Browsing All Posts By John Frazier
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3 Of The Week 1
3 Of The Week: (10/7/14)
Grad school has all but reduced to me to some sort of troll that only emerges from class and coffee shops for the one hour of day I ...
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3 Of The Week 0
3 Of The Week: (8/5/14)
Is there a “song of the summer” this year? Since I cancelled my cable subscription, I’ve been gloriously out of the loop with whatever version of “Blurred Lines” ...
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Show Reviews 0
Show Review: Thank You Festival
Thanks to Pittsburgh’s unfortunate proclivity for failing to attract EDM shows it had been almost a year since I had attended one. The four hour drive to Merriweather ...
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Single Reviews 7
Single Review: Psy – “Hangover”
What can you say about Psy? Haven’t a clue, really. Do I reminisce on the countless nights in clubs in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong dancing to “Gangnam Style”? Or ...
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Show Reviews 6
Show Review: Tyler the Creator
Every so often I like to attend a show of someone I’ve never or have hardly listened to. I was familiar with a few songs by Tyler the Creator ...
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Show Reviews 0
Show Review: Dance Gavin Dance
We all have bands that we refuse to miss when they come to town and Dance Gavin Dance is most certainly one of those bands for me. This time ...
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Show Reviews 14
Show Review: Havoc Theory, Möbile Deathcamp, and Solar Burn In Pittsburgh
Last week I had the pleasure of seeing my first show at The Smiling Moose on the south side of Pittsburgh to see some local talent. Entering the ...
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3 Of The Week 0
3 Of The Week: (1/7/14)
It’s that time again, boys and girls. Every now and then when the EDM station on my Pandora has been especially good to me, I feel the need ...
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EOTY Lists 0
Johnny’s Top In 2013
10. Goldhouse – Back To Life 9. The Devil Wears Prada – 8:18 8. Norma Jean – Wrongdoers 7. The Flaming Lips – The Terror 6. Bring Me ...
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Album Reviews 11
The Venetia Fair …Basically Just Does Karaoke
Here’s a stocking stuffer of an album for you. The Venetia Fair have one more for 2013 with their cover EP …Basically Just Does Karaoke. As per usual ...
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Album Reviews 4
(the) Melvins: Tres Cabrones
Punk doesn’t always age well; not the genre, but bands. Punk-rock troubadours (the) Melvins are back with their newest album Tres Cabrones and the years haven’t exactly been kind ...
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3 Of The Week 5
3 Of The Week: (11/5/13)
Pandora can often be a wonderful means of discovering new music. For me, no station more so than the Girl Talk station. It has everything from The Roots to Daft Punk ...
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Album Reviews 4
Dance Gavin Dance: Acceptance Speech
It’s a funny thing, switching singers. Countless groups have a singer who is synonymous with the band. Such has been the case for Dance Gavin Dance, especially with ...
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Single Reviews 6
Single Review: Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
Zedd brings us a fresh new single, starring Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams as the oft-unannounced vocalist you hear before the drop in a mainstream EDM song. This track brings you some pretty good ...
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3 Of The Week 7
3 Of The Week: (9/17/13)
I’ve been on the hunt for new tunes as of late. Navigating the waters to find something that I truly love has recently been a bit of a ...
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Single Reviews 0
Single Review: Bad Things’ “Anybody”
So Shaun White has a band – yeah, the “Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarding Red-Haired Sensation”, as I believe his full title to be. He’s the lead guitarist of this fairly ...
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Interviews 2
Interview: Checkmate
MEB staff writer Johnny Frazier recently had the chance to pose some questions to the French metal group Checkmate. They discuss touring across Europe and the United States, ...
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Album Reviews 12
Asking Alexandria: From Death To Destiny
English metalcore troubadours Asking Alexandia are back with their third full-length album, From Death to Destiny. This being the group’s third effort, they’ve shown how they’ve grown as a band from ...
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Album Reviews 4
Confide: All Is Calm
As I thumbed through the albums I reviewed this summer, I found that every one has been the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign. That being said, here’s ...
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Album Reviews 7
Checkmate: Immanence
It starts off slowly, with a melodic guitar over dissident drums – the calm before the storm. Then the storm happens and effectively blows your eardrums to kingdom ...
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Interviews 9
Interview: Mark Hunter of Chimaira
Recently our own John Frazier had the chance to exchange a few words with Mark Hunter, lead vocalist of Chimaira, in the wake of their upcoming release Crown of Phantoms. They ...
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Album Reviews 10
Chimaira: Crown of Phantoms
After what was a rather massive lineup change, Chimaira is back with their latest effort Crown of Phantoms. This pounding album is in many ways a revival for the band, yet ...
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Featured Band 3
Thank You Scientist: The New Prog-Rock Pioneers
It starts with an a-capella, something you don’t hear in the beginning of prog-rock albums these days. Then it kicks in and takes you on a ride through ...
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MEB On Tastes 8
MEB On Tastes: John Frazier
Every couple of weeks or so I find myself in the same position. It’s about 2 a.m. and I’m in a club in Hong Kong waiting for a ...
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Album Reviews 6
Losing Season: Raised Into Ruin
One of my favourite parts about this job is getting something in my inbox from a band no one has heard before. Not just so I can scoff ...
