This week Sam and Marcos investigate dark accusations involving Bring Me The Horizon, bow down before the might of Poppy and Knocked Loose, get bloody with Black Veil Brides, run it back with Twenty One Pilots, check out new music from Brazilian emo royalty Fresno and more! Reviews: Diamond Construct (22:42) and Microwave (30:52). News: Black Veil …

This week Sam and Marcos rejoice at Bad Omen's announcement of Concrete Jungle - The OST, celebrate our emo kings Dayseeker, proclaim SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Sasscore here to stay, get chaotic with Memphis May Fire, discuss kissing at metalcore shows and more! Reviews: Dayseeker (20:10), SeeYouSpaceCowboy (32:07), The Ghost Inside (47:55) and Jhariah…

This week Sam and Marcos celebrate Motionless In White's Wrestlemania performance, anoint Imminence the future of metalcore, welcome back Jordan Fish, party out with Scene Queen and 6arelyhuman, plus lots more! Reviews: Imminence (17:55), Northlane (35:48), Greyhaven (44:16) and Belmont (54:20). News: Motionless In White, Architects, Wage War, In H…

We sat down with Kenny and Mason of Too Close To Touch to discuss their new, and final, album For Keeps and the journey they embarked on to release this pivotal final chapter of the band's career. Listen to For Keeps: https://open.spotify.com/album/2vhDs4vI5ngRZCLW0a82yj?si=QH-51gYnQBy3l8Xb6v9fpw Follow the band on Instagram: https://www.instagram.…

This week Sam and Marcos present to you a MEGA EPISODE! We talk Twenty One Pilots being unstoppable right now, Gerard Way's new horror comic, Bad Omens trampling every other rock band on the charts, reviews of new albums from Sum-41, Erra, Alpha Wolf, and While She Sleeps plus is the barricade responsible for crowd surfers, Stand Atlantic drop an a…

This week Sam and Marcos welcome The Story So Far back to the throne, discuss a divisive new song from Wage War, watch Thousand Below's continued ascension, review new albums from GHØSTKID and Wristmeetrazor, plus is America ruining Australian bands, should we stop going to festivals and start a family, every metalcore band will betray us and lots …

This week Sam and Marcos suggest new drummers for Slipknot, breakdown the anime punk show disaster, review new albums from Kid Kapichi and Windwaker, plus Babymetal has an Avenger's level team up, De'Wayne gets naked, Jeris Johnson might be on to something and more! Reviews: Kid Kapichi (15:52) and Windwaker (30:29). News: Babymetal, De'Wayne, Jeri…

This week Sam and Marcos discuss the final album from Too Close To Touch, debate rowing in the mosh pit, plus cover new music from SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Like Moths To Flames, Night Verses, Alpha Wolf and more! Reviews: Too Close To Touch (21:08), Floyd (47:13) and Makari (1:00:39). News: SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Like Moths To Flames, Night Verses, Alpha Wol…

This week Sam and Marcos talk about Twenty One Pilots lore, Jimmy Butler coming off the bench to play in Fall Out Boy, Bring Me The Horizon summoning demons, Knocked Loose going biblical, preview a new single from The Devil Wears Prada, reviews of new albums from Blind Channel and Defocus, plus lots more! Reviews: Defocus (23:15) and Blind Channel …

This week Sam and Marcos talk about Linkin Park keeping Chester alive, Machine Gun Kelly continuing his transition back to hip-hop and the blackout tattoo, should Warped Tour return, Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium soft launching their future together, the return of Crossfaith, reviews of new albums from I Don't Know How But They Found Me, Jazm…

This week Sam and Marcos try to decipher the new Twenty One Pilots mystery, wonder what could change with Sleep Token signing to a major label, are in awe of While She Sleeps, wonder about the upcoming all female project from Pvris, and lots more! Reviews: The Requiem (30:33), Bloom (49:25), and The Wiseman's Fear (1:03:31). News: Sleep Token, Twen…

This week Sam and Marcos debate what the appropriate time is to begin queueing for a concert, talk about Paramore's historic Grammy win and Spiritbox getting robbed, review new albums from nothing,nowhere., CVLTE., Galleons, and Normandie, plus Bad Omens rules the billboard charts and lots more! Reviews: nothing,nowhere. (23:55), Galleons (37:22), …

