rock
The Guitar
I decided to learn to play the guitar out of spite. My parents had bought one for me, years ago, but two separate instructors had been determined to use it as a means of teaching me to identify key signatures via Mary had a little lamb, London bridge is falling down, and various beige flavored compositions by other music tutors. I lost interest quickly. All of that changed on the night of my fifteenth birthday.
By Daniel Bradbury5 months ago in Beat
Fenric: Reviving the Spirit of ’90s Britpop with a Modern Alt-Rock Edge
In today’s music landscape, where genres constantly blur and reinvent themselves, Fenric stands out as a band that bridges nostalgia and innovation. They capture the raw emotion of ’90s Britpop while pushing alt-rock forward with a fresh, modern identity. Their music isn’t just sound—it’s atmosphere, memory, and emotion colliding into something unforgettable.
By mysoundMusic5 months ago in Beat
OzParody Music: Raw Punk-Rock Anthems with Unapologetic Energy
For fans of loud, unfiltered rock, 2025 has already proven to be a landmark year. OzParody music has exploded with a steady stream of single releases, each one packed with the raw riffs, gritty vocals, and fearless punk-rock energy that have become the band’s trademark. Instead of holding back for an album, OzParody has chosen to unleash their music track by track—keeping listeners hooked with a flood of bold new anthems.
By mysoundMusic5 months ago in Beat
10 Obscure 90s Rock Albums That Deserve Another Listen
In the past, if you wanted to find old albums, you had to dig through CDs at the used record store and hope you'd uncover a few lost treasures. Today, Spotify hosts thousands of obscure albums that you can check out for free. This includes the 90s alternative rock genre, which has plenty of one-hit and one-album wonders who might've been forgotten without Internet archivists.
By Kaitlin Shanks5 months ago in Beat
10 Eighties Emo Albums That Defined the Genre
Eighties music has a reputation for being bright, sparkly and poppy, but in Washington, D.C., a darker genre was starting to evolve. The first "emotional hardcore" bands emerged from the 80s punk scene, setting the stage for mainstream emo to explode in the 2000s while giving listeners an outlet for their heartache, grief and rage.
By Kaitlin Shanks5 months ago in Beat
For The Family
Introduction I thought it might be fun to create a playlist of family-related songs, possibly veering towards progressive, and artists who are my favourites. So it may be the song title or the artist's name, obviously Family have to be in there, though they have an entry of their own in my Beat stories here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
Brandon Lake: The Chuck Smith of a New Generation?
Is Brandon Lake sparking a Jesus Revolution 2.0 as the Chuck Smith of our time? The original Jesus Revolution began when Chuck Smith welcomed the outsiders of his day into Calvary Chapel. Today, worship leader Brandon Lake may be playing a similar role—tearing down barriers through music, radical love, and collaborations that reach the margins. Could his ministry be the beginning of a new awakening?
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
10 Nineties Emo Albums You Should Hear
I'll admit it: I've been a bad emo kid. Like a lot of millennials, I sincerely thought that emo started in the 2000s, when bands like Taking Back Sunday and Aiden appeared on the scene. However, when I did some research, I learned that emo's roots go all the way back to the mid-eighties.
By Kaitlin Shanks5 months ago in Beat
Brian D'Ambrosio interview
Driven To Keep Creating: A Life of William “Bear” Rinehart By Brian D'Ambrosio Son of a preacher, William Rinehart grew up in Seneca, South Carolina, at the high foothills of the Appalachians. His mother taught piano lessons. His father played the trumpet. Music was a mixture of gospel, rural hillbilly, bluegrass, and rock and roll, all slammed together. At age 13, his job on the weekends was to vacuum the old ugly carpet at the church and he liked it when the congregation left their instruments strewn about. In between spells of cleaning, he would pick up a guitar and study the sheet notes.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 5 months ago in Beat
Brandon Lake’s Sevens: A Prophetic Anthem of the Jesus Revolution 2.0
Introduction: The Sound of Truth When the first riff of Brandon Lake’s Sevens from his King of Hearts album drops, it doesn’t feel like the start of a worship set — it feels like a revolution. 🔥 The guitars roar, the drums thunder, and the lyrics cut straight to the heart. This isn’t polished background music for Sunday morning; it’s prophetic fire wrapped in heavy rock. And that’s the point. Brandon Lake is stepping into the role of a modern-day prophet, using raw sound and unflinching truth to awaken a generation.
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
Slumerican Symphony: Yelawolf, Redemption, and the New Southern Outlaws
Part I: The Architect - Michael "Yelawolf" Atha Gadsden to Antioch - Forging an Identity The artistic identity of Michael Wayne Atha, professionally known as Yelawolf, is not a constructed persona but the direct, almost inevitable, result of a life defined by instability and cultural collision. His biography is the foundational mythos of the Slumerican movement, and to understand the latter, one must first deconstruct the former. Born in Gadsden, Alabama, to a mother who was only 16, with a father who "was nowhere to be found," Atha's childhood was a crucible of constant motion. The family roamed so frequently that by the time he left high school, he had attended 15 different schools, a nomadic existence that instilled in him a relentless forward momentum, a "shark-like quality — to swim is to breathe".
By Sunshine Firecracker6 months ago in Beat
