The State of the Scene (SOTS Podcast)

Nov 17 2024 250 ep. 103 mins 122

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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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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

PANIC! AT THE DISCO RETURN AND WHEN WE WERE YOUNG FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE 2025 LINEUP!

Nov 03 2024 113 mins

This week Sam and Marcos discuss the 2025 When We Were Young Festival lineup, somehow Panic! at the Disco return, Linkin Park are already working on new music, Ghost ban cellphones at all their upcoming shows, My Chemical romance returned 5 years ago, plus we talk new albums from Make Them Suffer, Chase Atlantic, Cane Hill and lots more! News: When We Were Young Fest, Panic! at the

LINKIN PARK CONTINUE DOMINANT REIGN, SONIC TEMPLE ANNOUNCE 2025 LINEUP, CULT OF THE LAMB GOES METAL!

Oct 27 2024 112 mins

This week Sam and Marcos discuss Linkin Park's continued success, Ice Nine Kills highest charting single, Sonic Temple's 2025 lineup, age restricted concerts, Megan Thee Stallion teams up with Spiritbox again, the return of a masked Hollywood Undead, Cult of the Lamb's new metal EP, plus new music from Fit For An Autopsy, Halsey, Sleep Theory and lots more! News: Ice Nine Kills, Li

VANS WARPED TOUR RETURNS, SICK NEW WORLD LANDS LINKIN PARK, AND BAD OMENS UNLEASH MAYHEM!

Oct 20 2024 126 mins

This week Sam and Marcos discuss the return of the Vans Warped Tour, Sick New World's 2025 lineup, Bad Omens massive performance at Mayhem Festival, Awsten Knight's update for Waterpark's fans, Sum 41 ending, Linkin Park dominating the charts with a classic, When We Were Young Festival's exclusive merch, new music from Silverstein, Underoath, Bloodywood, Real Friends, Nothing,Nowhe

ICE NINE KILLS TERRIFYING NEW SONG, BAD OMENS AND POPPY SUBMIT FOR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION, & MORE!

Oct 13 2024 132 mins

This week Sam and Marcos breakdown the new Terrifier inspired single from Ice Nine Kills, talk Bad Omens, Poppy, and Wage War submitting for Grammy consideration, Green Day dropping a toothbrush that plays Dookie, The All-American Rejects dropping off When We Were Young Festival for reasons, plus new music from Make Them Suffer, Memphis May Fire, Scowl, and lots more! News: Bad Ome

SPIRITBOX BRING THE HYPE, THREE DAYS GRACE AND ADAM GONTIER REUNITE, AND MORE!

Oct 06 2024 87 mins

This week Sam and Marcos talk Spiritbox taking over the scene once again, Three Days Grace reuniting with old vocalist Adam Gontier, 20 years of In Love & Death, new music from Coheed and Cambria, Stick To Your Guns, and Knosis, plus someone has a copyright on Blegh, review of the new album from Allt, and lots more! News: Spiritbox, Poppy, Jinjer, Three Days Grace, Nothing,Nowhere,

LINKIN PARK GET HEAVY, PARAMORE GET POLITICAL, & MORE!

Sep 29 2024 87 mins

This week Sam and Marcos talk Linkin Park's heavy new single, Paramore's politics, Bad Omens and Sleep Token getting knighted, 20 years of American Idiot, if you're allowed to go to concerts if you don't know any of the band's songs, plus we review the new album from Rain City Drive and lots more! News: Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Sleep Token, Paramore, Fever 333, Green Day and more st

THE FACE(S) OF METALCORE

Sep 22 2024 88 mins

This week Sam and Marcos talk MORE rumors of Warped Tour's return, Veil of Maya go on hiatus, songs for "the bedroom," a new TikTok trend called "encores," new music from Beartooth, Poppy, RedHook, TSS, plus a review of the new album from Void of Vision and more! News: Warped Tour, Veil of Maya, Being As An Ocean, When We Were Young Festival, and more starting at (00:42). New Music

THE RETURN OF WARPED TOUR IS IMMINENT!

Sep 15 2024 95 mins

This week Sam and Marcos talk rumors of Warped Tour's return, Paramore working on new music, Linkin Park continued controversy and success, new songs from Underoath, Whitechapel, Jinjer and more plus review the new album from Kublai Khan TX! News: Warped Tour, Underoath, Whitechapel, Jinjer, Knocked Loose, Zebra and more starting at (38:09). Reviews: Kublai Khan TX starting at (1: