Mind Equals Blown

In a line of surprising signings by the Rise family, A Loss for Words has no doubt been on the tips of tongues eagerly awaiting their debut No Sanctuary. While their Motown covers record showed a band able to respectfully handle classics without losing their own sound, this record easily proves the promise and talent

Photo by Hannah Jensen It was an unusually warm October night in Detroit. While a good portion of the city was huddled in sports bars and around flat-screen televisions to watch the eventual elimination of the New York Yankees by the hometown Tigers, another group of people were lined up outside The Magic Stick to watch

MEB staffer Jason Gardner recently caught up with Anthony Raneri and Jack O’Shea of punk rock group Bayside. They discuss their current tour, their newest record Killing Time, work on a new documentary and more. Thanks for taking the time to sit down with us today. For the record, can you introduce yourself and say what

Though they weren’t selling out arenas or topping the charts, 2010 can be seen as a breakout year for Trash Talk. Eyes & Nines was garnering love from both sides of the fence, the band toured with the likes of Alexisonfire and played festival dates; they seemed poised to be the next big thing in

It’s a tough thing to decide between liking and loving something. Sometimes, everything can be in place to make a record sound great, but there’s just something missing or off. I Declare War’s newest record falls into this category. There’s engaging breakdowns, ample use of melody when needed and solid songwriting in terms of moving

For those of us behind on the times a bit, shuffling through CDs during a drive to work or school is pretty high on the list of unsafe things for you to be doing while commandeering a moving vehicle. It is even more unsafe when it’s dark out and you have to completely guess at

When This Time Next Year hit the pop-punk scene full force with their New Found Glory-tinged sound on Road Maps & Heart Attacks, they produced something full of promise that harkened memories of pop-punk greats while giving it a slight twist of their own. This time around, the band’s sophomore full-length Drop Out of Life

A little over a year removed from the release of A New Era of Corruption and fresh off the heels of announcing a support slot to tour with The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel provides us with first proof of their working on new material in the form of “Section 8,” a track ripe with misanthropy