Friday, May 26, 2006

Angels & Airwaves - We Don’t Have to Whisper (2006)

I’ll say it loudly, then.

Valkyrie Missile
Distraction
Do It For Me Now
The Adventure
A Little’s Enough
The War
The Gift
It Hurts
Good Day
Start The Machine

In the wake of Blink 182’s demise, Tom DeLonge had to find some way, in an oversaturated modern market full of Simple Plans and Sugarcults, to continue with [...]

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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Espers - II (2006)

Haunting folk brew

Dead Queen
Widow’s Weed
Cruel Storm
Children Of Stone
Mansfield And Cyclops
Dead King
Moon Occults The Sun

The dreary, sparkling world of Espers is as sharp and haunting a trip as a drop of blood falling from a blade of grass. “II” is a worthy follow-up to the acclaimed first Espers record, which [...]

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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Lacuna Coil - Karmacode (2006)

Italians do it better

Fragile
To The Edge
Our Truth
Within Me
Devoted
You Create
What I See
Fragments Of Faith
Closer
In Visible Light
The Game
Without Fear
Enjoy The Silence

It makes a weird kind of sense that an Italian band can sound cooler and more interesting in trying to sound “modern” than can [...]

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Fair to Midland - inter.funda.stifle (2004)

Dreams splendidly weaved from an atom bomb

Preambles In 3rd Person
Dance Of The Manatee
Vice/Versa
Cipieron
A Seafarer’s Knot
Orphan Anthem ‘86
Inter.mission
Granny Niblo
The Walls Of Jericho
Abigail
Timbuktu
Kyla Cries Cologne
Upgrade^Brigade
When The Bough Breaks
Quince

Until recently, Fair to Midland was an unsigned anomaly from Dallas, TX, waiting for their [...]

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Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (2005)

Rock in a hard place

Introduction
The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage
London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines
Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks
Camisado
Time To Dance
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Intermission
But It’s Better If You Do
I [...]

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Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006)

Keep it like a secret

Alone, Jealous and Stoned
All At Once (It’s Not Important)
Lightning Blue Eyes
Daddy’s in the Doldrums
I Hate Pretending
Faded Lines
I Want to Know If It’s Still Possible
1000 Seconds

They’re like rock in how the drums and guitar hit like a burning Hindenburg falling with every beat. They’re like [...]

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