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What Jason Aalon Butler Means To Me

As they kick off the new era of Fever 333, and fresh from their storming Download Festival set, writer Yasmine Summan explores why Jason Aalon Butler has had such an important impact on the scene. 2013 was one for the books, let’s say that. A decade later and my hair is still yet to recover from the routine hair-straightening, hairspray, and hair bleaching that came with being an honorary, card-carrying Tumblr emo. On the alternative music front things couldn’t have been better. The “Warped Tou

"We have to bring people together not divide them": Electric Callboy don't mind being tagged a 'novelty' band so long as they can make metalheads smile

Electric Callboy pioneers of ‘dance metal’, meshing EDM and metalcore together to create something that sounds like you put a bunch of metalheads in a bottle, gave them Monster Energy, and shook it all up. They started out in 2010 as ‘Eskimo Callboy’ but rebranded in 2020, replacing original vocalist Sebastian ‘Sushi’ Biesler with Nico Sallach, changing their name, and removing offensive songs from their streaming platforms to be more inclusive. During the pandemic, they became a viral sensatio

The Most Memorable Rock Music Festival Performances of All Time

From Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock to Knocked Loose at Coachella, festival stages bring out the best in musicians. Many artists leave their mark on music history not only through their artistic contributions but also their absolutely iconic stage performances that live on for decades. The grandiose scale of it all, performing not only to hundreds but thousands upon thousands of music lovers, gives more creative freedom for stage design, props, costume changes, and fun pyrotechnics that make for ast

Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds: the songs that changed my life

Whether it's classical ballads or gritty nu metal breakdowns, the eccentric frontman of Enter Shikari’s music tastes are as vivacious the music he makes. Who knew Beethoven was a great way to get pumped before lashing out some killer live shows? With their latest offering A Kiss For The Whole World hitting shelves and streaming services, we’re catching up with Rou Reynolds to talk about the albums that changed his life. “It's a very emotional, nostalgic one. For a certain period of my life, my

Why Do Venues Take Merch Cuts From Bands? - We Asked People Involved

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, the topic of conversation on the minds of bands, fans, venue owners, and on any social media platform you can find is merchandise cuts. It has been a standard practice for years for venues to take a percentage of the money a touring artist makes at their merch stand. The venue sacrifices some of its floor space to allow artists to sell T-shirts, hoodies, vinyl, patches, etc. In exchange for this privilege, the artist must surrender

On Wednesdays We Wear Black joins the podcast network

As an important voice within alternative culture, hosts Sophie K and Yasmine Summan of the award-winning podcast On Wednesdays We Wear Black have cultivated and nurtured a dedicated following with their unique brand of candor. The conversational series finds an intersection of sex, racism, music and subculture in a way that confronts heady talking points with a sense of honesty and humor. Earning a 2022 Heavy Music Award in the Best Podcast category, the potency of the duo is evident given thei

Every track on Bring Me The Horizon's Sempiternal album ranked from worst to best

2013 was a year jam-packed with epic releases, memorable pop culture moments, internet meme mania and the relief of surviving the 2012 apocalypse (well, not really). Music found itself in quite an interesting place; riding from the explosive high of 00s metal that seemed to dim as quickly as it lit, the early 2010s became something of a cooling-off period for the rightfully exhausted metalcore genre. Once every band you could find on a Warped Tour lineup had played the same riff into its grave,

Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova is reclaiming their body through sex work

WHAT DOES THE MODERN FEMINIST LOOK LIKE? Fourth-wave feminism has long surpassed the righteousness of exposed ankles or fighting against the ‘50s distilled housewife archetype; there have been great strides to overcome the challenges of ascertaining equal rights for women with regard to gender pay inequalities, abortion rights or protecting women from targeted violence — though, that’s still an uphill battle. But bras aren’t being burned, and period blood is no longer being smeared in protest, s

10 incredible alternative albums that turn 10 in 2023

2013 was a monumental year in pop culture, to say the least. Internet and meme culture was starting to peak, with doge images and "Harlem Shake" videos dominating every feed of social media platforms that were just starting to boom, and sites like Tumblr and Wattpad became a breeding ground for an army of unshakeable fandom communities. In music, especially, the year couldn't have been more of a game-changer. As 2000s bubblegum pop, the rise of gloomy nü metal, and mid-00s pop punk all cooled o