Greg Cameron

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Frank Turner re-examines a broken heart on 'Positive Songs For Negative People'

Frank Turner Positive Songs For Negative People If Frank Turner’s previous record Tape Deck Heart was the heartbreak, Positive Songs For Negative People picks him up off the mat and puts him back into the fight. Re-examining a broken heart is tough business, which Turner and producer Butch Walker ace on this dozen-song effort. Aside from the first singles […]

After the doom and gloom of 'Gossamer,' 'Kindred' sees Passion Pit walking back into the light

Passion Pit Kindred For Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos, 1985 was a very good year, as the album’s first single, “Lifted Up (1985)” confirms. Chronicling  love (in the past and present tenses) seems to be the fuel powering the engine of this deeply ’80s New Wave-inspired disc. “Whole Life Story” is Angelakos’s bouncy this-is-our-love-and-nobody-else’s anthem, […]

The 10 best Brand New songs

Four albums, each stylistically distinct from its predecessor, prove the wide scope of Brand New’s sonic flexibility. With influences that range from pop-punk powerhouses Descendents to the Smiths to Modest Mouse, this band’s sound has taken many different shapes in the fourteen years since Your Favorite Weapon dropped in 2001. Brand New released their first […]