On paper, Wolves should work. Rise Against responding to the 2016 election with a renewed anger and energy seems like a recipe for a great record. And yet, we kind of hate it?

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Rise Against released The Black Market in 2014, and we... kind of forgot about it for a decade or so. Did the shift from overtly political to introspective lyrics not work? Did the band just sound too tired? Whatever the case, we're giving it a fair shot now.

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On Endgame, Rise Against allegedly considers the end of the world as we know it and whether that might actually be a good thing. But does the album actually engage with that idea in an interesting way? Is this where Rise Against really lost the plot for us? Did they have beef with Against Me!? Listen to find out.

Content Warning: Discussion of suicide and homophobia 22:30-29:30.

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Appeal To Reason features some of Rise Against's most enduring songs, but it's also a divisive album, which makes it a lot of fun to talk about. Join us to find out how our feelings have evolved since 2008 and why we aren't Geffen Records executives.

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This week we're digging into Rise Against's fourth album and arguably their magnum opus, The Sufferer and the Witness (including the Walmart edited version that Troy still has in his iTunes), as well as a slew of hardcore covers and the strange and surprising Generation Lost documentary.

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Our Rise Against series continues with Siren Song of the Counter Culture, their major label debut and source of one of their most enduring hits, "Swing Life Away." 

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We're getting to the core (pun not intended but we're not changing it) of our Rise Against series with a deep dive on Revolutions Per Minute, a formative punk rock album for both Matt and Troy and an undisputed genre classic.

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It's time for a new series, so we're diving into the early years of Chicago punk band Rise Against, from the early demos and signing to Fat Wreck Chords to their debut album, The Unraveling, and its weird alien cover art. Are you ready to rock?

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Sometimes bands have long, prolific careers filled with ups and downs, and sometimes they release one great album and fade away for unknown reasons. The Tower and the Fool is the latter, and this week we're talking about How Long, their stellar collection of emo Americana heartbreak.

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A power outage interrupted the finale of our Paramore series, but we fought through it to dig into yet another genre turn on This Is Why, making records in an unstable world, and the big remix project.

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