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The Best Songs of 2024 with Ned Russin of Glitterer
For this final conversation of 2024 (and the foreseeable future), Ned Russin and I each pick our three favorite songs of the year and discuss them—with…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy
Before he became a pop culture figure, Pete Wentz was a staple of Chicago's hardcore scene in the '90s. If you talk to him now, you'll know: His heart…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Dan Campbell of The Wonder Years
He started his band as a joke, but 17 years later, Dan Campbell has become one of our community's most honest, incisive, and dead serious lyricists…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Bryan Garris of Knocked Loose
They've broken every ceiling a hardcore band has ever broken, but Bryan Garris refuses to discard the DIY idealism that birthed Knocked Loose. That…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Vinnie Stigma of Agnostic Front
A new memoir dubs him "the most interesting man in the world," but the reality of being Vinnie Stigma is a lot more down-to-earth: He has only ever…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Chris Evenson of Sense Field
Sense Field spent their early days convinced the hardcore scene would reject them—only to become one of our best-loved bands. Chris Evenson remembers…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Craig Wedren of Shudder to Think
On the 30th anniversary of Pony Express Record, Craig Wedren looks back on the era with more wonder than regret. To say he simply "survived" the…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré
On Touché Amoré's new album, Jeremy Bolm explores the pernicious dread of modern living through a deeply personal lens. The hardest part, he says, is…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Patrick Kindlon of Drug Church
He is widely recognized as one of hardcore's most cutting and provocative figures. But there is compassion in Patrick Kindlon's critiques.
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Tim Kasher of Cursive
He has spent his entire adult life playing in Cursive. Now, only a few weeks after his 50th birthday, Tim Kasher is intent on finding that elusive…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Sami Kaiser of GEL
For a long time, Sami Kaiser wanted to keep their relationship with the public eye relegated to the stage. It's been a journey, but they're ready to…
 • Norman Brannon
In Conversation: Andrew Kline of Berthold City and Strife
Having scaled the heights of hardcore in the '90s, Andrew Kline saw how a "career mindset" can ruin a good thing. Now, he sees only two modes: Do it…
 • Norman Brannon
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