Category: Features
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In over a decade of covering shows in this city, I’ve never been pulled on stage by a touring band. That changed on Tuesday night…
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It feels safe to say that 2025 was…challenging. A difficult and painful year for many. We persevere. But to say that music was in some…
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When I first started listening to Twenty One Pilots in 2013 with Vessel, I never thought the band would get as big as they have.…
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It’s been just your average, run-of-the-mill Underoath album rollout. Odd early single choices that my or may not be red herrings, a still as-of-this-writing unannounced…
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I have written at length about Wallows and their relatable indie pop, and I’ve also talked at length about how my original chance to see…
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I love an artist that releases projects like clockwork, and if everything stays on track, we are due for a new release from Lorde this…
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The current era of Architects has been a fascinating one, to say the least. Beginning with For Those that Wish to Exist in 2021, the…
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Kiel and I teased the fact that this would be on many of our lists this year, but I think I can speak for both…
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Much like our process in deciding the Best Albums of 2024, there were just too many songs to choose from. So we overdid it. But…
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It’s quite possible that 2024 was the best year for new music in the eleven years in which It’s All Dead has existed. How do…
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It’s no secret that I have followed From Indian Lakes for a long time. I wrote about Absent Sounds for my own site when that…
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The first buzzworthy album of the year is already here. I was a huge fan of Neck Deep’s All Distortions Are Intentional when it came…
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It’s kind of hard to believe that our Best Albums of 2023 list includes albums by blink-182 (with Tom!), Fall Out Boy, and Paramore, but…
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Another year is in the books (almost) and another year of songs helped guide us through it all. While there were some newbies that earned…
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It’s not enough to say that The Greatest Generation is a great album. The Wonder Years’ fourth album is a masterpiece that, although less dramatic…
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My favorite family band must release new music this year or I will be very sad. Eisley has been one of my constant bands for…
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Weeks before the pandemic locked down the country, Green Day released Father of All Motherfuckers, a loose album that failed to live up to the…
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Death Cab for Cutie did release an album in 2022: Asphalt Meadows. I didn’t listen to it much, as I’m more of a classic DCFC…
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After a decade apart, the original trio is back together again with a new album in the works and an expensive tour circling the globe.…
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We were just days into the pandemic in 2020 when Dua Lipa dropped her magnificent sophomore album, Future Nostalgia. That album, and its avalanche of…
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It has been YEARS since we’ve heard any new music solely by Fall Out Boy. Their last official release was their second volume of best-of…
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You can view our list of The Best Albums of 2022 here. Must like our albums list, our favorite songs of 2022 ran the gamut…
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Welp, another year is in the bag. And it wasn’t quite as…hellish(?)…as the past few? I guess that’s debatable. But what’s not up for debate…
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This article is part of an ongoing series in which I examine the artists and music that defined specific eras of my life. You can…