Thursday, January 5 2012
Somehow You Love Me: An Interview with Saves the Day
With the influential emo-rockers closing out a long-in-the-works album trilogy, Saves the Day's Chris Conley speaks openly and candidly to PopMatters about who he was, who he wants to be, and the event that changed everything for him ...
Tuesday, July 19 2011
Taking Back Sunday: Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday experiences revival through the reunion of their original lineup and creates their best work in years.
Thursday, March 3 2011
Stay Ahead of the Weather: We Better Get Goin’ If We’re Gonna
If you yearn for the real, true emo of 10-15 years ago, here are five songs to satiate your sensitivity.
Thursday, February 3 2011
Nightmares for a Week: Don’t Die
I hear everything from Against Me! to Braid to the Pogues, and goshdarnit, it works damn well!
Tuesday, September 28 2010
The Decline of Central Arizona: Jimmy Eat World’s Perpetual Downfall
If each subsequent release by a band is worse than the previous, but each record has its merits, do they cease to be a worthwhile band? I don't know. Can YOU still feel the butterflies?
Thursday, November 19 2009
Stars of Track and Field: A Time for Lions
Stars' new record is a departure -- into U2 and Coldplay territory
Tuesday, September 15 2009
In Circles: Sunny Day Real Estate Reconsidered
In anticipation of a reunion tour, the two albums produced by the original Sunny Day Real Estate lineup get remastered and repackaged with extra tracks and expanded liner notes. They are ripe for revisiting.
Tuesday, June 23 2009
The Book of Cool by Marianne Taylor
In general, Taylor's writing is unflaggingly good-natured, but that doesn't seem to suit the subject matter, which trades in stereotypes and casual cruelty.
Wednesday, February 11 2009
Welsh emo outfit Funeral for a Friend has its hopes up for American crowds
Friday, January 30 2009
Art Imitates Death
One of the misconceptions that Graeme Thomson deals with in his book I Shot a Man in Reno is that music about death is somehow out of the norm. In fact, death finds its way into pretty much every type of music.
