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Arts and Culture

Alternative Press 25th Anniversary Show At Sloan Fine Art

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Starting today, the Sloan Fine Art Gallery on the lower east side is hosting the Alternative Press 25th Anniversary Art Exhibition for three days only! I realize that all of the indie rock hipsters are busy with CMJ crap this week, but I attended the opening party  last night and can assure you that  this exhibit is definitely worth your time to run over and check it out between your showcases and random pukefests.  For this special exhibition, the gallery’s rear room has been transformed with tons of cool photographs, milestones and memoirs from the Alternative Press archives while the main gallery highlights original artworks from artists/musicians who have been featured in the magazine over the years. It was sweetly nostalgic  for me, looking through everything and remembering way back when Trent Reznor used to get me all hot and bothered and I could stand to listen to a Nine Inch Nails CD for more that 30 seconds. Good times.

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An Interview with Brandon Saller of Atreyu

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In a review of its 2005 album The Curse, a critic described Atreyu’s music as being “too goth to be emo, too metal to be punk and too brazenly emotional to be metal.” With the release of the Orange County band’s latest CD, Lead Sails, Paper Anchor the identity crisis appears to be over. According to drummer/vocalist Brandon Saller, Lead Sails represents a bold effort to “sound like ourselves and not like ten other bands” – a goal which it achieves brilliantly. “We’ve come up in a heavier, hardcore scene,” Saller continues, “but we didn’t want to be stuck with that ‘Metalcore / Screamo’ label.”
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