CROSSED WIRES

This week’s flashback features the exact song that sparked my interest in more aggressive music. I was wandering around in middle school with a friend and he told me that I had to listen to a song that he had heard because “They start with synth, and then follow it with guitar, and it’s awesome.” With just that unbelievably vague description, and only because my friend recommended it as “awesome”, I went home to listen to this very song. After I listened to the song I listened to the rest of the album “Alaska”. Then I listened to their older stuff, and then to “Alaska” again. From there I’ve followed the bands every move over the years. It’s hard to describe how important this band is to me. I know it sounds weird and dramatic when people say that. But it’s absolutely the case. This band is really important to me. It’s not a secret to anyone that Between the Buried and Me absolutely oozes talent. But they are a band with an awesome arch of development. When I started listening...

After a great year for new music, I’ve found myself listening to albums on repeat more and more. I’m aware of the popular opinion that the practice of repeat listening could kind of “wear out” the songs, but frankly that rarely happens to me. I stand firm with saying screw it, if it’s good enough to want to listen to it on a loop, I’ll do it. But, in the interest of not seeming like an absolute monster, I’ve decided to switch it up. So I looked back into my iTunes, which is something that I recommend doing. It’s such a trip to look back into your collection. Looking through I found so many forgotten artists. Being that I enjoy finding new bands, it’s inevitable that some will get lost. But the rebirth of these bands was exciting enough to want to share. So in the first installment of Weekly Flashback, I present Mew. Mew is an awesome Danish band that I used to listen to when I was in middle and high school. I honestly have no idea how I found them or who showed them to be, b...