Let’s willfully ignore for a moment that the erasure of Radiohead’s internet presence is not, in fact, a sly piece of marketing for what’s probably a new album. It is so that. (more…)
As one of the primary driving creative forces behind both Jawbox and Burning Airlines, J. Robbins played an essential part in carving out what we now recognize as hallmarks of the D.C. punk sound. (more…)
Unlike regular On Wednesdays We Wear Ink columnist Andy Waterfield, a person who has spent the vast majority of his life caring about comic books and the comics industry as a whole with a passion as deep as the Marianas Trench where the X-Men were made and still live today, I am very much a newcomer to the medium. (more…)
Turnstile’s 2015 LP Nonstop Feeling opens with a decidedly retro-sounding record scratch, followed by a mission statement of sorts: If feeling is what they want, OH YEAH, feeling is what they get! (more…)
Softening the blow of stark political or dark personal messaging by wrapping it in a sun-kissed pop song is nothing new, but Martha may have just perfected the formula with “Goldman’s Detective Agency.” (more…)
Dissonance as an aesthetic choice is an appealing one to many musicians and listeners alike. (more…)
Last night at a show at Toronto’s Mod Club, The Story So Far vocalist Parker Cannon physically kicked a selfie-taking girl offstage during the band’s final song of the evening. This is a real thing that happened; that is a real sentence that was just typed. (more…)
If there’s one benefit to naming your band some variation of a dirty word, well, it’s that it’ll certainly stand out on any flyer or Facebook event page. Kudos to S.H.I.T. for taking advantage of this ever-important marketing technique when there are perhaps more bands competing for attention than ever. (more…)
Deftones released their eighth LP, Gore, today. In their two-plus decades as a band, their music has crossed many genres and subgenres, but from a strictly tonal standpoint, no one would ever mistake Deftones for a punk band. (more…)
After a long, hard day at work, many people often cozy up to their computers, crack open an ice cold beverage and watch several episodes of a television show of which I’m still not even halfway through the season, if I’ve started it at all. (more…)
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Communication drives everything in a healthy, loving relationship. Love is also what makes the inevitable breakdown in communication so painful. (more…)
Hello. In nearly two years The Runout has launched and re-launched and re-relaunched far more times than I care to admit. The reasons are myriad, some personal, others professional. I would not blame you for drawing the conclusion that still, nothing’s going to change around here, that this time won’t actually be different. My vision for an alternative space for thoughts and ideas on punk…
March 2, 2016 | by Bryne Yancey My satisfaction with Noise Complaint varies from week to week. (more…)
March 1, 2016 | by Bryne Yancey Those who say not to read the comments must have never started as one. (more…)
March 1, 2016 | by Bryne Yancey Those who say not to read the comments must have never started as one. (more…)
February 26, 2016 | by Bryne Yancey If there’s one thing rock critics truly love in this world, it’s awarding important-sounding, yet ultimately make-believe platitudes to records they adore. (more…)
