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Interviews

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    Riot Fest 2022: Bad Libs with Stephen Christian (Anberlin)

     Kendra Sheetz
  2. Interview
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    Riot Fest 2022: Bad Libs with Dan Campbell (The Wonder Years)

     Kendra Sheetz
  3. Interview
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    Riot Fest 2022: Bad Libs with Holy Fawn

     Kendra Sheetz
  4. Interview
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    Riot Fest 2022: Bad Libs with Cliffdiver

     Kendra Sheetz
  5. Interview
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    Riot Fest 2022: Bad Libs with Jim Ward of Sparta

     Kendra Sheetz
  6. Interview
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    Holyfangs Talks Debut EP, Recording the Album, Naming The Band, & More
  7. Interview
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    The Mons Talk Split with Fastplants, Best Chicago Bands, & Future Plans

     Kendra Sheetz
  8. Interview
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    No Matter Talks Belfast, Songwriting During the Pandemic, & More!

     Steve Long
  9. Interview
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    Terry Morrow (The Reaganomics) On Writing A Musical Inspired By “The Lottery” During Quarantine

     Kendra Sheetz
  10. Raptors
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    Raptors Talks Pandemic Recording, Their New Album, & Best of LA

     Kendra Sheetz
  11. Interview
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    Andrew Paley Interviews Bridge City Sinners, Announces Tour Dates
  12. Interview
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    Steadfast Talks Latest Release, Pandemic Hurdles, & Bizarre Influences

     Kendra Sheetz
  13. Interview
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    Trever Keith on Thirty Years of Songwriting and New Face To Face

     Jason Stone
  14. Interview
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    Cables & Arms Talks New Album, Songwriting, the Pandemic, & More!

     Steve Long
  15. Total Massacre
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    Total Massacre Streams & Talks New Political Single, “Cocaine Mitch”

     Kendra Sheetz
  16. Interview
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    Attic Salt Premieres New Music Video for “Undiscovered,” Talks Upcoming Album, Local Bands, & More!

     Kendra Sheetz
  17. Interview
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    Chris Cresswell Talks Joining HWM during Fest, Balancing Two Bands, How Music Keeps Luring Him Back In, & More

     Jason Stone
  18. Interview
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    Hot Water Music Talks 25th Anniversary Shows, Their Beginnings, A Planned Hiatus Gone Awry, & More

     Jason Stone
  19. Interview
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    Craig Shay Talks Upcoming Solo Album, Song Retrospectives, & More

     Will Malkus
  20. Interview
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    Kill Lincoln Talks Future of DIY music, Recording in a Pandemic, Their New Release, & More!

     Will Malkus
  21. Interview
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    Pity Party Talks New Album, Advocacy, & Empathy In Communities

     Kendra SheetzTy Dykema
  22. Interview
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    Vagabonds Talks Releasing A New Record During A Pandemic, Growth, & The Space in Between

     Ty Dykema
  23. Blind Adam and the Federal League
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    Adam Gogola of Blind Adam & The Federal League Talks Benefit Stream Series, Giving Back During The Pandemic, & More

     Ty Dykema
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    Abner Talks Upcoming EP, Being In It For The Long Haul, and Quitting Your Day Job

     Ty Dykema

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Love Songs Of The Month

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Scene Around

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I Wanna Wear Your Skin

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One Band, 5 Songs

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You Oughta Know

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enough.

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Gloom Tunes

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Up The Pets

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At Odds

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Matt, Don't Drink It

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PBR with Erin

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Decent Panini

Some sandwiches are bad. Some paninis are decent. Kyle reviews them all!
Punx Who Panic

Our staff opens up about their struggles with mental health.
The Bottom End

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Flavor of the Weak

The memoirs of a career roadie.
Four Tours & Seven Beers Ago

An ongoing anthology of tour diaries.
Awful Sounds and Shitty Jokes

Unabashedly pretentious musings on noise, shitposting, and other cultural forces.

One Year Ago Today

  1. Interview
    Interview

    HUMANHEAD Wants Your to ‘Feel It All’ at Doll Fest

     Kendra Sheetz

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