News Feed for Sunday, June 4
In the news today: Yellowcard, Sweet Gloom, Fontaines Dc, Grian Chatten, The Chats, Cosmic Psychos
In the news today: Yellowcard, Sweet Gloom, Fontaines Dc, Grian Chatten, The Chats, Cosmic Psychos
New Found Glory kicked off their Sick Tour to a capacity crowd at Orlando’s House of Blues, and Jen Cray can confirm that it was, indeed, a SICK show.
Yellowcard bid farewell to 20 years worth of fans in Orlando, and Jen Cray was there to capture it all.
Warped Tour 2016
The 2016 Vans Warped Tour lineup was announced as a live webcast from Winter Park’s Full Sail University. Jen Cray was there to catch the mystery bands on the bill, as much as to learn the lineup.
Yellowcard returned with a bang to Jacksonville, for their first hometown show in four years. Stan Kruslicky was there for the comeback.
Philadelphia fans set their green beers aside to celebrate Yellowcard’s return to the area. Brittany Sturges was surprised that the pop-punkers could bring so much energy to an acoustic performance.
Yellowcard saves the day on an otherwise uneventful night. Brittany Sturges was won over.
Where We Stand (Takeover Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Punk Goes Acoustic (Fearless). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Punk Goes Acoustic (Fearless). Review by Andrew Ellis.
The Underdog EP (Fueled By Ramen). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
In this latest installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long finds himself dumpster diving at a groovy music joint in Oklahoma City, where he scores a bagful of treasure for UNDER $20 — including a well-cared-for $3 vinyl copy of Life for the Taking, the platinum-selling 1978 sophomore set from Eddie Money.
Ink 19’s Liz Weiss spends an intimate evening with Gregory Alan Isakov.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.