Defeater are on tour now with the very solid bill of Basement, Turnstile and Colleen Green. That tour hits NYC for a sold-out show on April 30 at Music Hall of Williamsburg, and Defeater just ...

Defeater Boston post-hardcore band Defeater were supposed to head out on a tour with Modern Baseball, The Wonder Years, Citizen and Real Friends, though unfortunately, they’ve had to drop off due to a ...

The most famous track by the band Defeater is titled “I Don’t Mind.” To most listeners, it’s a soft, pretty song about a man’s relationship with his wife. The first time I’d ever heard it, that’s all ...

Hardcore punk might be the least accommodating subgenre for ongoing storylines. Bands of this style rarely last beyond a first LP, if they even make it that far. Setting up a thematic arc that digs ...

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Unless they’re just being very, very lazy, when a band deep into their career release a self-titled record it can typically be taken as a sign of real intent. The implication is that an artist has ...