The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)

Feb 03 2025 250 ep. 104 mins 121
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The Alternative Music Show. Join Sam and Marcos every week to talk about all the big news and releases in the alternative music scene!

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WARPED TOUR DROPS LINEUP, BRING ME THE HORIZON COVER OASIS, MUSIC X POLITICS? | SOTS PODCAST 2/3/25

Feb 03 2025 132 mins  
This week Sam and Marcos talk about whether politics should be in music, Warped Tour drip feeding their line-up, 20 straight weeks at number one for Linkin Park's The Emptiness Machine, Bring Me The Horizon cover Oasis, Slaughter To Prevail and Babymetal's future collab, Bloodywood cook up some more good metalcore, SeeYouSpaceCowboy seemingly calling it quits, plus reviews of new a

BRING ME THE HORIZON VS COLDPLAY, INKCARCERATION FESTIVAL LINEUP, & MORE! | SOTS PODCAST 1/27/25

Jan 27 2025 115 mins  
This week Sam and Marcos talk Bring Me The Horizon vs Coldplay at the BRIT Awards, Inkcarceration Festival 2025 lineup, 10 Years of Pvris' White Noise, new music from Electric Callboy, Landmvrks, Nova Twins, Silent Planet, Badflower and more, plus reviews of new albums from Grayscale and Vacant Home, is it ok to wear band merch to a concert(?) and lots more! News: Bring Me The Hori

THE 2024 SOTS AWARDS

Dec 27 2024 84 mins  
Join us in celebrating the scene in 2024 as we unveil the winners for Music Video, Artist, Single, Album of the year and more! 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:

Day Four Deliberations: Single and Album of the Year.

Dec 18 2024 194 mins  
Sam and Marcos debate upon the nominees for Single and Album of 2024. Vote Now: https://www.sotspodcast.com/awards 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://discord.co

Day Three Deliberations: Best Music Video, Rock Performance, Metal Performance & More.

Dec 17 2024 191 mins  
Sam and Marcos debate upon the nominees for Best Music Video, Rock Performance, Metal Performance, Vocal Performance, and Artist of 2024. Vote Now: https://www.sotspodcast.com/awards 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

Day Two Deliberations: Best Live Performance, EP, Lyricist, and Pop Performance.

Dec 16 2024 156 mins  
Sam and Marcos debate upon the nominees for Best Live Performance, EP/Mixtape, Lyricist, and Pop Performance of 2024. Vote Now: https://www.sotspodcast.com/awards 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.youtub

Day One Deliberations: Best Collaboration, Best Debut Full Length, Emotional Performance & More.

Dec 15 2024 192 mins  
Sam and Marcos debate upon the nominees for Best Collaboration, Best Debut Full Length, Rising Artist, and Emotional Performance of 2024. Vote Now: https://www.sotspodcast.com/awards 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

SPIRITBOX, ARCHITECTS, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE & MORE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUMS IN 2025!

Nov 24 2024 70 mins  
This week Sam and Marcos talk new music and album announcements from Spiritbox, Architects, Memphis May Fire, Coheed And Cambria, Killswitch Engage, and Bury Tomorrow plus Three Days Grace first new song with Adam Gontier and lots more! News: My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, and Knocked Loose starting at (02:28). New Music: Architects, Spiritbox, Coheed And Cambria, Bury Tomorrow,

LINKIN PARK "From Zero" Review + POPPY "Negative Spaces" Review & lots more!

Nov 17 2024 102 mins  
This week Sam and Marcos review new albums from Linkin Park and Poppy, plus My Chemical Romance announce the Long Live The Black Parade Tour, Sleep Token to headline Download Festival 2025 (and drop new album???), Ticketmaster is a plague on society, Void of Vision call it a day and lots more! News: My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Sleep Token, Download Festival, Void of Vision an

GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR KNOCKED LOOSE & SPIRITBOX + STATE CHAMPS REVIEW & COUNTERPARTS SURPRISE EP!

Nov 10 2024 87 mins  
This week Sam and Marcos discuss the 2025 Grammy nominations for Knocked Loose, Spiritbox, Alpha Wolf and more, Chiodos announce a 20th anniversary tour, The Ghost Inside cancel their fall tour, As I Lay Dying's ongoing disaster, plus new music from State Champs, Counterparts, Starset, The Plot In You, If Not For Me and lots more! News: Grammy Nominations for Rock and Metal, Chiodo