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Nick Niedzielski

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  • Podcast 0

    MEB Podcast – Episode 6: EOTY & The MEBBIES

    Welcome back to the Mind Equals Blown Podcast! For our first episode of the new year, Nick and MJ decided to look back at 2014 and talk about ...

    On January 7, 2015 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Nick’s Top In 2014

    In 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 Niedzielski
  • Show Reviews 0

    Descensus Tour @ Amo’s Southend

    Going to college right outside of Austin, Texas spoiled me. Essentially every tour I wanted to see came through the city and I was able to go to ...

    On December 16, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    MEB Podcast – Episode 5

      Welcome to episode 5 of the Mind Equals Blown Podcast! This week, Nick, Connor and MJ discuss the Grammy nominations, the new Fall Out Boy single, Lil ...

    On December 10, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    MEB Podcast: Episode 4 – (*Fin)

    Welcome to episode 4 of the Mind Equals Blown Podcast! This week, Nick, Connor and MJ discuss Anberlin’s career, from their final tour to their records to their ...

    On November 26, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    MEB Podcast Episode 3

    Welcome to episode 3 of the Mind Equals Blown Podcast! This week, fellow staffer Craig Roxburgh joins Nick and MJ to discuss a variety of topics, including the ...

    On November 12, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    MEB Podcast: Episode 2 – Ten Year Anniversaries

    Welcome to episode 2 of the Mind Equals Blown Podcast! This week, Nick, Connor, and M.J. discuss their favorite records that are going to be turning 10 next ...

    On October 29, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    MEB Podcast: Episode 1- Fall Releases

    Welcome to episode #1 of the Mind Equals Blown Podcast! This week, Nick, Connor, and MJ discuss some highly anticipated records coming out this fall. Check it out ...

    On October 15, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Editorials 0

    I’m On My Way To Hell: Revisiting Daisy Five Years Later

    Five years ago, one of the most revered and beloved bands in the scene presented the follow up to one of the most revered and beloved albums in ...

    On September 30, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    3 Of The Week: (9/11/14)

    For the first time in the 22 years that I have graced this Earth with my presence, I don’t live in Texas, or as I fondly refer to ...

    On September 11, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Ariana Grande: My Everything

    I know what you’re thinking, loyal reader. “Nick, what are you doing?! You’re risking losing your Internet street cred! This is not punk!” Well, mom and the other ...

    On September 9, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Editorials 0

    MEB Discussion: Fall/Winter 2014 Tours

    The great thing about music is that there will always be differing opinions. No matter what the issue at hand is, there will always be an assortment of ...

    On August 28, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 1

    Real Friends: Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing

    There is a disheartening trend in the music scene that does not make any sense to me. No, I’m not talking about listening to Attila, I’m talking about ...

    On July 22, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Driver Friendly: Unimagined Bridges

    The road to Unimagined Bridges has been a long journey, to say the least. Driver Friendly’s newest full-length comes 12 years after the band’s inception, six years after ...

    On July 15, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Interviews 0

    Interview: Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms

    MEB staffer Nick Niedzielski recently caught up with The Front Bottoms frontman Brian Sella at the Austin date of the band’s current tour opening for Say Anything, where they ...

    On June 19, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Tigers Jaw: Charmer

    The road to Tigers Jaw’s fourth full-length has certainly been an interesting one. The past year has been shrouded in confusion and doubt, mired by uncertainty and miscommunication. ...

    On June 9, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Fireworks: Oh, Common Life

    “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 Niedzielski
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    Interview: Touché Amoré

    MEB staffer Nick Niedzielski recently spoke with Touché Amoré vocalist Jeremy Bolm at the Austin, TX stop of the band’s current co-headlining tour with mewithoutYou. He discussed their newest ...

    On February 28, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 2

    The Hotelier: Home, Like Noplace Is There

    Music genres, as with anything in life, can reach the point of over-saturation. When a style becomes increasingly dense, the quality often suffers and it can be harder ...

    On February 25, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    The Lawrence Arms: Metropole

    Genres can be confusing. They are blanket descriptions that are used to superficially cover wide ranges of music. I bring this up to clarify my next statement: we ...

    On January 28, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • EOTY Lists 0

    Nick’s Top In 2013

    10. Citizen – Youth 9. I The Might – Satori 8. The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Whenever, If ...

    On January 1, 2014 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Childish Gambino: Because The Internet

    “I wanted to make something that says, no matter how bad you fuck up, or mistakes you’ve made during the year, your life, your eternity, you’re always allowed ...

    On December 17, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Polar Bear Club: Death Chorus

    When an established band expands or changes their sound, one of the first questions that arises is “Why?” Listeners immediately formulate ideas and explanations to rationalize the moves ...

    On December 3, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Interviews 0

    Interview: Motion City Soundtrack

    MEB staffer Nick Niedzielski recently had the chance to catch up with Motion City Soundtrack vocalist/guitarist Justin Pierre on the band’s current tour with Relient K to discuss ...

    On November 20, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 1

    Title Fight: Spring Songs EP

    I had the privilege of seeing Title Fight play at a tiny venue in Austin last week during Fun Fun Fun Fest. And after watching them take the ...

    On November 14, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Chvrches: The Bones Of What You Believe

    I like to think of myself as a fan of many different genres of music. I like to think that I have an eclectic taste that casts a ...

