In 2008 Ohio pop punk natives Hit the Lights were on the tip of every ones tongue with their mainstream success Skip School start lights. Fresh off of tour and couple million records sold, Hit the Lights can properly fit themselves with pie that is pop-punk. After signing with their new label Razer & Tie, [...]
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Every now and again and band comes along and sets the bar for themselves, some manage to vault effortlessly over their limitations while others miss and stick with a generic formula (see every band on rise records). But in this case UK natives Enter Shikari are not the latter. They offer a very strange blend [...]
Aurora, Ontario natives Brighter Brightest have really outdone themselves. Having been the stars of the show Discovered on MuchMusic, being signed to Black Box Records, and recording with the infamous Machine in New Jersey, this band knows how it’s done. Brighter Brightest’s album “Right For Me” is probably the pop album of 2011 for Ontarians. [...]
Close Your Eyes – Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts Review
Posted: December 14, 2011 in ReviewsTags: 530 Productions, Close Your Eyes, Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts, Niagara Falls Hardcore
“Woah, woah, you whisper life into my soul.” This line, sung in the song Paper Thin, exemplifies everything this album is about. This album is hard-hitting, powerful, and meaningful. Close Your Eyes is a hardcore band from Abilene, Texas. And this album is going with the theme of “everything is bigger in Texas.” The [...]
Lambs Become Lions – Cicada Review
Posted: December 14, 2011 in ReviewsTags: 530 Productions, Indie, Indoorshoes, Lambs Become Lions, Pop Punk, reviews
With a wide run of influences from past projects (Journey to Aspen, Storyteller, From Man In Ghost and Alexisonfire). Lambs Become Lions, an Indie/Pop group from St. Catharines, ON, are unquestionably something to keep an eye on. With their debut EP entitled “Cicada”, these St. Catharines veterans have something good in their hands, fusing piano [...]
More Of Less – Fight: Redefined Review
Posted: December 14, 2011 in ReviewsTags: A Day To Remember, breakdowns, Hamilton Pop Punk, More of less
More Of Less, from Hamilton, ON, have been working vigorously hard over the past few years and with the band’s third EP entitled “Fight: Redefined” they’ve started to rack up popularity in Niagara. Seven pure songs of solid heavy pop/punk. This band is unquestionably passionate about their music, and it shows through the sound and [...]
