NO SKIP REVIEWS
Welcome to No Skip Reviews, a space where we only talk about the albums, concerts, and artists we genuinely love. This isn’t about critique or tearing anything down. It’s about celebrating the records we play front to back, the live sets that left us buzzing, and the bands that remind us why we fell in love with the scene in the first place. If it’s here, it’s because we couldn’t skip it and we don’t think you should either.
Boy Throb, TikTok, and the Cost of Virality: What It Means for the Scene
Boy Throb versus the Shadow Baddies - it's this year's biggest boy band battle, not unlike NSYNC vs Backstreet Boys in the 90's. Only this time, something feels different. It’s raising an important question: Are these bands meant to be bands, or are they entertainers first and artists second?
The Most Important Cultural Revolution No One Is Talking About
“This is… incredible.”
Me to my childhood best friend as we descended into the sea of denim and black t-shirts that was the Vans Warped Tour 30th Anniversary in Washington, DC this past summer. For the first time since 2019, droves of music fans descended upon the festival grounds for a weekend of music (loud… music), sweat, and the bizarre, communal catharsis that is the mosh pit.