Norman Brannon

Thursday played 'War All the Time' with Rival Schools & Keith Buckley's new band Many Eyes in NYC (pics, review)

Playing a classic album in full for its 20th anniversary already makes a tour extra special, but that was only one of three major reasons that Thursday’s War All the Time tour was one for the books.

Watch Walter Schreifels, Norman Brannon & more discuss Quicksand's 'Slip' turning 30

A 75-minute panel discussion on Quicksand’s ‘Slip’ went down at Generation Records, hate5six’s Sunny Singh filmed the whole thing, and the video premieres right here.

Turnstile's Brendan Yates reflects on 2+ years since 'Glow On' in in-depth interview with Norman Brannon

As Turnstile reportedly begin work on a new album, vocalist Brendan Yates has given an in-depth interview about how far the band has come, sensitivity in hardcore, touring with blink-182, and more.

Ned Russin discusses Title Fight never technically announcing a breakup in 'Anti-Matter'

”We’ve never said ‘hiatus,’ we’ve never said ‘broken up,’ we’ve never said any of those words.”

Norman Brannon on why 2023 was the time to bring back his '90s hardcore fanzine

Texas Is The Reason’s Norman Brannon relaunched his legendary ’90s hardcore fanzine ‘Anti-Matter’ for its 30th anniversary, and he joins us on the BV podcast to talk about all things hardcore then and now.

Texas Is The Reason's Norman Brannon relaunches 'Anti-Matter' zine as online newsletter

”I believe that this work is unique and has value, and I believe that, together, we can prove that an independent, reader-supported model can be a sustainable path forward for hardcore media,” Norman says.

7Seconds reissue 'Walk Together, Rock Together' w/ book ft. Ian MacKaye, Walter Schreifels & more

Hardcore legends 7Seconds are continuing their reissue campaign with a reissue of 1985’s classic ‘Walk Together, Rock Together,’ which comes with a book featuring Ian MacKaye, Walter Schreifels, Descendents’ Milo Aukerman, Tony Hawk, and more…

My Chemical Romance played 2 Barclays Center shows w/ Thursday (night 2 pics, video, setlist)

Sunday’s show included My Chemical Romance’s first performance of ”Desert Song” since 2008.

Notable Releases of the Week (6/24)

This week’s Notable Releases include Soccer Mommy’s art rock-leaning, Oneohtrix Point Never-produced ‘Sometimes, Forever,’ Joan Shelley’s gorgeous new folk album, Candy’s noisy metallic hardcore Relapse debut, and more…

New exclusive vinyl: New End Original's (Far, Texas Is The Reason, etc) 'Thriller' on limited purple 2xLP

New End Original’s (members of Far, Texas Is The Reason, and Chamberlain) sole album ‘Thriller’ is a true gem of early 2000s, and we’re thrilled to be teaming with them on a new translucent purple vinyl repress of it…
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