A few years back we said something regrettable about Cartel, so this week we try and set the record straight. Cartel is straight up one of the greatest bands alive, and everyone, including ourselves, has slept on them for way too long. From the sensible jeans to the dope riffs, the backwards drum sets to the final chorus (but slower), Cartel slays and we don’t give a freakin heck what your mom says. Put some respect on the name.
BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!
Links:
Say Anything (Else) on AOL Sessions Live
Wonderwall on AOL Sessions Live
Pepto Bismol by Consume the Virus
Songs of the week:
Dying to Know by Justin Courtney Pierre
1950 by King Princess
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Things in the scene started to take a turn around 2007. Punk went crunk, and for a while, there was no stopping it. However, some bands tried to ride the line between the two, and we think that no one did it better than 3OH!3. That’s not to say we enjoy 3OH!3, but they at least made the biggest waves.
Resting somewhere between Attack! Attack! and Brokencyde, 3OH!3 made a space for themselves on the Warped Tour stage where they allegedly met and became close friends with Katy Perry of all people. The 3 of them teamed up in the music video for “Starstrukk” and things got wet.
BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!
Links:
Starstrukk by 3OH!3 Music Video
Behind the Scenes Video of Starstrukk
Katy Perry performing I Kissed a Girl at Warped Tour 2008
Songs of the week:
20/20 by Knuckle Puck
Echoing by Kings of Leon
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2005 was possibly the best year ever for emo music. It certainly was the best year for Fueled by Ramen, as their roster graced us with several masterpieces like All We Know Is Falling. Pressure will remain one of the angstiest, most soul crushing songs in Paramore’s catalog, and even as grown men, it slays our souls.
This week we cover the music video, Tom’s 2007 Warped Tour experience, long nights alone in your mom’s basement, bad jobs, and quitting bad jobs.
BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!
Links:
The All We Know Is Falling Episode
Quitting a Job with a Barbershop Quartet
Songs of the week:
We’re Good by Dua Lipa
Love Story (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift
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We at Reminiscent find that Relient K is often overlooked when discussing greatest acts in the genre from the early 2000s, so we are here once again to give them the praise they deserve. Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been is an absolute banger of a song that is buried DEEP into Mmhmm at track 10 (or is it 11?), which hints at a level of confidence, as if Relient K knew that album was so good that folks would stick around to the end to hear the best track from the 2004 release.
Not only is the song great, the music video is insanity, serving as a trailer to the greatest movie never made. We spent most of this episode trying to figure out the mechanics of the world we are presented with, as week as listing all the ways in which it is and is not like Nickelodeon’s “Clockstoppers”.
BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!
Links:
Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been Music Video
The Chariot Playing on some kid’s roof
Songs of the week:
Breathe by Knuckle Puck feat. Derek Sanders
My Limb by Hayley Williams
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