Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Opus Dai - Touch The Sun [EP] (2008)
Hard Rock / Alt-Metal / Alternative
A new vocalist means slightly less testosterone for Opus Dai, but it does little to diminish this rock solid troupe’s high octane, guitar-centric, and (in some world, perhaps) radio ready onslaught.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Adebisi Shank - This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank (2008)
Hard Rock / Bitpop / Experimental
Two-handed tapping, spastic bitpop bleeps and blops, octave pedaled guitar and incredibly tight playing: when their powers combine, the result is the refreshingly spry rock ‘n’ roll of Adebisi Shank. Not Captain Planet, as you may have guessed.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Porcupine Tree - We Lost the Skyline (2008) [LIVE] and Nil Recurring (2007) [EP]
Prog-Rock / Hard Rock / Acoustic / Experimental
In Absentia or Deadwing are likely to be the first Porcupine Tree albums on anyone’s plate, but their massive back catalog is solid all the way through. The Tree’s two most recent releases carry the torch.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Watersigns - Watersigns (2007) [FREE MUSIC]
Rock / Instrumental / Technical
Hard-edged music theorists Watersigns forego a singer in favor of wandering guitar suites that toe the line between technical/math rock and pop repetition.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Jealousy Curve - …This Is For Your Own Destruction EP (2007)
Alternative Rock / Hard Rock / Indie
Jealousy Curve kick the living shit out of your speakers with a much-needed dosage of high energy hard rock that camps somewhere between Muse and Stone Temple Pilots.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Emarosa - Relativity (2008)
Alternative Rock / Punk
Like many other singers with a unique style, Jonny Craig’s head-turning vocals both imbue Emarosa’s Relativity with powerful distinctiveness, and drag it down with the same few overused techniques.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Ashes Divide - Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright (2008)
Hard Rock / Stadium Rock / Pop
A Perfect Circle founder Billy Howerdel’s much-lauded skill in creating guitar-borne ambiance goes missing for this disappointing mess of barely-above average stadium rock.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Anberlin - “Feel Good Drag” [SINGLE]
Re-recorded for their latest album, Anberlin’s “Feel Good Drag” has always been among their best; this version is no different. New listeners will dig the hell out of this radio-ready redux. Longtime fans, however, will prefer the rawer, grittier original.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Dance Gavin Dance - Dance Gavin Dance (2008)
That’s no moon…
Alex English
Buffalo!
Me and Zoloft Get Along Fine
The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3
Hot Water On Wool
Hot Water On Wool (Reprise)
Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most (feat. Nic Newsham)
Caviar (feat. Chino Moreno)
Rock Solid (feat. Matt Geise)
Burning Down the Nicotine Armoire Pt. 2
Reprogramming Mental Preprogramming
Skyhook
People You Know
They say never judge a book (or by extension, an [...]
Friday, May 30, 2008
From First to Last - From First to Last (2008)
Hallelujah, the whining is gone.
