When I got my first MP3 player many moons ago—one of those 128MB USB-sticks-with-a-headphone-jack affairs—the thing that drove me crazy was the wildly uneven volume from song to song. Some songs would ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

The song you’re listening to on your iPhone is a bit too quiet, so you adjust the volume. Perfect. Then the song ends, and the next one blasts your ears. You fumble your iPhone from your pocket and ...

It’s considerably less heavy than recent Volume songs like “Weighted” and “Pixelate” — the entire chorus is cleanly sung — but it’s still pretty ...

Rock is not a meek genre by any means. Arguably, it’s the most in-your-face genre if used to its full power. While rock has gone through softer eras, it will always be a genre you want to play loud ...