Cassie Whitt
United States
United States
The Art Of Asking, released last week via Grand Central Publishing, is Dresden Dolls frontwoman, Kickstarter-exploder and multi-talented artist Amanda Palmer's first non-fiction book, an exploration of identity, art and commerce and human connection. It reads as a moving and shockingly honest part-biography, part-self-help guide where ultimately, through Palmer's experiences, readers can learn that the ...
In this recurring column, we discuss the backstories of some of the scene's most resonant songs with the people who made them. Alkaline Trio's Crimson just celebrated its 10th anniversary. It was a breakthrough album for the band and saw them delving into sleeker production and darker theatrics all culminating arena tours and late night talkshow performances ...
The cloud doesn't stop looming-even at a punk-rock show where the magical cure is supposed to exist. "Are you in your zone?" a friend, noticing I hadn't responded to her meaningfully in a few minutes, asked. I nodded, felt like a jerk and went silent again, nervous-always nervous.
Our scene has a huge problem with girls. One search of the word within our recent Facebook comments will show you all manner of vitriol aimed at young women, including but not limited to: "Calling all Austin Carlile fangirls that don't care about the rest of the band members" "Just because the majority of their ...
As Halloween approaches, many of you will be grabbing your costumes, and perhaps you're going for the classic witch look. At present, it's easy to procure not only a "costume," but a whole witchy wardrobe. Alternative clothing companies make it easy to wear witchcraft literally on your sleeve with endless designs and occult slogans.
It's been three years since New Years Day released previous LP Malevolence, so naturally fans are getting antsy. In today's debut of "Skeletons" from the band's yet-to-be-titled album due out this spring, we see a brand-new NYD, one who mix almost mechanically heavy riffs with free-spirited pop.
