Andrew Sacher

Menomena have made a surprise return with their first new EP in 12 years, The Insulation. It features three songs, with each member taking lead vocals on a different track: Danny Seim sings the title track, Justin Harris sings “Copious,” and Brent Knopf sings “Caravan.” It finds the Portland, OR’s…

Paramore are now an independent band for really the first time in their nearly-20-year career, and their first act as an indie: Record Store Day ambassadors. RSD is this Saturday (4/20), and ahead of that, we caught up with Hayley Williams and Zac Farro over Zoom, with Taylor York chiming…

Japanese post-rock vets MONO have announced their twelfth album, OATH, due June 14 via Temporary Residence Ltd (North America, Japan), Pelagic Records (UK/EU), and New Noise (China) (pre-order). The 11-song, 71-minute album was recorded and mixed with longtime collaborator Steve Albini, and the 98-second album teaser video (made by EarthQuakerDevices)…

Back in late 2022, Chicago pop punk vets Sludgeworth (members of Screeching Weasel) reissued their post-breakup 1995 Lookout! Records compilation Losers of the Year on Red Scare Industries, and now they’re set to release a 7″ with new music for the first time in over 30 years! The two-song “Together…

The first quarter of the year is a wrap, we just posted a list of 55 albums we’re anticipating this spring, and today we review some of those albums, plus a whole lot of other ones. With 13 reviews in Indie Basement and the 9 I highlight below, that’s a…

Soul Glo have just released a Tiny Desk Concert, and according to NPR’s Lars Gotrich, it’s the first time they’ve ever had a hardcore band do so: We have hosted rap legends, Broadway musicals, pop stars, world-renowned classical musicians, indie rockers and folkies — there’s a universe of music at…

Greyhaven have announced a new EP, Stereo Grief, due April 12 via Solid State Records (pre-order), following two albums for Equal Vision. The first single is “The Welcome Party,” which fuses heavy metalcore/post-hardcore with soaring melodic vocals and tech-y, tapping guitar riffs. Vocalist Brent Mills says: It’s a classic Greyhaven…

Jonah Matranga is a busy guy. Not only does the Far/onelinedrawing vocalist have a new album on the way with UK band Sons of Alpha Centauri, he’s also one of many emo/post-hardcore guest vocalists on the upcoming star-studded album from Plutocracy Planet, the “super-collective” led by Alarm Magazine editor and…

Last time we heard new music from Braid’s Chris Broach, it was with his electronic pop project SNST, but now he’s returning to the guitar and his own name for a series of singles and splits with a variety of bands and labels. “It’s a different approach to how I’ve…

A Day To Remember have announced a headlining arena and amphitheater tour, dubbed ‘The Least Anticipated Album Tour,’ and they’re taking out some very cool bands from the current hardcore scene on select dates: Scowl, Militarie Gun, and Pain of Truth. They’ve also got direct support from long-running pop punk…