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Edgehill on Indie Heartbreak, Van Life, and Why Crying Can Still Be Cool (Interview)

5 Things You Didn't Know, Music News

Some bands grind for years before they find their chemistry; Edgehill found theirs in a single song. Guitarist Jake Zimmermann and vocalist Chris Kelly first linked at a Vanderbilt jam session, where their debut single “Shooting Glances” came together so seamlessly it demanded a full band. With drummer Aidan Cunningham in the fold, the Nashville […]

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Joyce Manor on Emo, Tecate Trucks, and Why They’ll Never Be a ’90s Nostalgia Act (Interview)

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Joyce Manor have always thrived in the gray space between pop-punk urgency and indie-rock introspection. Frontman Barry Johnson, with his wry lyricism and knack for hooks that hit like gut punches, has led the band from sweaty DIY shows in the mid-2000s to becoming cult heroes of the emo revival—though he’d probably roll his eyes

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Kenzo Cregan on Heartbreak, Classic Rock Roots, and Why the Lakers Rule His World (Interview)

5 Things You Didn't Know, Music News

Kenzo Cregan grew up steeped in music history, the kind of kid whose parents casually spun Chuck Berry, Elvis, Bowie, and Prince as if they were household names—which, in his Los Angeles home, they were. The son of two professional musicians, Cregan didn’t just discover rock and roll; he inherited it. Now he’s carving out

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Waterparks Have ‘Big Dreams and a Bigger Bucket List’ (Interview)

5 Things You Didn't Know, New Music

Waterparks don’t just blur genre lines—they smear neon paint all over them and dare you to keep up. Since breaking out of Houston’s DIY scene, the trio—Awsten Knight, Geoff Wigington, and Otto Wood—have built a career on audacious hooks, surrealist humor, and a refusal to play by pop-punk’s old rules. Their songs ricochet from bubblegum

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The Funeral Portrait’s ‘Suffocate City’: How This Unlikely Zoom Anthem Hit No. 1

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By the time The Funeral Portrait’s “Suffocate City” hit No. 1 on the rock radio charts, frontman Lee Jennings was still half in disbelief. “None of us thought the song was actually going to get there,” he explains to SNSMix. “We figured we’d be stuck under Linkin Park for another six weeks.” Instead, on a

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Moonshine Bandits

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We caught up with everybody’s favorite drinking partners, Moonshine Bandits to get to know the men behind the shine. Watch the SNSMix exclusive “5 Things You Didn’t Know” with Moonshine Bandits. BACKSTORY: Since their formation in Los Banos California in 2003, MOONSHINE BANDITS’ blue-collar work ethic and unwavering persistence has seen the band defy the

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