AM Radio: The 2023 Halftime Review
The new Anti-Matter is only three weeks old. In terms of this year's best new music, we've got some catching up to do.
Nothing influenced my decision to bring Anti-Matter back in 2023 more than the absolute wealth of new and current music that have kept hardcore—and all of its splinter groups—alive and well and moving with its eye towards the future. The original Anti-Matter was better known for its interviews, but I’m proud of the fact that some of its music coverage marked turning points of exposure for then-obscure bands like Refused, The Promise Ring, Snapcase, Gameface, and even Sunny Day Real Estate, where I mourned in the summer of 1994 that it was “only a matter of time before the world catches on. Enjoy it while you can.”
I’d like to continue that tradition here, in a feature I’m calling AM Radio, which will be published on the last Sunday morning of every month. I’ll also be keeping rolling playlists of these new music recommendations on Spotify and Apple Music, so feel free to follow along there as well.
For this first installment of AM Radio, I decided to play catch up. I went back and picke…