Mind Equals Blown

Hipsters don’t follow rules. Well, maybe except that one rule where they implicitly don’t follow anything that falls under the category of mainstream. Tastemakers and often trendsetters, the word hipster has both positive and negative connotations – whether it be an affliction for fixed gear bicycles and Pabst Blue Ribbon or being able to say

Last night Coheed and Cambria blew the roof off a sold out Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA to kick off their spring tour with support acts Pianos Become The Teeth and Moving Mountains. Well removed from their 2010 release, Year of the Black Rainbow, a vivacious crowd was inundated for two mesmerizing hours with classics

April 21, 2012 7:15 a.m.: Wake up. Ugh. Do I really want to do this? Ugh. More sleep. Shouldn’t have drank so much last night. Ugh. 7:30 a.m.: Shower. Get dressed. 7:45 a.m.: Eat cereal. Raisin Bran. Brush teeth, etc etc. 8:00 a.m.: Thomas picks me up. Get on I-75 S. Put Make Do and

MEB resident Paramore-fanatic reporting. Paramore has finally announced some form of solidity in regards to their highly anticipated 4th studio album – well Hayley Williams did, I mean. Since the extremely public departure of the Farro brothers (Zac Farro – drums, Josh Farro– guitar), the band has been remarkably quiet; or at least quiet in

In my English class in the 9th grade, I was dozing off when, during my teacher’s lecture, she compared one of the novels we recently read to William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Mystified, I immediately sprung up not because I knew the book, but because I knew the band. Thinking that my teacher was

Matt Skiba is one hard working dude. Not only does he front one of the most successful bands in rock, Alkaline Trio, but he writes a lot on the side, so much so that it’s virtually impossible to keep up with. Since ’02 in fact, he’s steadily released collaborative tracks and side project works during

Unless you’re living under a rock or you’re one of those guys who finds music news from Metal Injection (that’s a thing, right?) and CMHWAK (look it up. Actually, don’t.), chances are you’ve been flooded with news about this year’s Glamour Kills Tour. After all, it features three of the most hyped up bands playing

There are a few memorable life-milestones that people experience as they grow older through their late teens-early twenties.  Graduation, the workforce, possibly marriage. I’ve experienced the first two. Last night, I added another milestone to the list: My first concert. Now, before you freak out about how ludicrous it could be that a 22 ½