This week Sam and Marcos get nostalgic about You Me At Six, Issues, and Too Close To Touch as each band says farewell, review new albums from Enterprise Earth, Being As An Ocean, and Banks Arcade, discuss Universal Music Group pulling it's artists from TikTok including bands like Pierce The Veil, I Prevail, The Plot In You, and Ice Nine Kills, plus…

This week Sam and Marcos talk collaborations from Bad Omens, Northlane, & Alpha Wolf, if it's ok to play Nintendo Switch during a concert, if it's metal to throw a pig's head in to the moshpit, review new albums from Ghost Atlas, Charlotte Sands, and Kaonashi plus lots more! Reviews: Ghost Atlas (25:27), Charlotte Sands (35:22), and Kaonashi (44:05…

This week Sam and Marcos discuss founding member Benjamin Bruce leaving Asking Alexandria, bands (Paramore, Sleep Token, Bad Omens) deleting social media, As It Is going on hiatus, if it's ok for fans to put "on tour" in their bio, Jordan Fish in the studio with Spiritbox, reviews of new albums from Green Day and Dead Poet Society, plus lots more! …

This week Sam and Marcos are back to talk about the Machine Gun Kelly Razorblade Guitar drama, all this Bring Me The Horizon news, Issues last song ever, Sleep Token being bigger then Metallica, Neck Deep and Casey album reviews, plus loads more! Reviews: Casey (31:05) and Neck Deep (44:50)! News: Bring Me The Horizon, Issues, Fit For A King, Palay…

Join us as we deliberate, rank, and officially select the top 20 albums of 2023! Deliberations: 00:00:01 Rankings: 2:22:44 Official: 3:38:41 Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https:/…

Join us as we deliberate, rank, and officially select the top 20 songs of 2023! Deliberations: 00:00:01 Rankings: 1:37:14 Official: 2:07:59 Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https://…

Join us for The 2023 SOTS Awards celebrating this year in the alternative music scene! Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sotspodcastYT Discord: https://disco…

Sam and Marcos return for the final day of deliberations! Today's categories include F*cking Bop, Understood The Assignment, It's Giving... Cinema, Freshman Class, Rizzler, and EP of the Year! Voting is now live at the link below! Voting Link: http://sotspodcast.com/awards Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https:…

Sam and Marcos are back for day two of deciding the nominees for this years SOTS Awards! Today's categories include Best Situationship, Literally the Worst Thing That's Ever Happened, Jimmy Butler Present's That Sh*t Hurted, and That Sh*t Smacked! Voting Link: http://sotspodcast.com/awards Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits…

Sam and Marcos begin the long hard process of deciding the nominees for this years SOTS Awards! Today's categories include We're So Back, It's So Over, American Band of the Year, and Not American Band of the Year! Voting Link: http://sotspodcast.com/awards Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com…

This week Sam and Marcos breakdown the 2024 When We Were Young Fest line-up, celebrate the return of Issues (sort of), talk incredible new singles from I See Stars and Real Friends, review new releases from Texas In July, Save Face, and Wind Walkers plus lots more! Reviews: Texas In July (10:34), Save Face (17:01), and Wind Walkers (22:25)! News: 2…

This week Sam and Marcos welcome Megan Thee Stallion to the scene, award Spiritbox an early victory in the 2024 Grammys, wonder what the hell is happening to Slipknot, review new albums from Poppy, Broadside, Locket, and Night Rider plus lots more! Reviews: Poppy (18:41), Night Riders (27:04), Locket (34:45), and Broadside (47:03)! News: 2024 Metal…

This week Sam and Marcos are back to talk about Blink-182 playing an intimate show for Denny's patrons, Green Day being back, Spiritbox being absolutely unstoppable, reviews of albums from Silent Planet, Wargasm, and Dying Wish, double stepping and double tapping in the moshpit plus lots more! PS: Video version of the podcast unavailable this week …

Beauty School Dropout join us to talk about new album Ready To Eat (Pret A Manger), what it's like when Mark Hoppus is your boss, Squid Jerky, getting your dick tattooed, watching Foo Fighters from the side stage and lots more! Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https:…

