Matrix Music Review

Matrix Music Review's Podcast

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The best place to get your emo, pop punk, metalcore, scene music fix. https://linktr.ee/matrixmusicreview

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Poppy Brings the Intensity, Elwood Stray Go Dark, and Making Sense of Grammys Metal & Rock Categories 12.02.2026 25:03

Album Reviews: Poppy, Elwood Stray, Solely Veil, As the Structure Fails, Our Mirage Talking Warped Tour 26 Lineups and the Grammy Awards https://linktr.ee/matrixmusicreview CTRL-ALT-SAVE 26 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Im7BbFKfJjNndCX9OmF7t?si=8e94d1abc6594155

KIDPUNK Start the Year Hot, First and Forever Return, and Don Broco Bring the Energy 29.01.2026 21:52

Album Reviews: KIDPUNK, First and Forever, Calling All Captains, Greywind Talking GAI, Mark Hoppus memoir, Warped Tour lineups, and the latest live show with Don Broco, Dropout Kings, and sace6. https://linktr.ee/matrixmusicreview CTRL-ALT-SAVE 26 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Im7BbFKfJjNndCX9OmF7t?si=8e94d1abc6594155

2025 Top 30 Albums in the Emo, Pop Punk, Metalcore Music Scene 31.12.2025 58:00

See where Turnstile, Dayseeker, Hot Mulligan, Architects, Paleface Swiss, Sleep Token, Left on Red, and many more land in the top 30 album debate. Top Tracks Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5B0TljVhRjUWv9twVaARMD?si=88096334f99f4044 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_...

Split Chain's Debut, Psycho Frame's Grit, and Census 03.09.2025 21:35

Album Reviews: Split Chain, Resider, Psycho Frame, ONI, Census CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=zrjKvoP...

Sace6 Delivers, Hot Milk Continues the Hot Streak, Turnstile's Never Enough, and Saying Goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne 06.08.2025 24:28

Album Reviews: Sace6, FRND CRCL, Stateside, Turnstile, Hot Milk Talking the new Simple Plan documentary and the death/funeral of Ozzy Osbourne CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicr...

2025 Best Alt Rock, Pop Punk, Emo, Metalcore, Scene Music of the Year at the Midway Point 24.07.2025 24:11

Live Shows: Warped Tour, The Plot in You, Paleface Swiss, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, 408, Distance to Dawn, Fame on Fire, Magnolia Park, Youth Fountain. Albums: Magnolia Park, Paleface Swiss, Sleep Theory, Sleep Token, Bloodywood, FRND CRCL, Acres, Bridge the Gap, Good Hangs, Dear Seattle, Knox, Spiritbox, Architects, True North EPs: Sace6, Mayday Parade, Lauren Babic, Amira Elfeky, Internet Friendz,...

Sleep Theory Deliver a Top Album and Vibing With Cherie Amour 22.07.2025 23:57

Album Reviews: Acres, Sleep Theory, Old Neon, True North, Cherie Amour Reviewing Ghost's Skeletour and the No-Phone policy CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtD...

Magnolia Park Turn to Vampires and Bridge the Gap Continue to be Underrated 03.07.2025 18:06

Album Reviews: Magnolia Park, Bridge the Gap, Within Destruction CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=zrjKv...

Mayday Parade Turn Back the Clock and Landmvrks Produce a Wild Album Listening Experience 03.07.2025 16:35

Album Reviews: Mayday Parade, Heart Attack Man, Sam Hauge, LANDMVRKS CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=z...

Sleep Token- Even In Arcadia Review 20.06.2025 20:26

A track by track review of Sleep Token's Even In Arcadia. CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=zrjKvoP...

Warped Tour D.C. Recap 18.06.2025 40:37

Recapping my Warped Tour D.C. experience, talking the good and bad, how many sets I saw, and who impressed over the two days. CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr...

Thornhill Make Us Put It on Repeat, Bagpipe Core, and the Witty Songwriting of Knox 17.04.2025 18:39

Album Reviews: Bleed From Within, Thornhill, Scowl, Knox CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=zrjKvoPweYmWQ...

Lauren Babic & Amira Elfeky Deliver Perfect EPs, Memphis May Fire Still Have It, and Tour Reviews of Paleface Swiss and Fame on Fire 16.04.2025 23:39

Album Reviews: Memphis May Fire, Lauren Babic, Underoath, Invent Animate/Silent Planet, Marlhy, Amira Elfeky Tour Reviews: Paleface Swiss, Stick to Your Guns, Nasty, Archetypes Collide, Halocene, Fame on Fire CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D...

