Post-hardcore
Video Premiere: Colored Moth – ‘Whataboutism’
July 11, 2019 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from noise rockers Colored Moth.
10 Bands That Great Falls Want to See On Their West Coast Tour
April 2, 2019 Shane Mehling
Great Falls count down the sets they’re most excited to see on their US tour.
Portrayal of Guilt Reflect on “Let Pain Be Your Guide,” Share Favorite 2018 Releases
December 31, 2018 Emily Bellino
Portrayal of Guilt ended 2018 with a bang, celebrating the release of Let Pain Be Your Guide. Read a new interview with the band.
Track Premiere & Interview: Great Falls – ‘Kettle Logic’
November 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Great Falls return with “Kettle Logic.”
Track Premiere: Portrayal of Guilt — “Among Friends”
October 24, 2018 Shawn Macomber
You’ll be glad you’re not their enemy when you hear “Among Friends” from Portrayal of Guilt.
Q&A: Erdve’s Vaidotas & Kristijonas Reflect On Happiness
February 19, 2018 Chris Dick
Lithuanian post-metallers Erdve are heavy on introspection (and riff) on new album, Vaitojimas.
How Denver Post-Hardcore Brawlers Fathers Found Their Fighting Spirit
February 14, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Are you mad as hell and not going to take it anymore? Denver’s Fathers is here to help.
Full Album Stream: NY In 64 – ‘The Gentle Indifference of the Night’
May 25, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the entirety of instrumental hardcore/post-metal crew NY in 64‘s sophomore LP, The Gentle Indifference of the Night.
Full Album Stream: Horseneck – ‘Heavy Trip’
February 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Horseneck marry sludge and post-hardcore with a host of other sounds to craft their memorable first record, Heavy Trip.
Goes Cube
November 21, 2016 Adrien Begrand
Shadows Swallowed the Flood
One more for the road
dB rating: 8/10
Noteworthy Cause Alert: Campaign To Reissue Early Craw Catalog
May 20, 2015 Justin Norton
One of the most intriguing post-hardcore bands to emerge in the 90s was Craw. However, their first three records — considered by many to be American underground classics — have been out of print for more than a decade.
Empty Flowers Song Premiere/Track By Track
September 10, 2013 Shawn Macomber
So Randy Larsen and Bernie Romanowski from long-running noisecore antiheroes Cable launched a new project a little while back called Empty Flowers to explore 90s-style smart, seething gut-punch post-hardcore. And the mix actually works! Really fucking well! The band’s debut, Six, created some impressive atmospheres and undercurrents, but the sophomore release Five sees Empty Flowers…
Knuckle Dragger vs. the Bad Wee Bastard
March 20, 2012 Shawn Macomber
There could have been no better producer for We Are Knuckle Dragger‘s debut album than Steve Albini
What it Takes to Be a Chump
August 16, 2011 Shawn Macomber
I first learned of The Chumps at the dog park across from the basketball court where the opening sequence to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was shot — an appropriate setting, it turns out, considering how closely the band’s driving noise rock mirrors the churn, play, and occasional snarl of a large pack of pooches…
Live Like A Homicide
August 9, 2011 Shawn Macomber
I’m not trying to hate on Peter Frampton here, but I’ve been a bit leery of the entire live recording subgenre ever since I stumbled upon the devastating news that my favorite live album (Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide) wasn’t actually a live album. (What, was “Mama Kin” a song about the recording engineer’s “fuckin’…