Here are 4 new albums you should know about this week
Hardcore veterans Converge play to their strengths on The Dusk In Us, while Shamir’s Revelations is earnest and…
The 16 most-anticipated albums of November
As 2017 winds to a close, after a year that’s seen the release of thousands of albums—an unusually large number of…
Here’s what’s coming to record stores and streaming services in March
Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…
Wear Your Wounds offers a somber farewell on “Goodbye Old Friend”
While Jacob Bannon is known predominantly as the singer of Converge, the Massachusetts hardcore band that’s set the…
Iconic hardcore album Jane Doe forged a new voice for Converge
Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.
The best rock bands of the ’00s, from Arcade Fire to Zwan
Though we’re only halfway through the ’10s, the ’00s can occasionally seem like a long time ago. (Remember when barely…
Hear a searing new song by United Nations, fronted by Thursday’s Geoff Rickly
United Nations—a post-hardcore supergroup formed by Thursday singer Geoff Rickly, Converge drummer Ben Koller, and…
Dan Harmon talks fellatio etiquette, Playing House pals continue their rounds
Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.
In 1999, Jimmy Eat World closed a decade—and opened the next
In Fear Of A Punk Decade, the punk/hardcore/emo explosion of the ’90s is revisited, remembered, and reassessed, year by…
Young And In The Way debuts its bloody new video for “Final Dose”
It’s been three years since North Carolina’s Young And In The Way released its hardcore-meets-black-metal debut, I Am…
You Fail Me proves hardcore can grow up without losing intensity
Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.