Articles by Connor Atkinson

​Silverstein's Emo Ages Well Because They Don't Pretend They're Young

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2020

Shane Told is happy to be one of the forefathers of emo, if that's what you want to call him. "We look back on our old music with love, and...

Orthodox

Let It Take Its Course

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2020

Orthodox are from Nashville, TN; Orthodox make nu-metal music, unabashedly so; Orthodox are a straight-edge band; Orthodox are one of the w...

Various Artists

Hot Shit Attitude: The Outburst Covers Record

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2020

Manhattan in the '80s was not the shining tourist destination many know it as today. Those who did not conform to Reaganomics and participa...

Downpresser

The Long Goodbye

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2020

There's an unwritten history in California hardcore of strong releases followed by unaddressed absences. Harness, What's Good, Skinfather —...

Orville Peck

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, December 5

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2019

Orville Peck played his 120th ("or something like that") and final show of the year on Thursday night in Toronto, ending his explosive 2019...

Counterparts Are Not as Miserable as You'd Think on 'Nothing Left to Love'

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

When listeners hear Counterparts' new album, Nothing Left to Love, many will presume that vocalist Brendan Murphy is objectively miserable....

Counterparts

Nothing Left to Love

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019

Brendan Murphy and his roster of melodic hardcore masterminds have been haunted by past since their initial first wave of success. This yea...

SeeYouSpaceCowboy Kill Off "Sasscore" with 'The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds'

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2019

With the release of new album The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds, SeeYouSpaceCowboy have officially grown out of their scene...