Charlotte Sands has been teaming up many pop-punk stalwarts this year–think Aaron Gillespie (Underoath), Kellin Quinn (Sleeping With Sirens), Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday), John O’Callaghan (The Maine)–but she’s also ragingly successful on her own. In this Riot Fest interview, Sands talks about the power of collaboration and standing out from the crowd.
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The Tulsa, Oklahoma emo-pop band, Cliffdiver, released their debut album Exercise Your Demons in the spring. Cliffdiver got a chance to promote songs on the album while playing live at Riot Fest, where they gave this interview.
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I talked with No Trigger at Riot Fest about their new album, Dr. Album.
Read More “No Trigger at Riot Fest” Jagwar Twin released his second album, 33, yesterday. Last week he sat down with me at the Firefly Music Festival to talk about the new album, Hall of Mirrors, and NFTs.
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I talked with Oxymorrons at Riot Fest. The boys play Punk Rock Charades (acting out the titles of songs by bands playing Riot Fest). They also talk about their up-coming EP Mohawks & Durags out September 24th. The band is unabashedly as proud of the genre-bending as they are about advocating for mental health issues.
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Ilan Rubin (Nine Inch Nails, Angels & Airwaves, The New Regime) talks about making it work from home in a new video interview.
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I had the chance to do a bunch of quarantine videos, here are the latest:
I did a new video interview with the Chicago punk band The Run Around.
Today’s video interview is with The Pink Spiders.
The Pink Spiders hit it big in the mid 2000s, rocked the Warped Tour stage, and are back with their new album Mutations. They are currently on tour with The Dollyrots.
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Today’s video interview is with Illiterate Light.
Illiterate Light is an indie rock band that hails from Virginia. The duo has been making music for about a decade now, and their latest track “Sometimes Love Takes So Long” comes out tomorrow.
Today’s video interview is with Wage War.
Wage War will be releasing their new album, Pressure, on August 30th via Fearless Records and yesterday they premiered a new song, “Me Against Myself.” Learn more about the band in this interview from the Warped Tour’s 25th Anniversary show in Atlantic City.
Today’s video interview is with Caamp.
Caamp is an Americana act on the rise with their recent release of By and By coming out last Friday. In this chat from the Firefly Festival, the band talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the music business.
Today’s video interview is with Grizfolk.
Grizfolk is a Swedish-American rock band that is making waves with their recent release Rarest of Birds. In this interview from the Firefly Festival the band talks about why music streaming is so dominant in 2019.
Today’s video interview is with Liily.
Liily are an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. In this interview from Bonnaroo, the band talks about how the music scene is evolving and where it sees itself within it.
Today’s video interview is with The Starting Line.
The Starting Line are back and riding high on their Est. 1999 Tour. The band chats about their legacy at the 25th Anniversary of Vans Warped Tour in Atlantic City, NJ.
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