From The Archive
I didn’t know what to expect from Violent Waves. With every other album released by Circa Survive, I had suspicions, or at least hopes, of what would be infiltrating my ears once I placed the CD into my stereo, but [...]
Circa Survive must be feeling pretty damn good right now. They have left Atlantic Records, self-released their fourth album in Violent Waves, and watched as it hit number 1 on the iTunes Alternative Albums Chart. In the wake of this [...]
In 2006, Andy Hull, the lead singer of Manchester Orchestra and all around erudite badass (notice the picture with Tim Tebow – hate the haters), started a side project called Right Away, Great Captain! as a way to tell a [...]
A couple of years before fun. decided to light their drums on fire and make the programmed chart-topper that is Some Nights, another indie icon – Bobby Darling of Gatsbys American Dream fame – decided to fire up his laptop and [...]
Such Gold is a kinda…nay… a very special group of musicians. Yes they are seemingly right in the middle of a wave of skate punk/melodic hardcore music that is incredibly fun, but damn they are doing it better and in [...]
Gates is a band that has managed to capture an incredibly special place in my heart. Coming from someone who adores and obsesses over music as much as I do (with an iTunes library currently running 6,139 “items” strong to [...]
There are many things about myself and my musical tastes that some might find odd, and rightfully so. For instance, I prefer The Eagles over Led Zeppelin, blasphemy I know – ‘The Dude’ would not abide by my choice [...]
From the opening moments of Karma Never Sleeps, I the Mighty demands your attention. Album opener, ‘The Dreamer,’ comes to life as an atmospheric hum fades into a reverse snare hit, soon swallowed into a vacuumesque moment of silence, that is [...]
On August 6th, 1969, Omaha saw the birth of one of the world’s greatest songwriters. Elliott Smith would go on to release three full length albums with Heatmiser, followed by five full length solo albums, before he ended his [...]
As Cities Burn is a pretty special band to us here at Type In Stereo, or at least to myself (and Chris of course). They belong to an elite fraternity of bands (TREOS being the other) that made [...]
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