Hop Along and Speedy Ortiz bring an evening of indie rock to a packed Orlando house. Jen Cray patiently waits for it to boil over.

Jake Brown takes advantage of the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Records to present music fans with his appreciation of its co-founder, Rick Rubin.

Dan Donegan gives Ink 19’s Elianne Halbersberg the lowdown on Indestructible, Disturbed’s third consecutive No. 1 album, following in Metallica’s footsteps, and getting laid at concerts.

Weekend Warrior. Review by Robert M. Sutton.

Steep Trails (Bieler Bros Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Avenged Sevenfold (Warner Brothers). Review by Jen Cray.

Take To The Skies (Ambush Reality). Review by Jen Cray.

Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True (Universal Republic/ Serjical Strike). Review by Jen Cray.

Beyond The Noise (Eulogy). Review by Jen Cray.

Fair To Midland are blessed, and cursed, with the title “the first band to be signed to Serj Tankian’s label.” Jen Cray sat down with vocalist Darroh Sudderth and keyboardist Matt Langley outside of Orlando’s House of Blues just before the second night of their first ever major tour.

The Drawn and Quartered EP (Serjical Strike). Review by Jen Cray.

The Crusade (Roadrunner). Review by Jen Cray.

What To Do at Time of Accident… (Ernest Jenning Record Co.). Review by Kiran Aditham.

System of a Down fuse rap/metal with bold political opinion, and The Mars Volta are just bold, period. When the two bands tour together you’ve got one hell of a package deal. Jen Cray ignores the politics (mostly) for an unforgettable night.

Terraforming (Now Or Never). Review by Addam Donnelly.

The (Im)possibility of Longing (Noreaster). Review by Tim Wardyn.

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Lynch The Weirdo (Serjical Strike). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Confession (Roadrunner). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Wonderland (Abacus/Century Media). Review by Stein Haukland.