Category: Exclusive
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Bad Cop/ Bad Cop with The Interrupters at Underground Arts
On a rainy Sunday Night (All Hallows’ Eve, to be specific) Philadelphia’s Underground Arts hosted a punk show made up of bands that are rapidly growing into formidable musical entities: Bad Cop/Bad Cop and The Interrupters.
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Megadeth Brings the ‘Dystopia Tour’ to the SEC
October 11th, 2016. Sands Event Center – Bethlehem, PA With five bands on the bill, someone had to go first and that was Butcher Babies. Unfortunately, this show had an extremely early start time, so this reviewer managed to arrive right as they bid farewell to the crowd. Still, judging by seeing them in the…
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Transcending the Coma Tour
9/15/16 – Transcending the Coma Tour – The Devin Townsend Project / Between the Buried and Me with Fallujah – Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA Traffic and parking prevented us from witnessing opening act Fallujah’s performance. Reports seem to indicate that they put their latest release Dreamless firmly in the spotlight. Between the Buried…
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Exclusive Interview: Less Than Jake
A few years ago, Henry and a mutual friend conducted an interview with Buddy (trombone) of Less Than Jake written by me. In a lot of ways, even though I had never spoken to Chris (guitar and vocals), this felt like a follow-up. They didn’t have a lot to report in terms of new developments,…
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Exclusive Interview: Reel Big Fish (2016)
You can see a ska show at any point in the year, but there is something about seeing Reel Big Fish outside in the summertime. The combination of sunshine, Hawaiian shirts, horns and upbeat songs goes together so well. A few years prior, I had the pleasure of talking to then-drummer Ryland Steen about Candy…
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Exclusive Interview: Every Time I Die (2016)
In 2014, Every Time I Die released my favorite album of that year, From Parts Unknown. The follow-up has a lot to live up to. Fortunately, it’s recorded and almost ready to go.
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Exclusive Interview: Tonight Alive (2016)
It’s one thing to have a follow-up interview with a band, but this is round four between Tonight Alive and I. Yet again, I was happy to speak to Jenna (vocals) and Whakaio (guitar), this time, about their new album Limitless, the change in musical direction, embracing the possibilities for their live show, working with…
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Exclusive Interview: Davey Muise of Vanna
Davey Muise (vocals) is a very in-demand person for interviews. Despite this, he is a really friendly and talkative fellow and there was plenty to talk about. Vanna has been on every other Warped Tour since 2010 and more or less have it down to a science.
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Exclusive Interview: The Interrupters
The Interrupters are a four-piece ska band from Los Angeles. They have been around since 2011 and their second full-length Say It Out Loud (Hellcat Records) was released just in time for their first trek on Warped Tour.
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My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult at the Gin Mill Bar & Grille
Amid the satanic panic moral hysteria of the late 80s, Wax Trax! Records luminaries My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult emerged as the eminent scourge of knee-jerk, misguided parents and overzealous censorship groups across America, unleashing un-holy terror with thumping, tongue-in-cheek, sample-heavy sound collage noise anthems about drugs, BDSM-tinged sex and faux occultism. Nearly…
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