Rarely can a game’s ending evoke the same sentiments I get at a graduation. I love an ending that makes … More
Category: Japan
GSC Presents Our 125 Favorite Albums of 2024
Greetings to the friends of the blog, the artists we cover, and the friends of the artists we cover. Welcome … More
REVIEW: 7th Jet Balloon’s Self Titled Shows They’re as Good as The Emo Bands They Worship
Through the years emo has often been considered a dirty word. Rights of Spring, who many consider the genre’s first … More
GSC Presents: A Dozen Top Notch 2024 Releases You May Have Missed
2024 has been a pretty solid music year thus far, but it has become harder than ever to keep up … More
IN CONVERSATION: Arcadia Grey Talk Indiana, Chicago, and The Emo Bands Who Inspired Their Excellent Sophomore Record Casually Crashing
Arcadia Grey are a rarified group. Not many bands who formed at their high school cafeteria table make it past … More
IN CONVERSATION: Rest Ashore’s Erica Butts Talks Growing Up in Hoboken, Moving to Brooklyn, and Sappho’s Influence on Their Excellent New Album Erotomania
When Erica Butts falls in love she falls hard. She began her lifelong romance with rock and roll at age … More
In Conversation: Nagano’s 7th Jet Balloon Talk The Japanese Emo Scene, Origami Angel Comparisons, and Their Excellent New EP
Thanks to a bit of misfortune that I was able to turn into good fortune, I found myself in Japan … More
A Look Back at Sonny Chiba’s Street Fighter Trilogy a Year After the Star’s Death
Patrick Mullen breaks down the Sonny Chiba’s iconic Street Fighter Trilogy.
How NJPW Should Have Booked Tetsuya Naito’s 2018
As New Japan Pro Wrestling enters the G1 Climax for 2022, I can’t help but look back onto how much … More
Your Favorite Misunderstood Heroes: A Godzilla for Every Batman and a Batman for Every Godzilla
Patrick Mullen breaks down offers up the definitive assessment of which Godzilla corresponds to every Batman era.