Andrew Sacher

For decades, aspiring bands were given the same advice: If you want to get noticed, play as many shows as possible. But in the algorithm-driven era, does that wisdom hold up? Haywire would say yes. In 2024, the Boston punk band issued its debut LP, Condit... See more

Wakelee formed in Brooklyn back in 2019, when the members were all still in their early 20s. A couple years earlier, guitarist/vocalist Alex Bulmer had come up with the name—after Demarest, New Jersey's Wakelee Field, a park he and his identical twin brot... See more

This week we got New York Times‘ much-discussed list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters; Thursday’s “Full City Devolución” tour finally hit NYC; The Menzingers and Citizen announced new albums; and more. Hear us talk about this week’s news, ne... See more

Knocked Loose said this past fall that they were “writing,” and today we get to hear their first new song since 2024’s game-changing You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, “Hive Mind.” And it’s not just any new song; it’s a collaboration with rapper Denz... See more

Long Island emo veterans Taking Back Sunday and Bayside go way back, and this year they’ll join forces for the first time in a long time for a spring tour. TBS says: We first started playing shows with Bayside around Long Island and the greater tri-state ... See more