Hell at The Masquerade
Drug Church
Drug Church is #1, so why try harder? Truer words may have never been spoken (or emblazoned upon merch that may or may not reference a novelty shirt seen on a 1998 Fatboy Slim album cover). For over a decade, Drug Church have been building a very strong case that they’re the best loud guitar…
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Modern Color is a four-piece band from Los Angeles’ South Bay that brings their own brand of energy to post hardcore. Pulling from bands like Deftones, Dinosaur Jr, and Pixies, Modern Color can be as driving as they are delicate, navigating listeners through their distorted and dreamy hooks. Since their start the band has pushed…
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“We’re Soul Blind, from the Hudson Valley,” is how the set starts. And the band makes good on that threat from the first note. Thick, pedal-drenched, and aggressive, Soul Blind take the heaviest elements of their hardcore roots and cut it with Modern Rock. The songs you heard in your dad’s truck are run through…
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While PONY’s genesis can be traced back to 2015, its current incarnation took shape in 2018 when songwriter Sam Bielanski paired with guitarist and collaborator Matty Morand during the writing process for their 2021 Take This To Heart Records debut, TV Baby. In the strange and unprecedented isolation that surrounded the two or so years…
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