by Alexis Coleman | Jan 14, 2026 | Reviews
For twenty-two years, Alter Bridge have been a juggernaut in the hard rock music scene. Since their debut in 2004 with One Day Remains, this quartet has proven to be a force to be reckoned with. The band, made up of Mark Tremonti (guitar, vocals), Myles Kennedy...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 9, 2026 | Reviews
Hardcore has a branding problem that isn’t musical. Too many people talk about it like it’s supposed to grow out of itself, as if the genre is an asshole teenager who refuses to apply for college. But hardcore was never designed to become something else....
by Jordeana Bell | Dec 12, 2025 | Reviews
Fair warning, this is the most beautiful Christmas album you will hear while simultaneously being sonically disemboweled. There’s a particular kind of person who claims, usually on the internet, usually in all lowercase, that Christmas music is “objectively bad.” This...
by Jordeana Bell | Dec 11, 2025 | Releases, Reviews
Understanding Volumes requires a working theory of Los Angeles, not the promotional brochure version, but the one locals accidentally describe when they’re stressed. This is the L.A. where rehearsal spaces are wedged between vape shops and dental offices, where the...
by Jordeana Bell | Nov 28, 2025 | Reviews
I should begin with a confession: I am, by all measurable standards, a closet stoner. Not the slack-jawed stereotype who lives inside of a Bob Marley poster, and not the cardigan-wearing medical user with laminated documentation explaining that indica helps their...
by Emily Schneider | Nov 24, 2025 | Photos, Reviews
Melodeath is one of my favorite metal subgenres, both to listen to and to see live. So when Omnium Gatherum announced a North American tour to start just after the release of their new album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way, alongside Aether Realm and...