Mind Equals Blown

In Dying Arms‘ brand new self-titled album has me split right down the middle. One half says this is a pretty damn good album that covers a broad area of core music, and the other half says that they have some laughable generic moments that left me wondering if they take themselves seriously. The first

As a listener, there are several avenues that could have lead you to A Lot Like Birds‘s debut full-length, Conversation Piece. Most of you likely ventured from Dance Gavin Dance-land, having heard that former vocalist Kurt Travis had teamed with this talented team of musicians. Aficionados are back because they loved the band’s original experimental

You’ve all been so patiently waiting to see what we had coming from Orange County’s Pacifica. The band (a healthy mixture of Translating The Name-era Saosin and newer Circa Survive) and MindEqualsBlown.net are proud to release the new music video for their single, “Trading Sleep.” Check it out below! To get “Trading Sleep” and the

MEB staffer Shaun Tan recently caught up with Alesana vocalists Shawn Milke and Dennis Lee, where they spoke about the new record, Dante’s Inferno and band’s they’d like to tour with. MEB: I know Alesana are very big on concept albums, so how will the new album be incorporating the theme of the “seven sins?”

Three years ago, Grand Rapids’ own La Dispute would release a record that spoke to many – channeling the feelings of heartbreak and separation in the form of Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair. A pseudo-concept record at heart, its lyricism and often abrasive compositions would send the five boys

There’s absolutely one odd fact that you cannot ignore about this post-hardcore 7”: it was recorded in Jamaica. The first part of End of a Year/Self Defense Family’s Island Series recordings was recorded at the legendary Tuff Gong Studios, founded by Bob Marley. Why? I don’t know. But the response will inevitably be: why not? Anyway,

We’re happy to have teamed up with Rock The Walls and Indianola Records to bring you an exclusive song premiere from Oh, Manhattan. Earlier this week, we broke the news that Oh, Manhattan vocalist, Hance Alligood, had left the band to pursue the vacant vocalist position in Woe, Is Me. Regardless of the loss of Alligood, we

MEB Staffer Ridge Briel recently caught up with ex-The Human Abstract vocalist Travis Richter. MEB: So why did you decide to leave The Human Abstract? What are your current plans musically as of now? Travis: Timing played a big part. I guess after being in the band for a bit I figured out it wasn’t