Listen To Your Friends, and Bring Them Out On Tour With You

New Found Glory
Bayside
Set Your Goals
Fireworks
House of Blues Boston
April 30th, 2009
New Found Glory will never been considered one of the most innovative or creative bands out there. Their latest record, Not Without Fight, is possibly their most predictable work yet, going back to the sound that helped propel them to great popularity earlier in the decade. [...]

Top Ten Records of 2008

I’ve always liked “Best Of” lists, but I’ve always had a lot of trouble compiling my own. In 2005, I made a list of the year’s 25 best records and gave a reason why for each. I’m not nearly that ambitious anymore, and I certainly didn’t hear 25 albums worthy of making such a list [...]

Bayside’s Involuntary Movement Tour

In 2004, Bayside released their debut record, Sirens and Condolences. It was ok… at best. It featured one good single, a few decent tracks, and a lot of filler. The band seemed  hardly distinguishable from their many emo-rock peers, and If there was ever a group destined to be lost in the Victory Records shuffle, [...]