Music Review: Blue October’s “Any Man in America”

Before reviewing Blue October’s newest album, Any Man in America, I had only listened to three of their songs. The first being the Vh1 hit, “Hate Me,” which I thought was one of the most optimistically depressing song that I’ve ever heard. Then it was “Into the Ocean,” which is an atmospherically beautiful ballad, that […]

Review of Psychic Babble’s Debut “My Brother’s Ears/My Sister’s Eyes”

If you don’t know what Psychic Babble is, well then you are not a Circa Survive fan. If you don’t know what Circa Survive is, then I’m sorry, you should be google searching it right now. But if you don’t, I’ll help you out here; Circa Survive is a band out of Philly, Pennsylvania that […]

Motion City Soundtrack Retrospective

Usually, calling a band “immature” is a bad thing. This usually comes when an artist or band doesn’t branch out from their normal sound or material in which they record. Some bands mature in a drastic new direction (Linkin Park, for example) while others tend to stay in their comfort zone (All Time Low). However, […]

Artists You Should Know Before Your Friends Do 2011

Have you ever listened to a friend talk about what “great new music” they have been listening to? That topic is usually followed up by saying that “They knew them first.” As annoying as that is, we all do it in our most subtle ways (like saying that “I love Three-Oh-H” instead of saying “I […]

Review of Sister City’s “Carbon Footprint”

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,” […]

Review of Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows Debut

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 […]

Review of Alkaline Trio’s “Damnesia”

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 […]

Review of AWOLNATION’s “Megalithic Symphony”

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 […]

Review of Panic! at the Disco’s “Vices and Virtues”

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 […]

Review of F****d Up’s “David Comes To Life”

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 […]