Category: Reviews
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Blink-182 were my first musical love. Over 20 years later, I remember hearing “What’s My Age Again?” for the first time, and the shockwave that…
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When I think of controversy in music these days, I immediately think of Billie Eilish. Her album was unique and her videos are provocative. Even…
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Music videos are dead. The last video that caught my attention enough to follow the band was OK Go’s “Here It Goes Again” (and every…
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When I saw Queen of Jeans open for Balance and Composure in 2017, I was thoroughly impressed. The trio from Philly gave their all on…
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Lana Del Rey is America’s queen. She’s an expert in mixing the modern with the retro. Her cinematic take on Americana remains fresh with each…
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I saw The Futureheads at Chicago’s Pitchfork Festival in 2007. The entirety of the festival, I was distracted by a girlfriend who was drunkenly hanging…
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What I appreciate the most about Taylor Swift is the “re-watch value” of her music. Every new single is almost guaranteed to annoy me on…
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Have Mercy is consistently the saddest band I listen to. It makes me feel really bad because no one should be this sad for four…
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Nate Feuerstein (NF) has become one of the top names in hip-hop. What sets him apart, and what draws me to him, is the fact…
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If you’re like me, you thought The Black Keys were never going to come back. They were a has been of the mid 2000’s and…
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It’s been 10 years since we received a full album from Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas. We got a single six years ago called “Pom…
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Frank Iero’s passion for rock music shines through his solo work more than the heavy mood would have you believe. Barriers, Iero’s third solo album, celebrates rock music.…
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Four years is a long time to wait between albums. While fans clamor for new music, artists risk losing cultural cachet. This is, of course,…
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At its core, Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties is a story about rebirth. Singer and songwriter Dan Campbell’s debut album, We Don’t Have Each…
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In general, I find covers albums to be useless. Often times, the original song was good enough that it’s hard to top it, or the…
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You can read our review of the first half of LOVE + FEAR here. We’ve gotten the first half of Marina’s album LOVE + FEAR,…
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Count me as one of the (many? few?) that found great enjoyment in The Damned Thing’s 2010 debut, Ironiclast. That album served as both the…
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UPDATE: You can read our review of FEAR here. Last year, I talked a little bit in an article about chasing away winter about my…
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The sheer amount of content Davy Havok and Jade Puget release is utterly staggering. The fact that each release is near perfect is frightening. Blaqk…
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It wasn’t that long ago that I was commenting to someone on the possibility that Billie Eilish may truly mark the long-expected demise of “the…
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When I first listened to “Nina Cried Power” late last year, I could tell that whatever Hozier was cooking was going to be something worth…
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Click here to check out our new podcast breaking down Copeland’s discography Anyone familiar with Copeland knows that the band loves to push boundaries. In…
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Jon Fratelli has been one of my favourite songwriters for over a decade. His sense of electric storytelling, bouncing guitars and sing-a-long choruses have made…
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When I first read the 10-page treatise on Say Anything’s demise (which I strongly suggest you do, as well), I was disappointed. I was disappointed,…