All The Good Stuff

Send in your music story! A great heavy song doesn’t just hit hard, it tells the truth. We sit down with Chaz, the artist behind Get Out Alive, to talk about the real stories hiding inside the riffs, including the personal struggle and faith journey that shaped “Death Has Been Defeated,” plus the boundary-setting message at the center of “Hornets Nest.” We also get practical about what it takes to build a modern rock and metal project without burning out. Chaz explains why he chose a solo pr...

Send in your music story! We’ve somehow turned into full-time music judges, and the bracket is only getting messier. Part three is where we stop debating the obvious winners and start arguing about redemption: which artists who already lost deserve a second chance and why. It’s the kind of debate that sounds simple until you’re staring at names like Pink Floyd, Blink-182, Pearl Jam, and System Of A Down and realizing you can only save two. Along the way, we take the detours that make Hook an...

Send in your music story! A great rock record does not just hit hard, it moves. We’re joined by Blake, guitarist of Joyous Wolf, to talk about the band’s first full-length LP In Between (out August 21) and why the album feels designed for a front-to-back listen even in a single-driven world. We dig into the story behind standout tracks like Karma and Juniper, how a “pretty” intro can become a heavy verse, and why sequencing matters when you want an emotional arc instead of a playlist of disco...

Send in your music story! Somebody gets “killed off” by food poisoning, Florida delivers a hit and run story before breakfast, and then we do what we always do: turn the chaos into a music debate you can’t stop listening to. While Chris is out, we run Round Two of our music bracket with the kind of honesty that makes brackets dangerous, because once you say a pick out loud you have to live with it. We dig into Ariana Grande’s new album Petal and argue about what happens when production goes ...

Send in your music story! 64 artists enter a bracket and every single loss deletes an entire catalog. That’s the game, and it sounds fun until you actually have to choose. We kick off our Ultimate Band Showdown by setting the rules, admitting our biases, and realizing our “criteria” is basically a mix of unskippable songs, nostalgia, and whether a band can carry your mood from cleaning day to late-night drives. Before the bracket bloodbath, we share life updates, car trouble, tech glitches, ...

Send in your music story! Some movies are unforgettable because of the plot. Others because of the songs. The real all-timers are the ones where the music and the story become the same thing, and that is exactly the argument we get into while ranking the top 10 greatest movie soundtracks of all time. We kick things off with real-life chaos and quick hits from the music world, including Michelle Branch returning with a new album and tour, plus a wild stat showing vinyl and vintage music playe...