Review of Sad Robot’s ‘1.0’

I almost feel tricked by L.A. trio Sad Robot. Towards the beginning of the television season, the band was featured during a commercial for Season 8 of Bones. The song they played was “Hold On,” a soft, almost acoustic ballad helping prep the emotional return to one of the main characters. The song in question […]

Review of P.O.S’ ‘We Don’t Even Live Here’

2012 has, at best, been a mediocre year for hip-hop. There have only been a couple of albums and mixtapes this year that have actually impressed me (those being Brother Ali’s newest album and that Heems’ mixtape he dropped earlier this year), and the rest has kind of been tossed to the wayside. Even that […]

Music Review: Death Grips’ ‘No Love Deep Web’

It’s been quite a year for hip hop trio Death Grips. Their debut album (not mixtape) The Money Store dropped earlier this year, and even though the album kept the obscure, almost threatening, style of music, they recieved a fair bit of positive attention. Even sites like NPR, who stereotypically wouldn’t even touch an album […]

Music Review: Muse’s ‘The 2nd Law’

Six albums in, English trio Muse can pretty much do anything they want. If they want to make a futuristic opera, they can. If they want to make an arena rock album mixed with a laser light show, they can. If they want to make a rock album mixed with the blistering sounds of dubstep, […]

Music Review: Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part I’

When Lupe Fiasco came out with the title of this album, I thought of three things. One: the original Food and Liquor was amazing, and putting the title on this album SHOULD force him to elevate his game to that level once more. And Two: how much balls does he have to call this The […]

Review of Green Day’s ‘¡Uno!’

Where do you begin with a band like Green Day? They’re one of the most successful punk bands in the past twenty years, releasing critically acclaimed album after album since 1990. The also can subsequently piss off a decent part of their fan base, with accusations of “selling out” getting thrown all over the place. […]

Review of The Killers’ ‘Battle Born’

It’s been eight years since the Vegas-based quartet The Killers came out with their debut album, Hot Fuss. Since them, I’ve fallen in and out of favor with them with every release. Sam’s Town was a step backwards sonically, and Day And Age‘s use of electronics was just too much for me. And then there […]

Review of Ben Folds Five’s ‘The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind’

Seventeen years ago, a trio of musicians delivered their debut, self-titled album. Of course, this should end with “and the rest is history,” but that’s not the case with Ben Folds Five. Instead, Ben Folds, Robert Sledge, and Darren Jessee made a couple more albums, then ended their collective careers together, splitting off and doing […]

Music Review: Imagine Dragons’ ‘Night Visions’

Relative unknowns Imagine Dragons exploded earlier this year when their EP Continued Silence dropped with the catchy first single “It’s Time.” The song has since been passed around numerous music blogs, television shows (soon to be featured on the returning Glee), and radio play – gaining themselves quite the amount of buzz. The single itself […]

Music Review: Go Radio’s ‘Close The Distance’

Go Radio have made huge strides in the past couple of years in the realms of pop rock. After leaving Mayday Parade back in 2007, Jason Lancaster started blazing a rather steady stream of good alt-pop music that can easily get played on musical television (if there was such a thing). With two impressive EPs […]