Did BU Now really interview Michael Jackson?
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Review of the Black Kids much buzzed about full length album, which continues to showcase the groups dance rock element, with anthemic choruses and word play that would make a Brooklyn battle rapper envious.

That’s right. They are together again. Mark Hoppus, Tom Delounge, and Travis Barker have decided to leave all their animosity behind and bring back Blink-182. It was the news that many loyal fans have been starving to hear for four years: “Blink-182 is back!” These words from bassist and singer, Hoppus, at the 2009 Grammy Awards, were like music to the ears of fans who thought they would never see the day their beloved Blink-182 would be reunited. The trio stood on stage together and proceeded to announce the nominations …

Forty years from now, our grandchildren will sit perched on our laps listening to our story about the day when everything changed. We will paint for them a vivid picture detailing exactly where we were and what we felt at that historic moment.

A Farewell Rescue

A Farewell Rescue’s debut full-length album, “Never Meet Your Heroes,” isn’t exactly hot out of the recording studio, but it’s starting to gain some serious attention, which makes it seem new.  Originally debuted last summer, the band’s label, Snapdragon Records, put it back in stores and gave it a second push in mid-September of this year.
The second time around, drummer of A Farewell Rescue, Jordan Rhoads said, “We haven’t gone out of our way to see if it’s being sold in much larger retailers.” He then spoke of …

Written by: Katie Goodling
Keith Lynch is no stranger to independence. 
As a one man indie rock/pop band, Lynch recently released his fifth album, “In Direct Communication,” under the moniker Unknown Component.
Hailing from Iowa, Lynch wrote and recorded the entire 10 track album without the help of a band, producer and a high tech recording studio.
Although Lynch lacked most of the financial and creative support most well known artists enjoy in the music business, he has pieced together a fluid, entertaining and thought provoking soundtrack.
Throughout the entire album, Lynch keeps the listener …

By: Brendan Schaller
When considering the modern sound of punk rock, chances are you’d expect the same recycled sound that you’ve heard from countless imitators attempting to fit into a well-worn stereotype.
No bullshit. The Gaslight Anthem is something new.
Hailing from New Brunswick, New Jersey (which has brought you bands like Thursday, Lifetime and Pavement), the boys of TGLA have made music influenced by fellow New Brunswick punk natives, The Bouncing Souls, but more noticeably, New Jersey hero Bruce Springsteen.  Songs on the band’s newest album, “The ’59 Sound,” reference artists like …

The genre “indie” is one so broad that it’s a bit meaningless. Nevertheless it’s necessary, at least as an introduction, to categorize the band Department of Eagles as “indie.” Though, the adjectives folk, experimental and McCartney Beatles-esque (the latter needs elaboration and song specification but is true, I feel) will give you an idea, maybe a vague one, of what their new album “In Ear Park” sounds like. “In Ear Park,” released earlier this month, has a sound that is autumnal, organic and intricate— with layers of reverb drenched acoustic …