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Album Review: Caravels’ ‘Caravels’

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7″s these days almost seem more important than your full length albums. Well at least in the hardcore/punk community. Caravels have released their first 7″ with Topshelf Records this past month only four months since their first “official” EP “Floorboards”. Is their 7″ just as good as their EP? Read past the break for my review! 

The 7″ clocks in at just about eight minutes long and I have to say it left me wanting more. The two songs that are on it are enjoyable and in no way boring. The songs are raw and have awesome lyrics to match the tone of the songs. In the opening line to the first song “Dream Beaver” the singer comes out screaming “If I could wipe the grime away / I’d leave the rest just the same / I’d find a way to skew what’s left / to make it seem it’s for the best.” After that I was hooked. 
 
The one thing I kept noticing was how pure the songs were. They didn’t seem forced and all of the instruments sounded awesome. For how desperate the tone of the songs are and the lyrics that compliment them you’d think it was the band’s last stand.  On the B side the singer says “It was a mess, but it was ours, it wasn’t emptiness / It was a mess, but it was ours, it was ours to fix.” is the perfect example of this desperation. 
This 7″ reminded of Thursday during their “Full Collapse” era and that is no way a bad thing. The gentlemen in this band have some talent that should not go unnoticed and I will admit the songs on here might be some of my favorites to come out this year. With that being said I encourage you to spend the $5.00 on an awesome band and pick up their 7″. You can pick it up HERE from Topshelf Records. 
4.5 out of 5 skulls
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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July 14, 2026

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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