06/09/12
Exister
| Written By: Jason: Thursday, 10 May 2012 |
Artist: Hot Water Music
Album: Exister
Release Date: May 15th, 2012
Hot Water Music hasn’t released an album in 8 years. While they never officially broke up, it has been quite a hiatus filled with solo projects and new bands but at the end of the day, the 4 original members of HWM couldn’t stay away from what they’re...
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Cigars and Pipes Gain Popularity & Taxes Lose
| Written By: Jason: Friday, 4 May 2012 |
Nobody can deny it. Big tobacco is really good at reading between the lines. In the newest legal loophole used by big tobacco, the federal government is reporting a tax loss of up to $1.1 billion thanks to the increasing popularity of pipes and cigars.
Pipe tobacco and cigars gained quite a bit of popularity from 2009 through 2011. One of the bi...
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Freak Out!
| Written By: Jason: Friday, 20 April 2012 |
Artist: Teenage Bottlerocket
Album: Freak Out!
Release Date: July 3rd, 2012
It must not be easy to be a punk band in Wyoming. Not exactly a bastion for underground music, let alone hard-hitting, loud music, Teenage Bottlerocket definitely had their work cut out for them. Nonetheless, the Laramie, WY punk band persevered and has become ...
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Slave To The Game
| Written By: Jason: Friday, 6 April 2012 |
Artist: Emmure
Album: Slave To The Game
Release date: April 10th, 2012
Alright folks, let’s not pretend like anyone is surprised to read about the upcoming and brand-spanking-new Emmure album. Truth is, everyone has been rabidly salivating over this release for months and the time has finally come, Slave To The Game is here.
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Sharks
| Written By: Jason: Friday, 23 March 2012 |
Artist: Sharks
Album: No Gods
Release Date: Out Now!
Given the slow but steady decline of CD sales in past years, many bands have found it to be more lucrative to put more emphasis on vinyl and digital sales. Sharks is among those bands and have been putting out 3 or 4 song EPs since their inception but after 5 years as a band, they’ve...
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Our Home Is A Deathbed
| Written By: Jason: Thursday, 8 March 2012 |
Band: Xerxes
Album: Our Home Is A Deathbed
Release Date: March 13th, 2012
Named after a Persian king who died in 465 BC, Xerxes is a 5-piece thrash band hailing from Louisville, KY who will royally tear your eardrums apart.
The band was formed in 2009. One year later, their debut release “Twins,” a 7-...
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On The Impossible Past
| Written By: Jason: Friday, 24 February 2012 |
Artist: The Menzingers
Album: On The Impossible Past
Release Date: Out Now!
Undoubtedly one of the biggest up-and-coming names in punk rock today, The Menzingers have a new album, a new label and an ever-growing fan base.
On The Impossible Past is the 3rd full-length album by the Scranton, PA 4-piece. The band fo...
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E-Cig Explodes...In Someone's Face
| Written By: Jason: Thursday, 1 March 2012 |
Everyone knows that smoking isn’t safe. Even electronic cigarettes have their risks; while they contain fewer chemicals than a normal cig, they have higher amounts of nicotine per puff and make quitting tough even though they’re marketed as a “healthier” alternative to traditional smoking. But for one Florida man, the danger of smoking an E-cig took on a whole new sha...
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The Ghost Inside
| Written By: Jason: Thursday, 9 February 2012 |
Thanks to hard work, perfectionist song writing and relentless touring with the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Bring Me The Horizon, ADTR and Parkway Drive, The Ghost Inside is the newest band to sign with Epitaph.
The Los Angeles based melodic hardcore-ish band is a 5-piece powerhouse of energetic melody mashed up with a brutal live show. The band’s previ...
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Money Well Spent
| Written By: Jason: Thursday, 2 February 2012 |
Despite the country being in a state of recession, funding is still allocated both federally and locally for healthy lifestyle promotions. The largest amount of money goes to anti-smoking advertising and has for some time now. With tough economic times upon us, we’ve seen the amount of money given to anti-smoking campaigns dwindle but never go away entirely because...
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