Benton Falls
Guilt Beats Hate
Deep Elm (2002)
Thanks to Cursive, every band on the planet has to try to out-honest each other in their lyrics. Call it the fallout of their neutron bomb of a record, if you will, but the lasting effects of their gut-wrenching sincerity will be felt for years. The most interesting thing to watch is how bands in the indie/emo/whatever genre that existed … Read more
Burn
Last Great Sea
Revelation (2002)
Burn holds a semi mythical place in the pantheon of the hypothetical New York Hardcore Olympus as they were relatively short lived and only had a couple of recording sessions (releasing at one point only a single four song EP and a couple of compilation appearances) while impacting many with their volatile shows and powerful presence that seemed to surround … Read more
