Alkaline Trio – Agony & Irony indeed

Instead of gushing, I will simply say that the new Alkaline Trio album, Agony & Irony, their first since signing with Epic, is absolutely their best to date. Their trademark dark lyrics are contrasted by some of the catchiest choruses I’ve heard all year so far, and they’re poised to finally take over the [...]

PlayRadioPlay! released from Island Records

On his myspace blog, PlayRadioPlay!’s Dan Hunter announced his departure from Island Records. Hunter also denounces the music industry as a whole, claiming it’s “going the way of the cassette tape.”
While I can agree with him on one level–the industry is pretty fucked, and they’re not adapting to technology and new methods of promotion [...]

Trig.com is where it’s at!

Trig.com is our new savior. MySpace was cool, but I’m sure you will agree when I say it’s so ANNOYING that pretty much every e-mail or comment you receive is spam. I’m missing all the important e-mails from bands and people who are actually our Planet Verge fans because I’m so flooded with fake [...]

How to Avoid Being A Huge Tool

Be literate. Literacy is sexy. Not like this goon, who, despite my page being private, stumbled upon me on myspace and won’t leave me be. Check this crap out:
—————– Original Message —————–From: ?Date: Jan 12 2007 12:33 AMSugar CAndy mountain? Thats freaking awesome!!
So I was amused, because most people don’t understand the [...]