November 28, 2007

Jamie T Panic Prevention [4/5] Similarities be damned, could this please be the last time Jamie T and the Streets are compared in the very first sentence of a review? Yes, Jamie Treays and Mike Skinner are both young Brits fond of pricking the world with their razor-sharp pens. But hip-hop is only a...

Hot Hot Heat Happiness LTD [3/5] As far as puns go, the title track on the new album from preternaturally happy organ poppers Hot Hot Heat isn’t a very subtle one. Blasting along on the raw sugar surge of triumphant, synthy disco party tracks like their breakout hit "Bandages" seems to have gotten old....

As I Lay Dying An Ocean Between Us [4.5/5] It’s refreshing to see a young band continuously improve through good, old-fashioned hard work. As I Lay Dying’s 2003 debut Frail Words Collapse was a C+ at best, but showed glimpses of something special looming. Two records and an absurd amount of tour dates...

Pinback Autumn Of The Seraphs [4.5/5] With Autumn Of The Seraphs, their fourth proper full-length, Pinback hardly need to prove themselves. Regardless, seconds into album opener “From Nothing To Nowhere,” the band deliver an argument convincing enough to eliminate any debate. A driving, mid-tempo cruise launches Autumn with a rolling melody and a staccato...

All Time Low So Wrong, It’s Right All Time Low don’t rewrite pop-punk rules by filling their records with dramatic musical innovations or profound personal revelations. But the thing All Time Low do-write pitch-perfect pop-punk anthems designed for sunny days at the beach/mall and evenings under the stars/influence-they do really freaking well. Weightless wonders like...

Artist and music producer Butch Walker, known for his work with artists such as Avril Lavigne, Fall Out Boy and the Academy Is… suffered sizable property loss in the Malibu, California, wildfires this week. According to MTV.com, Walker said in a press release he was renting a $4.8 million house in Corral Canyon owned by...

Never Enough (ex-members of Eighteen Visions and Lylah) have posted a full stream of their self-titled debut album online. The record will be hitting shelves nationwide on Dec. 4 via Corporate Punishment Records. Not familiar with NE? Check out their self-titled album teaser:

Buddyhead Records have announced the signing of Los Angeles rock band Jubilee. The band consist of Aaron North (Nine Inch Nails, The Icarus Line) on vocals/guitar, Michael Shuman (Queens Of The Stone Age, Wires On Fire) on bass/vocals, Evan Weiss (Wires On Fire) on guitar/vocals and Loren Shane Humphrey (The Willowz) on drums. The band's...

Trustkill emo-rock band Sick City have announced a tour in support of their lastest release Nightlife, out now. Every Avenue and the Mile After will be accompanying SC on all dates. Dates are as follows: 11/28 Nashville, Tennessee – the Muse 11/29 Little Rock, Arkansas – Vino’s 11/30 Ridgeland, Mississippi – Old Keypoint Building 12/01...