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To John Kerecz, my FatherMay 16, 2025 Written by: Justin Kereez I was sitting in a cold, dark movie theater with my neighbor, watching Thunderbolts. It’s 11:30 p.m., and my sister was calling me. I silenced the phone, but she called again and again. Then a text: “911.” I crept Read More

  Written by : Lisa Melograno Quiet Time’s “Scheherazade“ is an electrifying, dance-punk anthem that reimagines the ancient tale of Scheherazade through a contemporary lens. As the second single off their upcoming EP “Everyone Is Having More Fun Than Read More

Written by Brian Cronin  Photos provided by Lisa Schaffer The first annual We Live On benefit concert was held on March 13 and March 15 at Ardmore Music Hall (AMH) in Ardmore, right outside of Philadelphia, and was hosted by Dan Fein. The benefit was set up to raise money for Read More

By Patrick Wall Photos by Ryan Russell & Danny Clinch Over the past six years, the boys of Death Cab for Cutie have accomplished more than they ever dreamed. Now on tour promoting their seventh studio album, Codes and Keys, drummer Jason McGerr spoke with Origivation about Read More

By Brian Kindle Photo by Aaron Wojack A few months back, the New York Times ran an odd story about a mystery captivating the city of Miami. It seemed someone had placed a massive grand piano fully upright on a sandbar, surrounded on all sides by the salt waters of Biscayne Bay. Read More

By Ryan O’Connell Photo by Travis Shuggin The three women in Mountain Man are Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath. Their names are not simple, but their music is. The music of Mountain Man is vocally driven, accompanied only by sparse acoustic Read More