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Signing Stories: L.S. Dunes
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, ... -
Album Review: "This is Why" by Paramore (7/10)
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 ... -
Vinyl Review: Atreyu's Suicides Notes and Butterfly Kisses 2022
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 ... -
VINYL REVIEW: Silverstein - "Arrivals & Departures" RSD Black Friday Release
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. ... -
Signing Story: Wicked Bears
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 ... -
Vinyl Review: Thursday 'Full Collapse' Anniversary
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 ... -
Labeled Fest in Tempe, AZ | Emery, Norma Jean, Idle Threat
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 ... -
Signing Story: Dawn of Ouroboros
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 ... -
Album Review: "Otherness" by Alexisonfire (7/10)
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” ... -
Vinyl Review: Taking Back Sunday's 'Tell All Your Friends'
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 ... -
Signing Story: Elder Devil
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 ... -
Album Review: "Zeal & Ardor" by Zeal & Ardor 9/10
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 ... -
Album Review: "Umbra" by Greyscale (8/10)
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 ... -
Album Review: "Guardians Sessions EP" by August Burns Red
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 ... -
Album Review: Vinyl Re-Release of "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me
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 ... -
Q&A With Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Jesper Kyd
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 ... -
Q&A with Assassin's Creed Valhalla Composer: Sarah Schachner
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 ... -
Album Review: Vinyl Re-Release of "Alaska" by Between the Buried and Me
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 ... -
Feature Story Flashback: Video Game Composers Speak!
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 ... -
Vinyl Review: Gareth Coker's "Ori and the Will of the Wisps"
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 ...























