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TW // This music video's artistic direction features strobe lights, flashing imagery, and fake blood. Art does not always come in the form of soft beauty. Sometimes, the art that leaves the most lasting impression is the one that's slightly uncomfortable, yet incredibly powerful. Paris/LA rock group Tarah Who? taps into this exact energy with their track, "Numb Killer". After the tragic events of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, frontwoman Tarah G. Carpenter began to quest

Fresh off a stellar run on Waterparks’ Entertainment Tour, alternative poet De’Wayne Jackson is inspired, invigorated, and ready to shake up the music scene in 2019. In addition to his newest release, “LET IT BANG” ( a hip hop banger loaded with important social commentary that we reviewed in full here), De’Wayne was kind enough to kickstart his big year by chatting with Us For Once. Lexy: Hey De’Wayne! How are you? I just wanted to preface this a little bit by saying that t

Life is nothing more than a series of moments that piece themselves together to create our own individual journeys. Us For Once was created on the basis of music to capture incredible moments that take our breath away and inspire you to make your own. On that note, here’s a story for you. Corey Durkin, an artist, entrepreneur, creative mind, and hilarious conversationalist. Even from a very young age, Durkin had a plan that looked beyond just what his hometown of Connect

When Us For Once first stumbled across the Whining Pussys, we expected to hear some solid, no-frills, good rock music. However, it’s always important to search deeper than first impressions, because what we found was- indeed, good music… but with a huge twist that left us smiling, thinking, and most importantly, writing. The Whining Pussys are an actively touring band from Huntington Beach, California, made up of Clark McSteven (guitar and vocals), KZ Anarchy (guitar), OG Ste

Here at Us For Once, we strongly believe in paying attention to opening bands, being respectful during their sets, and remembering their names. At some point, every concert-goer watches an opening act and silently wishes their set would be over quickly so they could get to the reason they really came to the show. In the moment, it might be quite hard to fathom that an opening band would ever become a headliner or move onto venues bigger than a one-room bar. Luckily, that