Jawbox

Wordy Jukebox

Static

Local Rotation

Local Music Reviewed

Sharks and Sailors' Slow-Developing Debut Album

Brand New Bag

Blame It on Braid

A reunion tour provides a rare peek at where this emo thing started

Hootenanny

A reunion tour provides a rare peek at where this emo thing started

Page Turning

Helmet is back, with only its head intact

MOFRO

Helmet is back, with only its head intact

The Get Up Kids

Guilt Show (Vagrant)

Rock Star 101

Panic in Detroit learned to play before they learned to party

Rotation

Panic in Detroit learned to play before they learned to party

Flannel File: Swervedriver's Raise and Mezcal Head

In my last Flannel File entry, I talked about March's big reissue of Pearl Jam's Ten. This time, I want to look at a "little" reissue set from January: Swervedriver's Raise and Mezcal Head.Like Jawbox or Sloan, Swervedriver had a pretty low profile among suburban youth of the early '90s, despite ha ... More >>

Flannel File: Quicksand

Speaking of the early days of the Warped Tour, let's talk about Quicksand. Along with Helmet, Quicksand developed and popularized a particular type of post-hardcore that took the metal-influenced hardcore punk of 1980s New York, cut the tempo in half and filled up the resulting space with melody and ... More >>

Ghosts of Washington Avenue

Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

1991: Best Music Year Ever?

Rocks Off Sr.'s choice for 1991's best album.​1991 was one of the biggest years in modern music. It was when metal went pop, radio country ruled, grunge went mainstream, and rap began its climb to chart dominance, even if it was spearheaded by a white candy rapper from Dallas. There were man ... More >>

Noise For The Ages: Top Post-Hardcore Guitarists Through the Years

The album that basically made the genre.​While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre. Though its popularity has often waxed and waned throughout the years since its inception in the mid '80s, there are always great upstart bands k ... More >>