / Sorority Noise: Split
In a matter of months, Somos and Sorority Noise have made their way up the music ladder. The two groups, the latter of which came together within the ...
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Taylor Swift: 1989
Whether you like it or not, Taylor Swift is one of the most important artists out there as far as pop music is concerned. She has the accessibility, ...
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Have Mercy: A Place of Our Own
2014 has been a mighty year for the “emo revival”. Momentum from 2013 has successfully carried over into this year, as great records from the likes of Prawn, ...
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Modern Baseball announce tour with Knuckle Puck, Crying and Somos
The Scoop: Modern Baseball, Knuckle Puck, Crying and Somos are heading out on tour together later this fall. The four bands will be on tour from November 11 to December 15, ...
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Forever Came Calling: What Matters Most
Pop punk is a bit of a dirty word. Depending on whom you ask, this current generation of pop punk is either absolutely brilliant or complete nonsense. For ...
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Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
To be a musician, it is important to have creative capital. Having the desire to create is vital, but that is something that should come naturally. Having the ...
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From Indian Lakes – Absent Sounds
Yosemite National Park is one of America’s greatest gems. With over 750,000 acres of sprawling beauty, Yosemite is more than just a national treasure, it is a human ...
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Moose Blood: I’ll Keep You In Mind, From Time to Time
If you ever take the time to browse through Bandcamp in your pursuit for new music, you probably understand how tedious it is as a means of discovering ...
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Dinner and a Suit – Stay
For Nashville-based quartet Dinner and a Suit, the past six years have been a constant push towards the top. The group’s alternative-tinged pop rock has won the band ...
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Nada Surf – B-Sides
If you were a teenager in the 2000’s, the indie rock explosion happened right before your eyes. From the “garage rock revival” at the hands of The White ...
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3 Of The Week 4
3 Of The Week: (9/30/14)
For millions of high school seniors, the mere thought of college will send chills down his or her spine. The idea of leaving home brings a sense of ...
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Pianos Become The Teeth Announce New Record, Stream New Song
The Scoop: The long awaited third full-length from Pianos Become the Teeth is finally here. Keep You will be released on October 28 through Epitaph Records. Stream a song from the album, ...
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Turnover: Blue Dream
Virginia Beach emo outfit Turnover has made it a long way from their 2011 debut EP. Originally an above-average pop punk group, the band has gone further and ...
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Album Reviews 2
9ScoreRetro Review – Various Artists: Garden State Soundtrack
Everyone loves Zach Braff. Ever since he took the small screen by storm with his quirky antics on Scrubs, Braff has managed to maintain his relevance and cool-boy ...
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Steady Hands: Brandy of the Damned
In 2012, Sean Huber, best known as the drummer of Modern Baseball, put together a little solo project called Steady Hands. This project served as a raw and ...
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Aviator: Head in the Clouds, Hands in the Dirt
On their Twitter biography, Massachusetts’s Aviator describes themselves as “too mad for the emo gig, too sad for the hardcore gig”. In the heat of the “emo revival”, ...
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Prawn: Kingfisher
To anyone familiar with the “emo revival” movement, it isn’t merely a monolithic cult of American Football & Mineral copycats. Sure, you may find a good number of ...
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The Sun and the Sea’s New Album Now Available on Bandcamp (Name Your Price)
The Scoop: The debut full-length album by The Sun and the Sea (ex-The Graduate), American Empire, is now available on Bandcamp, on a name-your-price (no minimum) basis. Check it out here! The Spin: We ...
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Lee Corey Oswald: Regards
No Sleep Records is one of the most consistent labels out there. Founded and operated by Chris Hansen, the label has developed a stellar roster of artists in ...
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The Sun and the Sea: American Empire
Following the dissolution of The Graduate, thousands of fans (including myself) mourned the loss of the Midwestern indie rock group. After their unfortunate breakup, band members Tim Moore, ...
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Editorials 0
Five Albums You May Have Missed in 2013
2013 was one of the strongest years for music in recent memory. The amount of high quality releases was unprecedented, and many received the attention that they deserved. ...
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Editorials 2
Lost in Space: The Story Behind Weezer’s Lost Gem
Hot off their debut record, popularly known as The Blue Album, Weezer began work on their sophomore album at the tail end of 1994. To many fans, Weezer’s 1996 classic, Pinkerton, ...
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Sorority Noise: Forgettable
One of the hottest groups out of New England, Sorority Noise may be less than a year old, but they are quickly finding their way in the music scene. Consisting ...
