Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Sinner [3/5] Joan Jett makes Courtney Love look like Hilary Duff. An original member of 1970s power-rockers the Runaways, Jett is better known as a sneering solo artist wielding her sexuality like a scythe. On Sinner, her first studio album in over a decade, Jett comes out fighting with an...
Guster
Guster Ganging Up On The Sun [4/5] Ganging Up On The Sun shows just how far the members of Guster have come from their days busking in Boston for petty cash. As on 2003’s Keep It Together, the group tone down the ramshackle percussion and acoustic sweetness that marked their early albums. Instead, layers of...
The Futureheads
The Futureheads News And Tributes [4/5] In 2004, the Futureheads emerged as a force on England’s musical radar, armed with one of the most original and scintillating debuts of that year. But unlike the swells of other Brit bands perpetually charged with changing music as we know it, their success seemed anything but predetermined. Two...
The Format
The Format Dog Problems [4/5] Ever have the urge to lie barefoot in the grass and watch the clouds roll by, but you wouldn’t actually do it because your friends would ridicule you for being “emo”? The Format recreate that idyllic moment in time on their second full-length, Dog Problems, a pop-rock odyssey sans trite...
Billy Talent: Great White Worth
After a long hard slog, BILLY TALENT established themselves as a household name across Canada with their modern-rock/screamo hybrid. This time, they’re setting their sights on America-with Bryan Adams’ blessing.
Story: Mike Usinger
There’s one question the members of Billy Talent can’t get through an interview without having to answer: "Did you meet Bryan...