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Marcello De Feo

Grew up in kitchens, raised in old-school newsrooms, and humbled by dev teams. I write about the lives I’ve lived and the ones I’m still figuring out.

Glassjaw

A hard(core) work ethic 'There's something incredibly earnest about the old-school New York punk scene. The generation of post-hardcore bands, like the Underdogs, the Judges, and the Gorilla Biscuits, prided themselves on their ethics and their message as well as the music they played. Glassjaw, who

mates of state

team boo 'There are no tricks up the sleeves of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. Their love for their music and each other is forthright and unabashed. What you see is what you get. They are a happy band turned happy spouses. Add in the assistance of John Vanderslice,

me first and the gimme gimmes

take a break 'You'd figure by now the joke would've gotten old. It's the same old punk covers of pop songs, the same old "Yeahs" being screamed at the end of songs, the same old heavily distorted power-chord progressions. After all,

the long winters

when i pretend to fall '"When I Pretend to Fall" is a smarmy rock album that borders on falling into the singer/songwriter trap, a phrase that is quickly becoming both overdone and taboo. Lead singer John Roderick has that loud and slightly left-of-center vocal style that,

the new amsterdams

worse for the wear 'Maybe it's sacrilege to say, but "Worse for the Wear" is undoubtedly the most solid piece of work put out by any member of The Getup Kids. Matthew Pryor's musical coequal, The New Amsterdams, is the flipside of the

KISS(r) Kasket

http://www.kissonline.com/kasket 'The men behind the long tongues and makeup just won't give it up, will they? Yeah, yeah, we get it. You want to rock and roll all night and so on. We all do. It's not what they want to

The Easter Egg Archive

http://www.eeggs.com 'As any techie and faithful geek knows, an Easter Egg can be much more interesting than pastel paints and loose change. An Easter Egg, in addition to somehow serving as an iconic symbol of Christ rising from the dead, is also a piece of information