A Slow, Dumb Show

Sorry for the delay in my writing this, I've been keeping myself busy with some other stuff (like this brief history of trap music  that went up on XXL last week!) and I haven't been able to devote too much time to this blog. That kinda sucks, because I don't have a ton to say about this particular release. But let's press on anyway! A few weeks ago, I wrote about Atreyu and the more-metalcore side of the "scene." Today's band is more along the lines of the punk/post-hardcore side of said scene. Let's dive into some Chiodos. Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet  (Equal Vision Records, 2007) Genres:  post-hardcore, emo, progressive rock Producer(s) : Casey Bates RYM Rating: 2.77/5 (ranked 3/4 in band's catalog) Sputnik Rating: 3.1/5 (ranked 3/4 in band's catalog) Weeks at #1: One (week of September 22, 2007) I never really "got" Chiodos. I had plenty of friends who dug them. I went to high school in Saginaw, Michigan

if anything Dan Jacobs has a cool lookin' guitar (via  Alterna2 on flickr ) Sorry for yet another delay in this series. Between the holiday and helping cover Michigan's Final Four run at GBM Wolverine I've been a little busy. I'm excited to get back into this, though this week's probably gonna be a bit shorter. Next week should be a pretty big week for content, though. I've got some stuff I want to get started on Monday. This week begins a two-week journey into the scene. In case you're not familiar with it, "scene" is essentially the subculture associated with Hot Topic, so a lot of more popular post-hardcore, pop punk, emo and metalcore bands tend to be lumped in with that subculture. Scene kids have gotten a lot of crap over the years because they dress differently and a significant amount of them are teenage girls (people HATE things that teenage girls enjoy). I used to make fun of the Damn Weird Emo Kids, but then I became friends wit