Mind Equals Blown

Written by Guest Writer Jacob Tender I wonder what John Mayer’s ten-year reunion was like. In his breakthrough record, Room For Squares, he references an event still four years into the future. Two years later, he released his second record to wide commercial success. Two more years and he would be laying down the pen

Written by Guest Writer Jasmine Lin The dog days are over- Florence + the Machine are back on tour in the U.S., simultaneously with the release of their first live album, Live at the Wiltern. Since their last North American tour, the band has flowered in popularity in the states with their performance on the

Written by guest writer Jack Ruley Wouldn’t it be cool to see who your favorite bands were listening to as kids? Wouldn’t it be sweet to know who they waited outside of clubs for and marked the days on their calendars awaiting a record? Then today is your lucky fucky day. My 3 picks are some

On March 6th MEB Interviewer Patrick Walford had the opportunity to talk to The Wonder Years Bassist Josh Martin. One of the hardest working bands in Pop-Punk, their 2010 album The Upsides took the scene by storm with its positive message. I talked to Josh about the Kerrang! Tour, recording the band’s third album Suburbia:

Since I started learning about what real music was in about the sixth grade, there has never a more important genre to me than pop punk. Before that, all I listened to was my dad’s music. I was lucky, because my dad has excellent taste in rock and roll and all of those bands that

Written by Guest Writer Mike Whiting Poor Kurt Travis. Imagine stepping into the shoes of a very adored front man, contributing two albums worth of material, then get the band’s highest charting record sale, only to be pretty much forced to leave the band so that very adored front man, along with the rest of

Written by Guest Writer Chris Cabel Childish Gambino is the alter ego of Renaissance man, Donald Glover. As a huge fan of Glover’s work as a writer, comedian, and actor, I was hoping for good things. There was a bit of hesitation though, as I feel there are very few rap artists who can consistently

Written by Guest Writer Calvin Finemore Rock and roll is back, kids.  It has just been switching record labels, writing an outstanding new album, and doing a co-headlining tour with Senses Fail.  With all of that behind them, Bayside (Anthony Raneri, Jack O’Shea, Nick Ghanbarian, and Chris Guglielmo) have written an explosive debut album for