Review: We Were Promised Jetpacks – The Last Place You’ll Look (2010)
I’ll admit I’m late to We Were Promised Jetpacks. Been slow at keeping up with Huw Stevens‘ stellar recommendations, of which I’m sure the…
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Review Roundup: The Bravery, Lady GaGa, Cavo, Sean Paul, Zaho, H.I.M., Megadeth, OK Go, Shaman’s Harvest, and Herzog
The Bravery – HatefuckStir the Blood‘s lead single, “Slow Poison,” didn’t quite revive The Bravery as it should’ve. The beat lacked bite, a spark…
Review Roundup: Hole, Godsmack, Cold War Kids, Neon Trees, Lily Allen, Sevendust, Red, and Shinedown
Cold War Kids – AudienceAn odd end in a collection of tracks compiled in the Behave Yourself EP, “Audience” brings the Cold War Kids…
Review: Cœur de Pirate – Coeur de Pirate (2008)
Remember the 80s? That decade dominated by bubbly pop or often synthesized keys? Or how about the highlighter colored clothing that threatened to temporarily…
Review: Los Campesinos! – Romance is Boring (2010)
In building up to an album’s release, there is a standard procedure following recording and mixing geared towards creating buzz and word-of-mouth to fuel…
Review: Alkaline Trio – This Addiction (2010)
Seven has been associated with This Addiction, whether covering the CD itself to the earplugs the band uses during their tour. The integer itself…
Review: Dessa – A Badly Broken Code (2010)
My first exposure to Dessa just so happened to be on one of the False Hopes that the Minneapolis collective, Doomtree, has been churning…
Review Roundup: Cypress Hill, Deftones, The Dirty Heads, Serj Tankian, Silversun Pickups, Creed, Charlie Winston
Admittedly not much variety this week, both in terms of genre nor ratings. That’s just cause radio’s waking up and starting to deliver better…
Review: You, You’re Awesome – You’re Getting Old (2010)
The daring darling at The Hot Half Life recently made a monumental shift to Cincinnati from Chicago, leaving our fair city resembling more like…