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Sep 17, 2023
Modern Love: All Time Low's Undying Devotion to Starland Ballroom
There are truly so many great venues to take in a concert in the world. Even as you start to zoom in to the New York/New...
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Sep 5, 2023
May My Wallet Forgive Me -- Fall 2023 Concert Preview
If things seemed quiet over the summer here at Collections, it's because they were; aside from the wonderful Underoath/Ghost Inside tour...
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Apr 18, 2023
Tears in the Desert -- A Look at Emo's Place at Choachella
As I'm beginning to type this out, Sunday night is about to turn into Monday morning in my native New Jersey. On the other side of the...
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Apr 11, 2023
Comeback Season: How (and Why) Emo Bands are Back from the Dead
Today (Tuesday, April 11, for those reading this in the future) was supposed to be a low-key day. Aside from a couple of my favorite...
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Dec 6, 2022
Let's Make a List! - The Biggest Pain of Christmas (An Ode to the Bob Rivers Classic)
The holiday season starts whenever you want it to. That also means that, if you feel that strongly about it, it never has to end. But for...
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Aug 24, 2022
Question of the Week: Is the Album of the Year Coming Out this Fall?
As Summer's heat begins to simmer down, and the NFL begins to take over the cultural conversation, it's time for fall. That means you're...
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Apr 21, 2022
The Brain Dump: April 21
It's been a while since we've done one of these, but I was dealing with a lot of weird stuff, which threw my schedule all out of whack....
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Apr 11, 2022
Underoath Continues to Find a Way
Every few months, I come up with some sort of quip or saying that I overuse to the point of exhaustion. Recently, one that sticks out is...
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Mar 21, 2022
Sonic Symbiosis: Why Foxing and Manchester Orchestra are Perfect for One Another
On a perfectly crisp fall Saturday, I got in the car with my brother to make the two-hour drive down to Philadelphia to see Manchester...
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Mar 10, 2022
There's a Tigers Jaw Lyric for Everything
We all fall apart in the same way. "Anniversary" Sooner or later, if we're lucky, we're going to stop writing about how the world was...
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Mar 8, 2022
In Blur and Infinite - Deafheaven's Brilliance on Full Display
As I strode through the streets of Philadelphia on an unreasonably pleasant evening, I thought to myself that perhaps we're in for an...
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Feb 28, 2022
The Brain Dump: March 2, 2022
I am not sure at all if this is a good idea, or if anything I would write in here is any good. But it's got me writing on here two weeks...
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Feb 23, 2022
The Brain Dump: February 24, 2022
It's been a quiet start to the year over here in Collections Headquarters, and I can't quite put my finger on why. There's certainly been...
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Feb 7, 2022
Question of the Week: What does a Super Bowl Victory mean for the Rams and Bengals?
The Super Bowl is almost here! While we're all blissfully ignoring the fact that it's the last meaningful football game until September,...
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Jan 18, 2022
Question of the Week: What's the best moment of Every Time I Die's career?
Well, shit. After a month's worth of bizarre announcements, deleted tweets, and the most controversial cancellation of three tour dates...
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Jan 12, 2022
Question of the Week: Why were there so many EPs released in 2021?
With the ringing in of the new year, it's time to bring back a classic from this blog's first year: Question of the Week. It's where I'll...
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Jan 10, 2022
Year-End Madness, Part 4: Top Albums of 2021
Yes, we're already a week or so into 2022, but the entertainment world likes to take an easy start into the new year, which makes this...
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Jan 5, 2022
Year-End Madness, Part 3: MCU Power Rankings
Plenty has been written about this already, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe has nearly completely diverged from the rest of the...
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Jan 2, 2022
Come here and spin with me: How (and Why) I Played All My Records in a Year
As the title of this blog would lead you to believe, I've held a lot of collections in my life. Some have stayed around longer than...
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Dec 1, 2021
The Monthly Haul: November 2021
One month is all that separates us from a new year, and in the month that we give thanks for all that we have and all we've been given, I...
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