About a year ago, I picked up an album that would later become one of my favorites of all time; Brand New’s 2001 release Your Favorite Weapon. The album was a breath of fresh air in a time where NSYNC was popular and Shaggy was a thing. Songs like “Jude Law and a Semester Abroad,” […]
Read more "Review of Sister City’s “Carbon Footprint”"Yup, you are reading the title correctly; the band’s name is Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows. Now luckily, if you think that is too long to say, you can always call them by their abbreviated name, D.R.U.G.S. That’s right, if you have to explain who you are listening to, you can say that you are […]
Read more "Review of Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows Debut"MTV sure knows how to beat a dead horse. In the late 1980’s, MTV came out with UnPlugged, a television show that gave artists a chance to sit down, and play their favorite songs to a very small crowd of people. Bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and most infamously Nirvana, have all graced […]
Read more "Review of Alkaline Trio’s “Damnesia”"For many people, video games are a getaway from all of your worries and problems. They transport you to different worlds, and tell magnificent interactive stories that entangle the viewer(s) into place of unforeseen wonder and beauty. Not only have they introduced main media to such characters as Mario, Master Chief, and Donkey Kong, but […]
Read more "In It’s Defense: Why Video Games Aren’t Just For Kids"A couple of months ago, a friend of mine recommended that I take a listen to AWOLNATION’s first single off of his debut album, Megalithic Symphony, “Sail.” After my first listen, I outright labeled it as just some song, nothing special at all. Well, day by day, I kept humming the hook, “Blame it on […]
Read more "Review of AWOLNATION’s “Megalithic Symphony”"If you watched MTV during the middle of the last decade, then you have probably heard of Panic! at the Disco. Debuting with probably one of the catchiest songs of the past ten years “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Panic! was poised to be everyone’s “I knew them first” band. That one song catapulted the […]
Read more "Review of Panic! at the Disco’s “Vices and Virtues”"Firstly, I would like to throw out a small pet peeve of mine out here. If you are an artist/band that is about to release an album, PLEASE do not say that you have about 20 or so tracks that are on the “cutting room floor.” And this is especially true when that album you […]
Read more "Review of F****d Up’s “David Comes To Life”"We are now halfway through the year, and I must say, it has been slow. There have been some great albums, but lots of weeks where there has been little to no new music to enjoy. But one like myself, can only wish of some new things to come. This is just a list of […]
Read more "A Music Wishlist for 2011+"G.O.O.D. Music definitely has lived up to its name for a couple of years now. Founder Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was named the best album of 2010 by many, and the best in Mr. West’s career. Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, although receiving mixed reviews, […]
Read more "Review of Big Sean’s “Finally Famous”"If you know anything about Taking Back Sunday, you know that their line-up has never truly stayed the same. From early on with Jesse Lacey (now fronting Brand New) to Fred Mascherino (fronting The Color Fred and Terrible Things), TBS has had 11 different members, with only three constants through each release (singer Adam Lazzara, […]
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