Song Premiere: Andorra – “Four Corners”

Rock’N’Roll with just the right amount of punch to get you through the work day and ready for the weekend. FFO: The Districts, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters   Philadelphia-based rockers, Andorra, have been making quite the name for themselves since releasing their debut album “etc, etc, etc…” in January 2015.  The self-proclaimed “hairy alt rockers from the…

Album Release: Fairweather Friends– “Claymation”

The long delayed debut album from one of the original Pillar bands is finally here. The first chapter of a saga that has its origins with the earliest foundations of Pillar Collective. Concept driven progressive rock and impassioned post-hardcore envelope the beginnings of a cross band story that starts at the dawn of our universe. The…

EP Review: Brave Fire – “Save Me from Myself”

Solid modern post-hardcore from Brave (this EP is)Fire. FFO: Crown the Empire, For All Those Sleeping, Our Last Night Post-hardcore is one of the strangest yet best genres of punk-influenced rock music to come after the grunge era. Its broad spectrum of influence brings us bands that lie closer to progressive rock, like The Fall of Troy…

Album Review: Fell Into Yesterday – “From the Ground Up”

“An EP whose strength grows from the ground up from start to finish.” FFO: Silverstein, Real Friends, MXPX Favorite track: Service Industry Nights Greetings one and all, and thank you for checking out this review for From the Ground Up, the debut EP from Philly based Pop-Punk/Post Hardcore quartet Fell Into Yesterday. I came to know this band after…

Album Review: Wicked Bears– Self Titled

Old school sound because that’s what’s good. Wicked Bears – Wicked Bears (2016)  FFO: Operation Ivy, Bad Religion, MXPX, The Descendants Something about summer to me just screams up beat skate punk. Maybe it was all the tony hawk games I played during summer as a kid… but thats not important right now. What is important…

Artist Spotlight: Hybrid Sessions

Happy Monday everyone, Griffy the Stiffy here with some sauce to spread. Here at Pillar Collective, we loooooove progressive music and concept albums, and this past Friday I found my favorite new conceptual, prog band with a horn section and post-hardcore charm, Hybrid Sessions.

Artist Spotlight: Greg Klyma

Monday has widely become accepted as the punching bag of our weekly problems. It’s a day that has been used to express discontent and an inability to focus. Through these actions, we drape the day in complaints, and create a passing tone in our weeks. In hopes that your weeks start as moments and not passing tones, we are going to…