    On October 10, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 0

    Single Review: New Found Glory’s “Connect The Dots”

    New Found Glory will always have a special place in my heart. Their style of raucous pop-punk drew me in immediately the first time I heard Sticks and ...

    On September 12, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 0

    Single Review: Touché Amoré’s “Harbor”

    There aren’t many bands around right now that pack as much of an emotional punch as Touché Amoré. 2011’s Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is a crushing ...

    On September 9, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Big Sean: Hall Of Fame

    It is human nature to want to prove people wrong. If others pigeonhole you as a certain type, you want to go out and show them that they ...

    On September 4, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Editorials 0

    Best Day Ever: Handing Out Awards For The 2013 Warped Tour

    Warped Tour Day is always the best day of summer. For the past five years, I’ve endured terrible sunburns (because sunscreen is for wimps), crippling hunger and thirst ...

    On August 8, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 0

    Single Review: Drake feat. 2 Chainz and Big Sean – “All Me”

    Confession time: I think Drake makes really great music. I think he gets lumped into a group with other mainstream hip-hop artists, mostly due to his affiliation with ...

    On August 5, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 1

    Single Review: Childish Gambino’s “Centipede”

    When it was recently announced that Donald Glover would only be appearing on five episodes of the upcoming season of the television show “Community,” many suggested that it ...

    On July 24, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Jay-Z: Magna Carta…Holy Grail

    Jay-Z and Kanye West will forever be intertwined in their musical careers, from Kanye getting his big break producing on The Blueprint to their mammoth collaboration album Watch ...

    On July 17, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 1

    Single Review: Earl Sweatshirt – “Hive”

    2013 has been an outstanding year for hip-hop thus far. Kevin Gates, Chance the Rapper and Kanye West have all put out phenomenal records, and The Weeknd, Drake and Janelle ...

    On July 17, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Interviews 0

    Interview: Driver Friendly

      MEB staffer Nick Niedzielski recently caught up with the guys in Driver Friendly to discuss signing to a label, the cons of being a band in Austin, ...

    On July 4, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Interview: I The Mighty

    MEB staffer Nick Niedzielski recently caught up with I The Mighty vocalist and guitarist Brent Walsh to talk about the band’s debut album Satori – from lyrics to recording ...

    On June 19, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 2

    Driver Friendly: Peaks + Valleys

    Five years ago, Driver Friendly was hardly even a band. After releasing their debut Chase the White Whale, circumstances forced the Texas natives to put the band on the ...

    On June 14, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 0

    Single Review: The Story So Far – “Clairvoyant”

    When The Story So Far was gearing up to release the highly anticipated What You Don’t See earlier this year, the expectations for it were sky high. In ...

    On May 14, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    Tyler, The Creator: Wolf

    As I sat watching the NFL Draft the other night, I began to think about what the future holds for these players. Everyone drafted has a high level ...

    On April 26, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Fall Out Boy: From Under The Cork Tree

    When fans look at Fall Out Boy’s discography, they often draw a line in the sand. There is the aggressive pop-punk of Take This to Your Grave, and ...

    On April 17, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Interviews 0

    Interview: Souvenirs

    MEB Staff Writer Nick Niedzielski recently got the chance to talk to Tim Riley, vocalist and guitarist for the California-based emo band Souvenirs, about a few things, including ...

    On April 4, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews

    Souvenirs: Tired Of Defending You

    Outside influences make an impact in any kind of musical project you come across. Some bands fold their influences into their sound in a subtle, nuanced fashion. Some ...

    On March 28, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 0

    Single Review: Earl Sweatshirt – “Whoa”

    When Earl Sweatshirt released “Chum,” the first song off his upcoming album Doris, it marked a departure for the most talented member of Odd Future. It was a ...

    On March 13, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Editorials 0

    MEB’s Guide to the 2013 SXSW

    Everything is bigger in Texas, and South By Southwest is a perfect example of that. For six days, Austin becomes the center of the music world, with tons ...

    On March 8, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Kilo Kish: K+

    Musical experimentation is something that is not often associated with the hip-hop scene. As a whole, the genre sticks pretty close to a certain blueprint. But recently, the ...

    On February 12, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Single Reviews 0

    Single Review: Silverstein – “Massachusetts”

    Silverstein has always been one of the best in the music scene at seamlessly blending an aggressive, punishing sound with catchiness and accessibility. They have built their career ...

    On January 15, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • EOTY Lists 0

    Nick N’s Top in 2012

    10. Ellie Goulding – Halcyon 9. Bloc Party – Four 8. Handguns – Angst 7. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, mA.A.d city 6. Xerxes – Our Home Is A Deathbed 5. Cloud ...

    On January 1, 2013 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Major League: Hard Feelings

    Not every band needs to reinvent their genre. Every album doesn’t need to be a super ambitious effort to stand out above its peers. Sometimes the best way ...

    On November 28, 2012 / By Nick Niedzielski
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    P.O.S.: We Don’t Even Live Here

    Hip-hop sometimes has a bad reputation, especially among rock music fans. When they hear about a rapper, the first thing that pops into their heads is probably that ...

    On October 24, 2012 / By Nick Niedzielski
  • Album Reviews 0

    Anberlin: New Surrender

    After releasing the masterpiece that is Cities, Anberlin returned to the studio to record their major label debut. The end product, New Surrender, is a very solid, straightforward ...

    On October 16, 2012 / By Nick Niedzielski
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