Category: Reviews
Oh Cursive, you’re so cool
In a twinkle of starry lights, a pumpkin sat, glowing, declaring the band’s name: Cursive. The crowd went wild, screaming and fist-pumping, washing the stage with the kind of excitement usually saved for the headliner – that night, Minus the Bear – as singer and guitarist Tim Kasher took the stage with the rest of…
REVIEW: TRC’s The Story So Far
I have an interesting mix for you guys. I’m here to introduce London’s TRC with their debut U.S album release called The Story So Far. Here’s where it gets crazy… Step one: Take the band Touché Amoré and add a full cup of British accent. Step Two: Stir in a tablespoon of Bring Me the…
REVIEW: …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead’s Lost Songs
Would you like the V8 or the hybrid? The bacon burger or the salad? No, sorry, you have to choose. And since we’re already forcing you to make difficult decisions: Do you want your rock refined or raunchy? … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have no problem dealing with this…
REVIEW: Night Moves’ debut full-length Colored Emotions
In this age of hybridized genre tag mania (proto-post-stoner-jam-metalcore, anyone?), it’s become easy for bands to lay claim to invention by slapping synths, reverb, drum machines, etc., on top of blasé retreads of well-worn forms. Amid the innovation inflation
REVIEW: Love This Giant
Crushed By the Giant It’s not too farfetched to imagine that when David Byrne found himself in a studio recording Love This Giant (released September 11th) with the angelic, guitar shredding Annie Clark, he may have asked himself “Well, how did I get here?” The two come from two different genres, two different generations, and…
REVIEW: Sick/Sea’s debut album Moral Compass
Self-defined “jazzy rockers” Sick/Sea will be releasing their first album, Moral Compass, on the 16th of next month. Moral Compass feels like an extended juxtaposition—an album with a resonating youthful lyrical basis, and yet a definitive level of harshness/roughness in its melodies and overall sound. The childlike nature of the album is ever present and…
REVIEW: Grievances and Quiet Hands split
I got a dual split record for you guys, and between Grievances and Quiet Hands, this is some hard and extreme punk. Grievances’ home state is Georgia, and they’ve been kickin’ it for about a year now. They are currently secluded away and generously writing more for you listeners. Quiet Hands is from Gulfport, Missouri. …