It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.†But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of the word in the … [Read more…]
Isn’t it a little to early for those end-of-the-year or end-of-the-decade critics list? Didn’t September just roll around? August hadn’t even ended before Pitchfork rolled out it’s top singles of the 2000s. Doesn’t it all seem a little too, well, soon? It’s still just September! There are four full months left in the decade! Some … [Read more…]
Breakfast at Sulimay’s is probably the greatest idea for an Internet-based TV program. Kudos to Philly’s Scrapple TV. Here’s what old people think of The Used (as well as KRS-One and The National): The video player provided on the Scrapple Website doesn’t work with WordPress. Instead, click here and scroll to “The Lost Episode.” Below … [Read more…]