emo rock

As the music industry dies, so do the countless bands that tour the country back and forth in small vans. Then, the musicians in the bands with ambition and drive start their own projects. Some make the same monotonous noises with different band names, while others cut out all the bullshit and just write good music …students. Mike Frey’s latest project comes after 4 years of touring and writing with prolific indie rockers, The Transit War. After what was an onslaught of life changing events, the band’s hiatus created a void of musical sound that needed to be filled.

Long Island rock band Crime In Stereo might be typically assumed to draw their influences from their brethren (Brand New, Taking Back Sunday), but they are far from typical.  Loud, in-your-face power rock, their new album “I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone” has really pushed their sound, style, and influences to the next level.

The Temper Trap, a London-based rock band whose ambitious and cathartic songs have started to garner them international praise and devoted fans around the globe are revving up for their anticipated Fall US release. Their talents are apparent when you hear the soaring melodies, the hard hitting percussion and the expertly crafted songwriting, but subtly within, there lies a magic that has captivated audiences. On their debut, entitled Conditions, the 4-piece sound larger than the sum of their parts and have won legions of fans with their energetic and crowd elevating live shows.

On January 19th, the debut album from Gobotron, the solo project of guitarist Robert McDowell of Manchester Orchestra, will be released digitally via Favorite Gentlemen Recordings. A personal pet project two years in the making, ON YOUR MARK, GET SET... is a purposeful blend of blown out distortion mixed with saccharine sweet poppy hooks and choruses that will make fans of bands like The Lemonheads pucker up for joy.

Mean Everything To Nothing , the second album from Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra, is everything you want a rock record to be: raw, urgent, emotional, and 100 percent authentic. "There is nothing fake about this record," says frontman and lyricist Andy Hull. "There's not one fake sound on it. We recorded it live because we wanted it to sound like a band, and I think it does: live and loud!"

The name Aaron Sprinkle is synonymous with a slew of prominent projects, from his time in the influential Poor Old Lu to a string of solo releases and a vast list of production credits. Even though he’s spent most of his time in the studio as of late (working with the diverse likes of Pedro the Lion, Acceptance, Emery, Anberlin and Damien Jurado) the creative juices have continued to flow with his own artistic outpourings.