Song of the Day: AP2 – My Sympathies
AP2 was the continuation of, or the evolution of the forerunner Argyle Park. The first incarnation of the band recorded…
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Song of the Day: Alakrity – For the Good of Getting Better
Wisconsin: most known for cheese curds, dairy farms, glacial lakes, and the Green Bay Packers. It’s also home to pop-punk…
Names Without Numbers We Create Reality EP Release
The EP release the majority of us who’ve following this band have been waiting for, is finally here! Names Without…
Song of the Day: Bon Voyage – I Just Wanna Be With You
Indie pop duo Bon Voyage was a collaboration of Jason Martin (Starflyer 59, and about a dozen others) and his…
Song of the Day: sintax.the.terrific – Moonlighting
Most of us first heard sintax.the.terrific as a member of hip-hop supergroup Deepspace5, a massive rap cypher featuring members of…
Song of the Day: U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love)
Let’s get this out of the way. Some of you hate U2 for one reason or another–the ‘pompous’ nature of…
Song of the Day: E.D.L. (Every Day Life) – Endurance
Every Day Life, commonly known as E.D.L., was an early innovator in the rap-core scene, fusing hip-hop and hardcore into…
Song of the Day: Lugnut – Q & A
Lugnut was a hardcore punk band from Northern Florida, only active for a few short years in the late 90s/early…
Song of the Day: The Insyderz – Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful
One of the “Big Three” in Christian ska, The Insyderz formed in Detroit, MI in 1995 out of their Salvation…
Song of the Day: Peace 586 – Hear Me Now
SoCal rapper Peace 586 (born Rene Vasquez) has been hitting the hip-hop game hard since the late 80s (first as…
Song of the Day: Drottnar – Cul-De-Sac
Impossibly difficult to categorize into any nice, neat genre, Norway’s Drottnar originally formed as Vitality, in 1996. They began playing…
Song of the Day: Michael Knott – Jail
As you’ve undoubtedly already read elsewhere, and seen all over the chrindie corner of the internet, Michael Knott died earlier…
Song of the Day: Windy Lyre – Drink
Blonde bombshell Windy Lyre appeared seemingly out of nowhere in 1991 with her self-titled debut on Blonde Vinyl Records. Truth…
Song of the Day: Endless Sacrifice – Endless Sacrifice
Endless Sacrifice is a brutal death metal band from Argentina. The project formed in 2009, and has only had one…
Song of the Day: Melk the G6-49 – The Instantaneous Mobilization of All The Resources In The BURROW and All The Forces of My Body…
Melk the G6-49 was a two-man noise rock/math rock band from Indianapolis, and spearheaded by Joyful Noise Recordings founder/owner Karl…
Song of the Day: Cast in Stone – You Can’t Hold Me Back
Cast in Stone was a hardcore band from California, who recorded their first cassette demo in 1998. Their early material…
Song of the Day: Steve Scott – Heaven Hears the Heart That Breaks
British-born poet/artist/performer Steve Scott has been involved in or connected with Christian alternative music since 1983, having emerged from Croydon…
Song of the Day: The Combat Junkies – Fight or Die
This old-school punk rock band The Combat Junkies, hailed from North Carolina, and featured a classic hardcore punk sound mixed…
Song of the Day: Saint Spirit – Volt
This thrash metal band hailed from Brazil in the region of Belford Roxo, just outside of Rio de Janeiro. They…
Song of the Day: Twothirtyeight – Songs Will Write the Words
Early 2000s emo, you gotta love it! One of the best, and painfully one of the most obscure in the…
Song of the Day: Dodgin’ Bullets – Knife To Your Heart
Since the genre first emerged in the early 1980s, hardcore (originally hardcore punk) has splintered into dozens of sub-sub-subgenres including…
Song of the Day: Grave Declaration – Change of Heart
Grave Declaration is (was?) a symphonic/atmospheric black metal project from Norway. While that’s not so unusual, what set the band…
Song of the Day: The Discarded – Religious Lie
I first heard of this LA punk band when I was running distro in the early 2000s. They had an…
Song of the Day: Dr. Onionskin – FJR
Dr. Onionskin has a long and somewhat interesting history. Born Shane Ries, he had a brief career in the 80s…
Song of the Day: Embraced – Hold My Hand
Embraced was a short-lived hardcore band from Florida, active in the early 2000s. I was able to catch the band…
Song of the Day: Olivia the Band – Stars and Stripes
I’ve never been a huge fan of pop-punk–just dabbled here and there–but darn it all if this isn’t a catchy…
Song of the Day: Remnant Militia – Syberian Winters
Not much is known about this underground hip-hop crew. Their recorded output consists of two independent releases: a cassette demo…
Song of the Day: They Sang as They Slew – City Highs, City Lows
Contrary to what the band name suggests, They Sang as They Slew was not a metal or hardcore band, actually…
Song of the Day: Torn in Two – Plastic Dreams for Shining Rings
There was a lot of hype surrounding this band when they were first signed by Facedown Records, in large part…
Song of the Day: Tourniquet – Tears of Korah
Many fitting tributes have been written about the one and only, the mighty drummer/musician/song-writer/animal rights activist Ted Kirkpatrick. So much…