I have talked about the genre Midwest Emo quite a few times over the years, and if there is one band that helped codify what Midest Emo is a...

When imagining a band name suitable for a fantasy-themed doom metal band, it is hard to beat “Conan”. Conan the Cimmerian, the barbarian fro...

I first came across the Midwest Emo group Camping in Alaska via a YouTube recommendation. Their mixture of melodic guitar lines and whiny vo...

Dungeon Synth is getting harder and harder to keep up with, as there seems to be a flood of new projects every week. Case in point, the Kent...

2024 has been filled with great albums by amazing artists ( Micah Schnabel , Man’s Gin , The Jesus Lizard , Lonesome Shack , to name just a ...

I have now written about Chat Pile, Oklahoma City’s noise rock upstarts, a few times . Their brand of extreme music borrows more from the n...

Earlier in the week, my brother Eric suggested that I revisit the music of Timeshares, a country-tinged punk rock band from downstate New Yo...