Ian Love

In the wake of Tom Petty's untimely death, there have been multiple tributes to the rock legend, and there's a few more coming up in NYC...

Back in spring 2015, NYHC greats Burn reunited for hometown hardcore fest "Black N' Blue Bowl. At the time they were saying they weren't sure if it would be a one-off or not, but it looks like it turned into a full-fledged reun...

DOWNLOAD: I Is Another - "Prayed For You" (MP3) Jonah w/ Far at Mercury Lounge in 2009 (more by Chloe Rice) Jonah Matranga of Far, Onelinedrawing, New End Original, Gratitude, and who also has performs under his own name, has yet another project in the works...

Ian Love of EX-Rival Schools fame (more by Chris La Putt) Rival Schools will be down one pivotal member when they embark on their tour this October with Hostage Calm...

DOWNLOAD: Caspian - "Ghosts of the Garden City" (MP3) Caspian is crescendo-ing their way through a US tour that placed them in Austin during SXSW, and will land the soaring post-rockers in NYC on April 15 at The Studio @ Webster Hall...

Jonah Matranga played his second show in two days in BOTH event spaces at the eclectic Gershwin Hotel on Tuesday, November 11th. Joined by his old friend and past congtributor Ian Love (Rival Schools/Cardia), a drum machine, and an acoustic guitar, Jonah ran through solo material, covers, and songs from his-old-but-currently-reunited band Far...

& Zach Dilgard RS by Chris La Putt RS by Zach Dilgard After running up and down the stairs of the Knitting Factory to run an errand for the band, I ran backstage and caught a huddled Rival Schools preparing for their set...

We have been kind of talking about getting back together, or really continuing on from the work that we had done, for like years. We did some rehearsals like maybe a year and a half or two years ago, and then we did some demos and we have been taking these baby steps...

DOWNLOAD: Rival Schools - "Take One For The Team" (MP3) "So yeah, I draw the line at Quicksand". - Walter Walter Schreifels. Sam Siegler...

Walter Schriefels' short-lived post-Quicksand project, Rival Schools, have reunited to record some new tunes and lined up a seven date tour of the UK leading up to an appearance at the Hove Festival in Norway...