The Occurrence - Category: Music

  The Smiths’ nimble guitarist, Johnny Marr, recently announced a new solo album, Playland, for release Oct. 7 on Warner Bros. His majestic work in and out of the confines of the marvelous mod group the...

Image by Andrew St. Clair When tragedy (or mere temper tantrums) leaves bands in the dust, it’s often hard for the members to pick up the pieces and start again. The wounds might be fresh, but...

Random OrderBlack Lipstick KissCat Scratch On July 29th, the lively collective from Toronto known as Random Order will be releasing their 11-track album by the name of Black Lipstick Kiss, and the music is just as...

Ships Have SailedSomedaySelf-released With the lead single, “Midnight,” currently making waves, Los Angeles-based band Ships Have Sailed are gearing up to release their debut 6-track EP entitled Someday. For this EP, the band whisks between elements...

When people talk about things like “auditory landscapes” and “next-level” music, it’s easy to forget that, when you strip away all the pretension and clever language, an artist still has to be talented to make...

BraidNo CoastTopshelf “I don’t want to have to defend my medicine,” sings Bob Nanna on “Light Crisis,” which appears on the first full-length Braid album in 16 years. It’s a rattling but familiar taste of emo that...

South East London-based composer N Wolex is gearing up to release an exclusive 7″ of his single “If You Had” along with a bonus track entitled “No Regrets.” For both songs, Wolex intimately constructs melodies...

Upon receiving word that heart-on-sleeve heavyweights Jimmy Eat World were reissuing many of their classic albums on vinyl this summer, it made us aware that the rumors behind the Great Emo Revival were true. (And...