The Bloodywood Hype is Real and A Day To Remember's Interesting Vinyl Release 15.04.2025 17:39

Album Reviews: Bloodywood, Set For Tomorrow, A Day to Remember Talking Sleep Token tour and ticket prices CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: http...

Spiritbox Set the Standard, 408 Give Us Our Summer Soundtrack, and The Plot in You & Heartbent Bring the Energy on Tour 19.03.2025 33:24

Album Reviews: Spiritbox, Coheed and Cambria, 408 Sleep Token Returns and Sophie Powers American Idol Tour Reviews: The Plot in You with Holding Absence, Boundaries, Acres and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus with 408, Heartbent, Distance to Dawn, Tip of the Whisker CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instag...

Architects Deliver, Falling Through Faith, and Who's Poised for a Poppy Level Breakout 07.03.2025 26:37

Deryck Whibley's Memoir, You Over Me, Call Me Nightly Album Reviews: All Systems Go, Softspoken, Silverstein, Falling Through Faith, ONE OK ROCK, Architects CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tikto...

Great American Ghost Review, A Pop Punk Time Capsule, and Warped Tour Thoughts 20.02.2025 29:37

Album Reviews: Great American Ghost, TheCityIsOurs, Down and Out, iNTeRNeT FReNDz Single Highlights: Gabe Woodrow, FRND CRCL, Nick Karcher, Gary Bender, Sleep Theory, Bloodywood, Electric Callboy Warped Tour Lineup CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGp...

Dear Seattle Album Review and Bands Breaking Up 24.01.2025 18:10

Album Review: Dear Seattle Talking band breakups and members leaving CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=z...

Paleface Swiss, Good Hangs, Sneezecore?, and What to Expect in 2025 15.01.2025 34:46

Album Reviews: Paleface Swiss, Stick To Your Guns, Good Hangs, Tarnish Talking Sneezecore and what to expect in the alternative music scene in 2025. CTRL-ALT-SAVE '25 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GaFHbTyaNWZiAMP307SBV?si=44af9c07a47748d9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matri...

2024 Top 30 Albums in the Pop Punk, Emo, Metalcore Music Scene 30.12.2024 1:08:34

Counting down my top 30 albums from 2024. See where Knocked Loose, The Home Team, Poppy, Imminence and many more land. Top Tracks 2024 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zsCWrvl6LbuGGuiphNy0x?si=7523a16193af48f9 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1...

How The Home Team Wrecked My Mid-Year List and Is Michelle Branch Scene Adjacent? 06.08.2024 28:05

Album Reviews: The Home Team, Cassadee Pope, Windwaker CTRL-ALT-SAVE Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s8NoM6PkUV8E1vqyTX0a4?si=06bd0ef38e2040c3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=zrjKvoPweYmWQh9v4C3-mg

The Best Alt Rock, Pop Punk, Metalcore Music of 2024...So Far 23.07.2024 32:41

Live Shows: Imminence, Arrows in Action, Belmont, Games We Play EPs: RODERIK, Sunday Morning, Tarnish, Set for Tomorrow, Free Friends, The Haunt, Greywind Albums: Imminence, BMTH, Knocked Loose, Games We Play, The Home Team, Heartbent, Telltale, Too Close to Touch, and many more Tracks: Nick Karcher, Walwin, Gary Bender, Trxvis, MNYS, Daedra, Huddy, The Used, and so many more Mid-Year Playlist: ht...

Nothing, Nowhere: The Emo Cowboy & The Artistry of Scene Queen 18.07.2024 22:36

Album Reviews: The Story So Far, Hey Violet, Scene Queen, nothing, nowhere, Nothing More CTRL-ALT-SAVE Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s8NoM6PkUV8E1vqyTX0a4?si=06bd0ef38e2040c3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s...

Have The Used Returned to Form? A Perfect EP from Sunday Morning and Reviewing the Arrows In Action Tour 17.07.2024 25:55

Album Reviews: Wage War, Sunday Morning, The Used, Cawston, Roderik, Sessions CTRL-ALT-SAVE Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s8NoM6PkUV8E1vqyTX0a4?si=06bd0ef38e2040c3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=z...

The Early November Put on a Songwriting Showcase and Your Broken Hero Hit Us With Emo Nostalgia 16.07.2024 22:05

Album Reviews: LOLO, LowLives, Tarnish, The Early November, Your Broken Hero CTRL-ALT-SAVE Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s8NoM6PkUV8E1vqyTX0a4?si=06bd0ef38e2040c3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matrixmusicreview?igsh=MXRibXhvcGNoOGpkaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matrixmusicreview?_t=8mzPtDr9LwZ&_r=1 X: https://x.com/matrixmusicpod?s=21&t=zr...