Beau Bokan, vocalist of Blessthefall, joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of the band, being a Hockey dad, the success of Hollow Bodies 10 Year Tour, the most expensive photoshoot in history plus lots more! Pick up the 10th Anniversary Edition Vinyl of Hollow Bodies today! https://found.ee/blessthefall-hb10 Become a Patron to gain …

This week Sam and Marcos breakdown the war between the furry and hardcore community, teach you how to make 30k in tips selling band merch in just 3 easy steps, review new albums from Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Knuckle Puck, A Story Told, and Catch Your Breath plus lots more! Reviews: Blink-182 (28:05), Taking Back Sunday (50:37), A Story Told (…

This week Sam and Marcos review a happy Beartooth album, welcome heavy Spiritbox back, get sneaky with Waterparks, say farewell to Ice Nine Kills Welcome To Horrorwood saga, keep wondering where the new Bring Me The Horizon album is, welcome back Keith Buckley and lots more! Reviews: Beartooth (24:19), VCTMS (38:05), and Beauty School Dropout (47:3…

Magnolia Park join us to talk about ALIENS, first jobs, quitting school, friendship, grinding, being a "TikTok Band," new EP's Moon Eater and Soul Eater plus lots more! Donate to the Black Trans Travel Fund: https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/donate.html Halloween Mixtape 2 out October 27th: https://magnoliapark.ffm.to/halloweenmixtapeii Become a…

This week Sam and Marcos talk about faking your Spotify listener stats, Bad Omens being forced to perform sick, half of IDKHOW returning, this new Paramore remix album, how Jimmy Butler is emo now and lots more! Reviews: Paramore (22:27), Citizen (33:38), and Creeper (43:02). News: IDKHOW But They Found Me, Blink-182, Avenged Sevenfold, The Seafloo…

Daniel Winter-Bates (vocalist of Bury Tomorrow) joins us to talk about AMERICA, thieves, bulletproof vests, new album The Seventh Sun, the almost end of the band, the My Chemical Romance of British food plus lots more! Become a Patron and gain early access to all episodes of A Friday Night Like This & more: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodc…

This week Sam and Marcos introduce new segment "Dated Discourse," including insane concert stories from Motionless In White, Knocked Loose, Bad Omens, Dayseeker, and more! Plus we review new albums from Of Mice & Men, Koyo, and Code Orange! And LiveNation ends Merch cuts, L.S. Dunes fans furious over AI collaboration, Sum 41's first last single and…

David Michael Frank joins us to talk about being branded (literally), tattoos, covering Celine Dion, writing new music, The Private Party Tour, working outside the system, choosing between Patrick Stump and Gerard Way, plus lots more! Become a Patron and gain early access to all episodes of A Friday Night Like This: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com…

This week Sam and Marcos talk a week of concerts including Bad Omens, Sleep Token, Electric Callboy and more! Review new albums from Thy Art Is Murder, Samurai Pizza Cats, Annisokay, and SiM! Plus Blink-182 get nostalgic, While She Sleeps change it up, Being As An Ocean return AND LOTS MORE! Reviews: Thy Art Is Murder (53:55), Annisokay (1:14:20), …

Zero 9:36 joins us to talk about food, merch, movies, cats, touring, new music, cruises and lots more! Become a Patron and gain early access to all episodes of A Friday Night Like This: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jp0fpudUz7gvu0SFaXhK3?si=6cddbd5b63564c9a Youtube: https://www.youtube.com…

This week Sam and Marcos talk a disastorous weekend for Blude Ridge Festival, a glamorous new look for Motionless In White, Fall Out Boy run it back, I See Stars continue the ascension, reviews of new albums from UnityTX, Blind Equation, and Resolve plus more! Reviews: UnityTX (16:23), Blind Equation (24:15), and Resolve (34:38). News: Motionless I…

This week Sam and Marcos describe how they would rob We Came As Romans, welcome Escape The Fate back from so over to so back, are in awe of evil Knuckle Puck, get blown away by Dying Wish, are thankful Taking Back Sunday have their swagger back, are sick of cgi rendered metalcore videos and lots more! Reviews: Escape The Fate (16:03), Stitched Up H…

