My Chemical Romance

This May, El Paso alt-rock veterans Sparta – currently comprised of founding members Jim Ward (vocals/guitar/keyboard) and Matt Miller (bass), in addition to drummer Neil Hennessy, who joined the fold in 2023 – released Cut A Silhouette, their sixth full-length and arguably best since 2002 debut LP Wiretap Scars,...

The last time I caught up with our phriends Bandits on the Run — the trio of Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn, who began their musical career as NYC buskers a decade ago — they were touring the recently released The Shakespeare Tapes, an EP inspired...

Our Philadelphia Phillies spent this past swampy summer weekend in Washington DC, where the President of the United States has deployed the National Guard to police the nation’s capital.  And, in a fitting dystopian twist, this past Friday night, the Phillies’ home of Citizens Bank Park hosted My Chemical...

I vividly remember five years ago, a quartet of teens looking like the supporting cast of Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine thrusting their way through a beyond-sold-out Kung Fu Necktie (and an exceptionally sweaty and crusty cast of punks there to see A Giant Dog) to take the stage of...

“I think my favorite reactions are the ones that tend to be slightly confused, like, ‘This is pop punk,’ then, ‘This is totally not pop punk,’ or ‘Oh, shit, they’re heavy!  I didn’t know they were that heavy,” says Ashrita Kumar, vocalist of Pinkshift, regarding the way their music...