The Daily Frequency (6/30/15)

Posted by admin on Jun 30, 2015 in Featured, Latest, News, Noise, Reads | 1 comment

–Written by Kevin Madert

Another day, another deluge of musical happenings. If we missed a piece of music-related news that blew your mind, let us know in the comments!

1. From the “better late than never” department, technology übercompany Apple threw their hat into the digital streaming ring with the launch of Apple Music. Users are granted unlimited access to the tens of millions of songs in Apple’s formidable library for a monthly fee ($9.99 for individuals, $15.99 for a family account that allows up to six simultaneous users). While we’ll probably be given all sorts of exclusives thanks to Apple’s deep pockets and industry clout – Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, for example, will be available for streaming for the first time ever via Apple Music – the service still lacks in some areas – there’s not much social interaction (a lá Spotify) and the music streams in 256kbps (320kbps is the norm). The company is offering free three month trials for all first-time users, so you can decide for yourself if Apple Music is the next big thing or simply another lackluster wave (*cough* Tidal *cough*). (via Time)

Review: Dance Gavin Dance – Instant Gratification

Posted by admin on Apr 18, 2015 in Featured, Latest, Noise, Reviews | 0 comments

There aren’t many albums out there these days that have true staying power. Music has become disposable like most everything else. There are so many good bands out there putting out good music so rapidly that there is little reason to stay loyal to any one album for an extended period of time, lest you might miss the next remarkable flash in the pan. Not to sell the music short, of course, but it’s become so easy to record good music and make it accessible, that so many artists are putting out such highly quality music all the time. It seems like every week a new album of the year contender is released. Team this up with society’s collective ADD, and you get music that gets tossed aside like a day old newspaper.

News: August Burns Red Release First Single Off Upcoming Album

Posted by admin on Apr 14, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

This week has already been a rather busy one for new music, and if it were just about any other band, I’d say a metalcore track would have a hard time keeping up against new music from the likes of Brand New and Pianos Become the Teeth, but this isn’t just any metalcore band. This is August Burns Red. Though they do have quite the act to follow after previous album, Rescue & Restore, which was nothing short of ground breaking.

While this new album is more of an aggressive, straightforward metalcore track, lacking some of the depth and dynamics of Rescue & Restore, it is certainly not without it’s merits. It is, of course, a brutally heavy track, written by one of the top names in the genre, so it certainly isn’t going to disappoint. But I’m hoping the rest of the album fills some of those niches created by their previous effort, and they keep the innovation coming.

Check out the lyric video for “The Wake” after the jump, and let us know what you think.

Weekend Warm-Up No. 15: Metalcore Edition

Posted by admin on Apr 3, 2015 in Featured, Noise, Weekend Warm-Ups | 0 comments

–Words and list by Mike Hogan

I’ve been on a bit of a roll with metalcore this week (you can blame August Burns Red for that one). It’s seen me revisiting the genre, and listening to some of my favorite albums, whether old and new. As we prepare to begin our weekend, I figure there’s no better way to get pumped than some good ol’ breakdowns and ridiculous guitar work.

So here are 10 tracks that’ll get any circle pit started, almost all from bands that you can go out and see live right now. Enjoy, and as always let us know what you think; we’d love to hear what songs you would have chosen for this playlist!

In Case You Missed It: August Burns Red – Rescue & Restore

Posted by admin on Apr 2, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

-Written by Mike Hogan

Earlier this week, veteran metalcore act, August Burns Red, announced that they would be releasing their next album on June 30th, which is truly excellent news if this album maintains the momentum the band picked up during Rescue & Restore, their most recent release. Oddly enough, while Rescue & Restore has been the band’s best performing album to date, for one reason or another, it never quite grew out of the shadow cast by their 2007 release, Messengers. I have to say though, I can understand how thing happened, Messengers really shook up the metalcore scene when it came out 8 years it. It brought the technicality of the genre up to never before seen levels; it introduced a new formula to metalcore, one that would perpetuate the genre’s sound to years to come.