Noise Complaint How The Get Up Kids and an Xbox Demo Disc Changed My Life By Ben Sailer • December 3rd, 2024 One afternoon when I had nothing else to do, I popped in a sampler of the snowboarding game Amped, and discovered a couple tracks from The Get Up Kids.
Noise Complaint Marilyn Manson, Middle School Dances, and Small Town Fear By Ben Sailer • October 30th, 2024 I can’t remember if I left and went home after hearing the rules of the game, but I do remember refusing to play, without saying exactly why I didn’t want to join in.
Noise Complaint Exploring New Heaven with Inter Arma By Ben Sailer • August 29th, 2024 Richmond-based metal five-piece Inter Arma have long charted their own path between metal sub-genres. On their sixth record New Heaven, they may have transcended simple categorization altogether, and are much more interesting as a result.
Noise Complaint Better Vibes With Better Lovers By Ben Sailer • July 30th, 2024 Ben goes to see metalcore supergroup Better Lovers and comes away with a renewed affection for his city and the power of the riff.
Noise Complaint Kawaii, Kaiju, and Guitar Pedals: Window Shopping With Effects Bakery By Ben Sailer • June 28th, 2024 Ben falls in love with an impossibly cute guitar pedal company that brings kawaii style and rock and roll together.
Noise Complaint May 2024 By Ben Sailer • May 24th, 2024 There’s no reason to believe there’s some sort of age cutoff where your place on stage has to be replaced with a seat at the bar.
Noise Complaint My Google Home is Cursed: A Cosmic Horror Story By Ben Sailer • April 24th, 2024 When Ben’s smart speaker refuses to play music from specific artists, he begins to believe it’s cursed. Could his delusions of demonic possession be true?
Noise Complaint Militarie Gun Rings the Bell By Ben Sailer • February 27th, 2024 A punk song appearing in a Taco Bell commercial forces Ben to hit the drive-thru while reconsidering the gatekeeping attitude of his youth.
Noise Complaint Age, Angst, and Paint It Black By Ben Sailer • January 26th, 2024 On their latest album Famine, long-running hardcore punk band Paint It Black prove that righteous anger has no age limit.
Noise Complaint On the Outside Looking Into Christian Hardcore By Ben Sailer • November 29th, 2023 Ben wonders what happened to all the Christian hardcore bands that once dominated VFW basements and Hot Topic shelves, and lands on a conclusion that reveals his own ignorance.