This week Sam and Marcos talk how much it sucks shopping for vinyl, Bring Me The Horizon delay Post Human: Nex Gen, Asking Alexandria are gone, Spiritbox announce the new ep, we review new albums from Polaris, Hot Milk, and Spanish Love Songs plus lots more! Reviews: Polaris (13:32), Hot Milk (25:16), Spanish Love Songs (37:24), and Asking Alexandr…

This week Sam and Marcos review new albums from The Word Alive, Holding Absence, Magnolia Park, and Atreyu! Plus Taking Back Sunday headline a backyard, Erra drop a Cthulu inspired single, Kim Dracula continues to dominate our attention, we keep getting wet at concerts and more! Reviews: Holding Absence (10:57), The Word Alive (32:05), Magnolia Par…

This week Sam and Marcos deserve a Pink Cloud Summer, Steph Curry joins Paramore, Bearings put the whole Canadian Pop Punk scene on their back, Ian Watkins (Ex-Lostprophets) is stabbed, The Plot In You are angry again, and lots more! Reviews: Movements (13:59), Bearings (31:45), and Point North (45:01) News: Paramore, The Plot In You, Neck Deep, Br…

This week we are so back with Pierce The Veil and Paramore topping the charts, Knocked Loose teaming up with 30 Seconds To Mars, The Story So Far and Normandie returning from the dead, Lorna Shore dropping a music video for a 2 year EP anniversary, plus reviews for new albums from The Maine, Caskets, and Hail The Sun and lots more! Reviews: The Mai…

This week Sam and Marcos talk the return of Of Mice & Men, the fall of Hands Like Houses, the fun of Hanabie., the inherent sadness of Guardin, what if Ice Nine Kills had their tour bus robbed, Sleep Token need to make a comeback, VCTMS put the NU in Nu Metal and lots more! Reviews: Hanabie. (12:49), From Ashes To New (26:20), XO Armor (44:45), and…

This week Sam and Marcos talk about a Beartooth that loves themselves, an otherworldly Silent Planet, a lonely Citizen, a knockoff Poppy, a disgustingly heavy Signs of the Swarm, something called Cybergrind and lots more! Reviews: Jamie's Elsewhere (15:57), Johnny Booth (23:37), Not A Toy (32:19), and Signs of the Swarm (46:02)! News: Beartooth, Si…

This week Sam and Marcos return from a short hiatus ready to talk about Lil Uzi Vert collaborating with Bring Me The Horizon, Taylor Swift dropping songs with Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams, Taking Back Sunday are back, Pvris has a new album, Kim Dracula is insane and lots more! Reviews: Pvris (14:20), Moodring (28:38), Kim Dracula (36:47), and A…

This week Sam and Marcos demand a reimagining of Decode by Paramore, review new albums from Mental Cruelty, Honey Revenge, This Wild Life, and Harm, plus Hayley Williams joins Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy play 26 songs, Electric Callboy win cover songs, Crystal Lake return, Texas In July return, Jamie's Elsewhere return and lots more! Become a Patron…

This week Sam and Marcos talk about Marcos experience at the Creative Control Tour with Pierce The Veil, The Used, and Don Broco! Plus reviews of new albums from Offroad Minivan, Dayshifter, Origami Angel, and alt. And Bring Me The Horizon and Asking Alexandria announce new albums, Slipknot and Silent Planet lose members, Taylor Swift goes punk, Kn…

This week Sam and Marcos talk about Lil Uzi Vert and his lil emo week, Bring Me The Horizon are heavy again, reviews of new albums from Avenged Sevenfold and Pupil Slicer, The Top Ten Alternative Singles From May, The State of Music Festivals, and more! Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/So…

This week Sam and Marcos welcome back blessthefall, discuss Anthony Fantano's score for the new Sleep Token album, review new albums from Heart Attack Man and Arrows In Action, and rundown all the releases currently scheduled to drop for the remainder of the year! Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.pat…

This week Sam and Marcos wonder why Corey Taylor keeps dropping solo material, review new albums from The Used and Cinema Stare, and talk big news from I See Stars, Pvris, Holding Absence, Static Dress, Spanish Love Songs, and more! Become a Patron to gain early access and exclusive benefits! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sotspodcast Playlist: h…