Against Me! White Crosses (2010) Sire Records Rating: If you’ve been a fan of Against Me! since the days of Reinventing Axl Rose (2002) then you were no doubt interested in hearing their follow-up to their first major-label release New Wave (2007). Once again we see a well-deserving Florida band cross the threshold of underground sensation to the [...]

Nestled in the Brickell area of downtown Miami, a short ride from the glamorous, upscale and overly priced entertainment complexes known as nightclubs on illustrious South Beach, there is a venue by the name of Transit Lounge. It sits nonchalantly on 1st Avenue with an authentic open door entrance, two doormen, a minimal cover charge [...]

First off, I want to thank everyone who joined us for the live blogging we did during the Warped Tour this past Saturday. It was really crazy! We were doing a lot and still managed to enjoy ourselves — hope you guys dug it as well. We’re still posting up pictures and video from the [...]

The agenda of Unarmed For Victory’s debut EP Of The Royal And Strange seemingly is to take you through a series of emotions, leaving you in a state of introspection. It’s safe to say that it does this quite well (and quite often). Although not a concept album, the EP does have its relationships between [...]

Missed the first band. Shit. I have to stop doing that. I try to make it, I swear. Anyway, I heard good things about the first band. Someone said they sound like blink-182 meets Pennywise. Sounds weird to me too, but whatever; I could be wrong, I wasn’t there. They’re called Absence of Thought and [...]

On Tuesday June 23rd Go Rydell played at The Talent Farm in support of their debut full-length record, The Golden Age out now on Black Numbers Records. We managed to get an interview with the guys to talk about their band, touring for the new record, their recent signing and the Florida scene. You can [...]

For those who don’t know, Protagonist were recently in a bit of a scuffle. Understatement of the year, I know. Anyway, this show was a benefit to try and aid them in a really shitty time. To Protagonist, hope you dudes keep it going! Protagonist Benefit Show When: June 17, 2010 Where: Rocketown in Pompano, FL Who: Protagonist / [...]

They’re Back. That’s the thought that comes to mind when thinking of Saturday night’s bombshell Cute is What we Aim For concert. After being broken up for a couple of years, this concert has me hoping for the future of this band. It seems to be a breakout year for bands coming [...]

I recently had the opportunity to write up a review for this upcoming issue of WeMerge magazine. I was asked to review local metal-rock band, Sunset City. Be sure to pick up a copy when you see one, NotNorthNews.org has a little ad in there as well. To see where to find a copy of [...]

Nightlights – Long Way Home Anchorless Records & Get Outta Town Records (June 1, 2010) Rating: Warm, chunky, heartfelt bass lines fill my car as the first track, Are you the Keymaster, rolls in. I have a good idea I’m going to dig this. Now, there’s nothing wrong with this idea but the first thing that comes [...]

Have Nots – Serf City USA Paper + Plastick Records (2010) Rating: So, I never heard of this band before, besides my friend Steve saying they were from his hometown of Boston, Ma and that they had some member or members of The Stray Bullets in the band.  Well, the Have Nots really took my ears by [...]

Forget for a moment that the word chillwave exists and bands like Washed Out and Neon Indian are not the brethren of it. It’s almost impossible to not find a review using the word to describe the aforementioned artists and it would be easy to lump MillionYoung (a.k.a. Mike Diaz) into that category, but I [...]

Eulogy Recordings act, Thick As Blood have recently been featured in an interview over at NOISECREEP. They stopped in for a video interview while touring with Earth Crisis in New York in support of their latest release, Embrace. … they were happy to discuss singer Gino’s gold-tooth grill and their nascent days of touring in [...]

Ah, the smell of kids trying way too hard. I love the Talent Farm, really I do, sometimes the crowd can get a bit annoying and pretentious for my taste, but overall it’s a great place, and usually filled with good times. Kevin does a great job of running the place, and it’s [...]

Vails Great Dead Heart (2010) Self-Released I’ve always been a fan of music that kinda has a trippy edge to it.  And when I say trippy I mean something that’s very out of the ordinary. Something that sticks out like a very sore thumb constantly trying to poke through those mental walls that I build for myself every [...]