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Home›Author: Andy Mesecher (Page 2)

Author: Andy Mesecher

Andy Mesecher

  • Signing Stories: L.S. Dunes

    Magazine, Music News, Signing Stories
    January 30, 2023
    by Andy Mesecher
    Date Signed: March 18, 2022 Label: Fantasy Records Type of Music: Rock Management: N/A Booking: Matt Galle Legal: Stacy Fass Publicity: Atom Splitter PR, Amy Sciarretto & Tim Tatulli Web: lsdunes.com - @lsdunes A&R: Matt Marshall  Meet L.S. Dunes, ...
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  • Album Review: "This is Why" by Paramore (7/10)

    Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    January 27, 2023
    by Andy Mesecher
    Atlantic Records Producer: Carlos de la Garza It’s not lost on me that Paramore front-person Hayley Williams would prefer I keep my opinion(s) to myself, but alas what’s an album ...
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  • Vinyl Review: Atreyu's Suicides Notes and Butterfly Kisses 2022

    Album Reviews, Latest
    January 18, 2023
    by Andy Mesecher
    Where were you June 4th 2002? I was just finishing my sophomore year of high school, wondering why my now ex-girlfriend decided to kiss another boy on a cruise. (If ...
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  • VINYL REVIEW: Silverstein - "Arrivals & Departures" RSD Black Friday Release

    Latest, Music News, Reviews
    November 21, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    I’m sweaty and it’s not even Black Friday yet. My wallet is already begging for mercy, but my heart is ecstatic for this year’s Record Store Day rollout on 11/25/22. ...
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  • Signing Story: Wicked Bears

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    October 21, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    Date Signed: July 2022 Label: Wiretap Records Type of Music: Punk/Pop-Punk Management: N/A Booking: N/A Legal: N/A Publicity: Mike Cubillos - Earshot Media Web: wickedbears.com  A&R: Rob Castellon / Wiretap Records The music industry’s definition of DIY’s is at ...
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  • Vinyl Review: Thursday 'Full Collapse' Anniversary

    Latest, Music News, Reviews
    September 20, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    My friends tend to call me the excuse machine. For example, when it was announced that Thursday’s genre-carving sophomore album Full Collapse would be re-pressed on vinyl to celebrate its ...
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  • Labeled Fest in Tempe, AZ | Emery, Norma Jean, Idle Threat

    Photo Blog Show Reviews, Reviews
    August 22, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    Before making their final stop(s) through Oklahoma and Texas, emo elders Emery and their 2022 Labeled Fest popped into the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. The show was co-headlined by ...
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  • Signing Story: Dawn of Ouroboros

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    July 29, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    Date Signed: Oct. 5, 2021 Label: Prosthetic Records Type of Music: Progressive Black Metal Management: N/A Booking: N/A Legal: N/A Web: facebook.com/dawnofouroboros, twitter.com/ouroborosof, instagram.com/dawnofouroboros  Publicity: Becky Laverty & Wil Collins - Prosthetic Records A&R: Steve Joh - Prosthetic Records ...
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  • Album Review: "Otherness" by Alexisonfire (7/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    July 29, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    Alexisonfire Otherness Dine Alone Records Producers: Alexisonfire A more accurate title for this release would have been Dallas Green and Others. It’s safe to say the strongest tracks, “Sans Soleil” ...
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  • Vinyl Review: Taking Back Sunday's 'Tell All Your Friends'

    Music News
    June 28, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    Birmingham, AL’s 2021 Furnace Fest (FF) hardcore music festival had a few amazing vinyl exclusives for their audience that year, including Taking Back Sunday’s Tell All Your Friends; Norma Jean’s ...
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  • Signing Story: Elder Devil

    Magazine, Signing Stories
    February 18, 2022
    by Andy Mesecher
    Date Signed: Sept. 12, 2021  Label: Prosthetic Records Type of Music: Grind Booking: elderdevilca@gmail.com Legal: N/A Publicity: Becky Laverty and Wil Collins - Prosthetic Records Web: elderdevil.bandcamp.com A&R: Steve Joh - Prosthetic Records Stay cool ...
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  • Album Review: "Zeal & Ardor" by Zeal & Ardor 9/10

    CD Reviews, Magazine
    December 27, 2021
    by Andy Mesecher
    Zeal & Ardor Zeal & Ardor MVKA Producers: Marc Obrist and Manuel Gagneux This self-titled LP picks up where its predecessor, Stranger Fruit, left off, with a proggy twist. The ...
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  • Album Review: "Umbra" by Greyscale (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Reviews
    December 3, 2021
    by Andy Mesecher
    Distributed by: Fearless Records Producer: Courtney Ballard Every few years, a teenager’s favorite underground pop-punk band finds a smooth transition into mom’s radio-ready pop. On this, Grayscale’s third LP, the ...
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  • Album Review: "Guardians Sessions EP" by August Burns Red

    Album Reviews, Latest, Music News, Reviews
    May 25, 2021
    by Andy Mesecher
    To battle quarantine, metalcore OGs August Burns Red have released the Guardians Sessions EP on vinyl via Fearless Records. Like most bands in 2020, ABR were left to their own ...
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  • Album Review: Vinyl Re-Release of "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me

    Album Reviews, Latest, Music News
    December 23, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    In 2016, I reviewed a Between The Buried And Me performance in San Francisco (review here). When co-headliners August Burns Red took the stage, a sea of subwoofers and poor ...
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  • Q&A With Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Jesper Kyd

    Latest, Music News
    December 1, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    This is Part 2 of our series on composing for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. If you haven’t already, be sure to read Part 1, Q&A With Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Sarah ...
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  • Q&A with Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Sarah Schachner

    Latest, Music News
    November 23, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    The rapid advancement of technology is a bit of a double-edged sword for video game composers. On one hand, composing quality sessions in the comfort of your home is easier ...
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  • Album Review: Vinyl Re-Release of "Alaska" by Between the Buried and Me

    Album Reviews
    October 19, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    BTBAM are back with another installment of “prog metal nostalgia reinvented for vinyl,” this time with their 3rd full-length, Alaska. Same spiel as previous re-releases through Craft Recordings: the vinyl ...
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  • Feature Story Flashback: Video Game Composers Speak!

    Feature Articles, Latest, Magazine
    September 18, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    This feature story by Andy Mescher originally ran in the August 2018 issue of Music Connection.  Thanks to modern technology, video game compositions have evolved exponentially over the years—from bite-sized ...
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  • Vinyl Review: Gareth Coker's "Ori and the Will of the Wisps"

    Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Reviews
    September 9, 2020
    by Andy Mesecher
    Composer Gareth Coker, with whom we spoke in 2018, has teamed with iam8bit for a vinyl release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. (If you’re simply in search ...
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