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Single Reviews 8
Single Review: The Dangerous Summer – “Catholic Girls”
The Dangerous Summer has been one of those bands on the list of “bands I’d like to eventually give a listen to but never got around to.” I ...
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Album Reviews 5
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
Upon showing this album to a few of my friends who haven’t been keeping up, the almost unanimous reaction is “wait, this is Daft Punk?!” And I have ...
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Album Reviews 12
Justice: Access All Arenas (Live)
There are two different kinds of Justice fans: those who like † and those who like both † and Audio, Video, Disco. This break happened when the French ...
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Editorials 0
In Case You Missed It: Mastodon knows Mastodons
In what has just become my favourite thing Fuse TV has ever done, bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders of Mastodon gives you an in-depth guide to…. mastodons. This video popped up about a ...
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Single Reviews 0
Single Review: Atoms For Peace – “Magic Beanz”
Surprise! Atoms for Peace have released a new track called “Magic Beanz.” For those unaware, which was probably everyone, the “Z” is especially important according to frontman Thom ...
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Album Reviews 9
Slowriter: Trailblazer
It’s funny – earlier today I was on the hunt for new electronica. What did I find, you ask? Well, a few dozen songs with a near-identical formula, ...
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3 Of The Week 0
3 Of The Week: (4/24/13)
A lot of fuss has been made (by me) over Kid Cudi‘s new album Indicud. Recently, I reviewed Cudi’s trippy new album and quickly found myself going through ...
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Album Reviews 2
Kid Cudi: Indicud
Here’s a new one for you. Ever since he burst onto the scene Kid Cudi has brought a style to hip-hop like none other. With his Man on ...
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Album Reviews 1
The Flaming Lips: The Terror
When I heard The Flaming Lips were going for a “darker sound” with The Terror I wasn’t quite sure what to think. Last I recall when I saw ...
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Editorials 124
K-Pop and J-Pop: A Comparison
Let’s get weird. When I say weird, of course, I mean that you are about to embark on a musical journey that you will either adore or scratch ...
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Single Reviews 3
Single Review: Psy – “Gentleman”
Expectation – not even a year ago, Psy released “Gangnam Style.” An international sensation that brought K-Pop to the masses of the world and currently stands at over a ...
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News 0
Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng Dies Aged 42
Chi Cheng, former bassist and a founding member of Deftones has died aged 42. According to his family’s statement on OneloveforChi.com, he died the morning of Saturday, April 13. ...
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Album Reviews 9
Bring Me The Horizon: There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret
Remember when Suicide Season came out? I actually don’t but that’s beside the point. I do however remember when someone showed me the music of Bring Me the ...
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Album Reviews 0
Senses Fail: Still Searching
Sometime back in 2006 a friend of mine left a couple of CDs in my room. One of these would be a classic I still listen to, and ...
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Album Reviews 5
Atoms for Peace: Amok
I have a feeling I’ve said this in every review so far, but I’ll just say it again – 2013 is already proving to be an exceptional year. ...
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3 Of The Week 12
3 Of The Week: (3/5/13)
Here at MEB, we are reading our selections for “MEB Ranks 2008.” While my selection was easy to make, there were just too many albums that I love ...
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Interviews 0
Interview: The Venetia Fair
MEB staff writer John Frazier recently caught up with Benny Santoro, lead vocalist of rock and roll maniacs The Venetia Fair. They discussed the band’s brand new album ...
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Album Reviews 1
The Venetia Fair: Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We’ve Got In Our Brain
I remember a couple of years ago at Warped Tour, I was eating the finest chicken nuggets First Niagara Pavilion (or whatever it’s called this week) had to ...
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Interviews 0
Interview: Patrick Bodmer of M.A.N.D.Y.
Just after Hong Kong’s fireworks ceremony commemorating Lunar New Year, I had the chance to speak with Berlin electronica pioneer, Patrick Bodmer of M.A.N.D.Y. at the highest bar ...
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Single Reviews 7
Single Review: The Venetia Fair – “The Day I Set Them Free”
I present to you a recipe for one of the most unique bands you’ll have heard in a long time. Take some pop, add a little hardcore, throw ...
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Show Reviews 0
A Show In The Clouds With M.A.N.D.Y.
Lunar New Year – the biggest celebration in East Asia. As I watched the half hour-long fireworks show from Tsim Tsa Tsui, the smoke seemed to settle toward ...
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Album Reviews 7
Subsist: Annihila
And now for something completely different – and when I say ‘different’ I mean I’ve honestly never heard anything quite like this before. I present to you Annihila by ...
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Album Reviews 10
Coheed & Cambria: The Afterman: Descension
A few years back, I went to see Circa Survive play at what used to be an old roller rink (best acoustics in Pittsburgh by the way). They ...
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Show Reviews 1
One Night in Macau with Steve Aoki
Macau – it may only be an hour away from Hong Kong, but as soon as you’ve stepped off of that boat, you have entered a different world ...
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Album Reviews 0
Dropkick Murphys: Signed and Sealed in Blood
Yes, dear readers, as the first track is so aptly named, “The Boys Are Back.” It’s only been a couple of years since Dropkick Murphys’ last full length ...
