Reviews
Jeff Rosenstock's 'HELLMODE' Is a Soundtrack to Modern Living
Published Aug 29, 2023
HELLLLMOOOODE! If you're a Jeff Rosenstock fan, you probably saw the title of his fifth studio album and nodded knowingly. HELLMODE… of cour...
Articles By Adam Feibel
-
![Jeff Rosenstock's 'HELLMODE' Is a Soundtrack to Modern Living]()
-
![Spanish Love Songs Are Battered but Never Beaten on 'No Joy']()
ReviewsSpanish Love Songs Are Battered but Never Beaten on 'No Joy' Published Aug 25, 2023Spanish Love Songs released their third record Brave Faces Everyone in February of 2020, a darkly funny time to put out a breakout album of...
-
![Ratboys Have Never Been Better on 'The Window']()
ReviewsRatboys Have Never Been Better on 'The Window' Published Aug 25, 2023It took a while for Ratboys to find stability. For almost a decade, the Chicago indie rockers were essentially a duo with a revolving door o...
-
![Melody and Intensity Collide on Fiddlehead's 'Death Is Nothing to Us']()
ReviewsMelody and Intensity Collide on Fiddlehead's 'Death Is Nothing to Us' Published Aug 16, 2023Leave it to the guy who wrote "Armed with a Mind" almost 20 years ago to go on to lead one of the most cerebral punk bands of the present da...
-
![M.A.G.S. Is Impossible to Pin Down on 'Destroyer']()
ReviewsM.A.G.S. Is Impossible to Pin Down on 'Destroyer' Published Aug 02, 2023You can't really pin down M.A.G.S., the solo project of Buffalo-born, Los Angeles-based artist Elliott Douglas. Is it indie rock? Is it R&B?...
-
![Fall Out Boy Were Unimpeachable in Toronto Budweiser Stage, July 30]()
ReviewsFall Out Boy Were Unimpeachable in Toronto Budweiser Stage, July 30 Published Jul 31, 2023To a person of a certain age, Fall Out Boy are an institution of teenage angst, a band that belongs on the Mount Rushmore of 2000s pop-punk....
-
![Origami Angel Master Economy and Energy on 'The Brightest Days']()
ReviewsOrigami Angel Master Economy and Energy on 'The Brightest Days' Published Jun 15, 2023The law of averages strikes again as Gen Z pop-punk phenoms Origami Angel follow up their 20-track roller coaster of a second album with a t...
-
![boygenius Are Together for the Hell of It on 'the record']()
Reviewsboygenius Are Together for the Hell of It on 'the record' Published Mar 27, 2023When Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus first formed their supergroup in 2018, they were tired of being lumped together by labels...
-
![Meet Me @ the Altar Celebrate Pop-Punk's Past in Order to Change Its Future]()
FeaturesMeet Me @ the Altar Celebrate Pop-Punk's Past in Order to Change Its Future Published Mar 06, 2023Meet Me @ the Altar don't really care what you call them. People talked plenty of trash about the bands that came before them. Green Day...
-
![Arm's Length Are Taking Small-Town Ontario Emo to the Big Leagues]()
FeaturesArm's Length Are Taking Small-Town Ontario Emo to the Big Leagues Published Oct 25, 2022If you pass it on Highway 401, you might not think much of Quinte West. The city is a two-hour drive east of Toronto and just north of P...
-
![Wild Pink Are Still One of Indie Rock's Most Underrated Bands on the Swooning 'ILYSM']()
ReviewsWild Pink Are Still One of Indie Rock's Most Underrated Bands on the Swooning 'ILYSM' Published Oct 11, 2022The story of Wild Pink so far is that of a perpetually underrated indie-rock band, critically celebrated while flying under the radar of peo...
-
![City of Caterpillar Return to the World They Helped Create with 'Mystic Sisters']()
ReviewsCity of Caterpillar Return to the World They Helped Create with 'Mystic Sisters' Published Sep 27, 2022For devoted fans of early screamo, City of Caterpillar are practically legends, despite the fact that they only existed for three years. The...
-
![The Wonder Years Find Defiance in Defeat on 'The Hum Goes on Forever']()
ReviewsThe Wonder Years Find Defiance in Defeat on 'The Hum Goes on Forever' Published Sep 20, 2022For more than a decade, the Wonder Years' mission statement has been to take their personal struggles with deep-felt pain and turn them into...
-
![How Alexisonfire Learned to Love Each Other]()
FeaturesHow Alexisonfire Learned to Love Each Other Published May 31, 2022For years, Alexisonfire were the band that broke up. Was their breakup amicable? "Not really," they said at the time. Still, they licked...
-
![PUP's Company Loves Misery on 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND']()
ReviewsPUP's Company Loves Misery on 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND' Published Mar 29, 2022PUP have always known that misery loves company. While their music exists in the same space as the type of posi-punk that promises any loser...
-
![Camp Cope Eye Personal and Artistic Growth on 'Running with the Hurricane']()
ReviewsCamp Cope Eye Personal and Artistic Growth on 'Running with the Hurricane' Published Mar 22, 2022The main takeaway from Camp Cope's widely praised sophomore album was the Melbourne trio's biting commentary on the role of women in the mus...
-
![Gang of Youths' 'angel in realtime' Revels in Relentless Optimism]()
ReviewsGang of Youths' 'angel in realtime' Revels in Relentless Optimism Published Feb 24, 2022Music about the death of a loved one doesn't usually sound this joyous. Listen to some of the most acclaimed indie rock records about los...
-
![Our Lady Peace's 'Spiritual Machines II' Is a Clumsy Sequel]()
ReviewsOur Lady Peace's 'Spiritual Machines II' Is a Clumsy Sequel Published Jan 28, 2022Sequels are a high-risk, low-reward proposition. How often are they better than the original? How often are they even as good as the origina...
-
![Billy Talent Are More Relevant Than Ever]()
FeaturesBilly Talent Are More Relevant Than Ever Published Jan 21, 2022There are few Canadian bands better positioned to meet this moment than Billy Talent. Throughout a career of nearly 30 years, the Toronto...
-
!['Crawler' Is the Sound of IDLES Running on Empty]()
Reviews'Crawler' Is the Sound of IDLES Running on Empty Published Nov 12, 2021Well, they've done it. Against all odds, IDLES have become… boring. What an unlikely feat! For a group of rowdy British punks who rose to pr...
