album review
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On Arctic Monkeys’ latest album, the band drains themselves of adrenaline to play a set of songs that go back in time and try to revive a group of dated sounds. The guys play with sunshine pop, garage rock, and even some Queens of the Stone Age-esque riffage make it
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On the Shivers’ More, the band’s frontman, Keith Zariello, comes off a little more lovesick than usual. The songs here deal with many flavors of love, but many of them don’t taste all that good. And intentionally so, because More doesn’t have a very positive outlook when
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On Ulver’s latest album, the band brings on Guapo’s and Mothlite’s Daniel O’Sullivan as a collaborator. He certainly helps Kristoffer Rygg and company bring the band’s sound in a different direction for this new record, but I seriously wonder if it’s for the record.
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On its latest release, Woods make their sound a little sunnier with brighter guitar leads and attitudes. But some of the songs here just feel too unfinished to really feel memorable or exciting for me. I dig this band a lot, but I almost feel like I’ve fallen off
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What can I say about Planningtorock’s latest album that’s positive? Honestly, not much. Not only that, but I’m awestruck at how positive some of the receptions have been to what she’s doing. I don’t begrudge her the fanbase she’s gathered so far–especially since
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OK, so it’s widely acknowledged that a lot of people don’t care about Death Cab for cutie anymore. I guess I used to be one of them, too. But because of all the requests and my own curiosity, I figured I’d try out Codes and Keys since
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MP3 Hailing from Arizona, TOAD–which stands for Take Over and Destroy–is a six-piece metal band that sounds kinda like the genre’s scrapyard. While scrapyards are full of junk, there’s also hidden treasure in them for anybody who is willing to to dig through the rusty pipes
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On Boris’ latest albums, the band seeks to simplify their sound a bit. While they have made their style a little more accessible–especially on Attention Please–I don’t think it’s translated into something that’s exactly catchy or memorable. Still, there are some pretty heavy moments on
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If my son had made this album, I’d say this: “This is a strong debut, son. Strong debut.” WATCH THE REVIEW
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This Will Destroy You’s latest LP starts and finishes with flying colors, but it gets a little underwhelming in the middle for me. Hearing the band revisit old sounds, work with an odd drum mix, and working with similar structures throughout this album make me rethink my original love
