Category: Reviews
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When I was 15, I remember coming to understand politics for the first time and not knowing how to navigate it. I knew I would…
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What an album rollout, huh? A lot has happened since last July, when Underoath kicked off their latest chapter with the release of “Damn Excuses”…
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Every once in a while, something incredible happens. A new band begins building a grassroots buzz through a sprinkling of singles that gradually increases into…
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Every once in a while, a band just finds their sound. For Grayscale, this came in the form of the single “In Violet”, a song…
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On Lorde’s latest, Solar Power, I want what she’s having. Oh wait. I already have it. Ella Yelich-O’Connor’s triumphant return began with a less than…
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You know that old saying “If I could, I’d give you the moon”? On Foxing’s new album, Draw Down the Moon, Foxing both asks for…
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I don’t know whether it’s coincidental or tongue-in-cheek that John Mayer’s new album Sob Rock is two letters off from “soft rock”. We all know…
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Every now and then, an album shocks you by how much you enjoy it. Graduating Life is undoubtedly a beast of creativity, making music unlike…
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Bodies granted a wish I have held onto for 11 years: AFI revisited the pop sound they first explored in 2009’s masterpiece album, Crash Love.…
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In just a few short years, Marina Diamandis has completely reinvented herself. Gone are the days of alter egos and hiding her personality behind characters…
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It’s hard to believe I’m here again writing about a new Twenty One Pilots album. How has it already been two years since Trench was…
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In the last 24 hours, I have listened to Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, SOUR, no less than seven times. Last night, I was enthralled with…
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If there’s anything we all have in common in living the past year and a half together, it’s that we’ve all grown up a little…
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Lana Del Rey has had a pretty big year. Coming down from the high of 2019’s Norman F’ing Rockwell, to the release of her first…
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Part of the charm to A Day To Remember is knowing how much their sound shouldn’t work as well as it does. A conglomeration of…
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In Greek mythology, there is a river in the Underworld called the River Lethe, which was said to bring forgetfulness to those who drank from…
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Legacy is a big and complicated word, regardless of context, but especially when we apply it to the ongoing work of an active artist. Thus,…
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As soon as I saw Hayley Williams announce that she was releasing a second album, I was sure I wanted to talk about it. But…
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To be a modern Weezer fan is to approach each new release with a sense of skepticism. Having made their mark in rock early on,…
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At one point in my life, I was astounded that some of my favorite artists were able to release new albums in back-to-back years. What…
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This year has been a surprisingly busy one for Goldfinger. During the early days of the pandemic, the band released a series of re-recordings of…
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Over the years, I’ve gone through a lot of phases in my frequent listening. I’ve talked a lot about my emo years and the time…
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“I can finally see clearly, as if my vision’s 20/20.” Knuckle Puck have been a growing presence in the Chicago punk scene for a number…
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As is the case with anything related to Davey Havok, Blaqk Audio succeed by painting a story with their albums. Not explicitly, but it’s a…