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Caption: MARGOT ROBBIE as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “BARBIE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Right from the bat you can tell that everyone who worked on this movie put their heart and soul into it. The color palette, nostalgic costumes, choreographed dance numbers and diverse characters echo the childhood memories of this iconic doll line. With bright pastels, splendid acting and a…

Anticipation is building for this year’s CAMP PUNKSYLVANIAMUSIC & CAMPING FESTIVAL, taking place in Scranton, PASeptember 1-3, 2023, with a stacked lineup that includes such punk rock luminaries as The Suicide Machines, A Wilhelm Scream, Tsunami Bomb, Bad Cop Bad Cop, War On Women, The Dollyrots, The Bar Stool Preachers, Belvedere, Mikey Ergand more. Founded in 2019 and run by the all-female…

John 5 and the Creatures Announce’s SINNER TOUR 2022

John 5 and the Creatures will be hitting the road on the Sinner Tour in support of their album, ‘Sinner.’ The band consists of guitarist John 5 alongside bassist Ian Ross and drummer Alex Mercado. Opening for them on 15 of the 27 stops are The Haxans – the spooky rock duo features New Years Day front woman Ash Costello alongside Rob Zombie bassist Piggy D. John 5 and the Creatures will be…

Exclusive Interview: Static-X (Ep 92)

[This interview was originally aired live on-air on WXLV Radio on 07.19.2019]

Celebrating 25 years since their debut release of ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’ and set as a memorial to their late charismatic frontman Wayne Static, Static-Xis back on the road playing SOLD OUT shows all over the country. Utilizing Wayne’s final vocal recordings, the surviving founding members have been hard at work…

Static-X, DevilDriver, DOPE, and Wednesday 13 Makes Reverb the Hottest Venue in Town

Sunday July 7th.  Reverb – Reading, PA

It’s hard to turn down a chance to see a band you grew up with when they reform after a decade.  Even rarer considering the loss of the most recognizable figure, in this case, Wayne Static of Static-X.  The original line-up has reformed for a round of touring (celebrating 25 years since their debut and best-known album ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’) and work on…

John 5 Invasion 2019 at the Sellersville Theater

An evening of guitar virtuosity was enough incentive to bring me back to one of the area’s nicest venues  The old timey feel of the Sellersville Theaterand the strict seating arrangements lent a feeling of a more focused than usual audience.  Unlike my other time there, the pit area in front of the stage was occupied by tables and stools instead of a standing general admission audience.  The…

The 2018 edition of the Metal Alliance Tour which began on Halloween came to a close on November 30th in Easton, Pennsylvania at One Center Square.

For reasons to be explained later, I was unable to see any of the local openers and much of Gozu’s set. 

For that reason, let’s resume with The Great American Ghostwhich brought intensity to the stage and brought their energetic stage show to…

88 Interview – Exmortis

An interview with Exmortus main man, Conan! There was a lot of ground and we covered every inch of it. There was the new album ‘The Sound of Steel,’ Conan keeping the band going despite being the last original member, Youtube, changing things up, keeping things the same, art, food, being underrated, movies, giving lessons (hit him up on the band’s socials!) and more!!

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Friday, September 7th Reading, PA – Reverb

A violently rainy Friday night couldn’t stop truly devoted metal fans from a show.

Eyes of the Living

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to catch any of Eyes of the Living’s set, as I was….occupied by an interview. They could be heard slightly from up in the green room and an excited concertgoer shared his enthusiasm about them as I stood in line for…

Exclusive Interview: Our Final Warped Tour Interview with Silverstein

Silverstein – Photo by Henry Chung

Over the last decade, there have been a number of bands that have come to define the Warped Tour for a generation. The ever-present Silverstein has certainly done their part to carry the flag.

Silverstein – Photo by Henry Chung

In fact, they’ve done so much, they even came back for a stretch on this final run after doing it just last year.

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Exclusive Interview: Sinking Our Teeth In With Sharptooth

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be torn apart by a velociraptor?

I certainly hope not, that would be an odd and unpleasant thing to dwell on, wouldn’t it?

Perhaps the musical equivalent to this, though, would be experiencing Baltimore’s favorite co-ed hardcore band Sharptooth.

86 Interview - Sharptooth

I spoke to their fiery frontwoman Lauren Kashanand we dove…

Exclusive Interview: Doll Skin

With the overwhelming number of bands at Warped Tour and the limited time, it’s usually easiest to try to just stick with the handful that you’ve known for years. While that can be fine, it can also be rewarding to branch out a little bit and get a glimpse at the next generation.

85 Interview - Doll Skin

Speaking to Sydney Dolezal from Doll Skinwas a joy. Though they may be young,…

Exclusive Interview: Digging Deep with Buz McGrath of Unearth

The last we heard from Unearth, they had put out ‘Watchers of Rule’ in 2014 and had done some touring. That seems par for the course but the landscape around them had shifted.

Most of their New England brethren had undergone some transitions: Killswitch Engage had reunited with their original singer and was starting to build back momentum, dusk fell on Shadows Fall and All That Remains charted a…