Riley Breckenridge

Inhale Exhale Movement Mosh. Riff. Judd-judd. Riff. “Melodic” part. Riff. “Melodic” part. Judd-judd. “Melodic” part. Mosh. Über-mosh. “Melodic” part plus screaming. Slightly randomize formula for 10 tracks. Done. Okay. Maybe it’s not that simple. Inhale Ex ...

The Wedding No Direction The Wedding (fronted by former Letter Kills singer Matt Shelton) make their Tooth & Nail debut with an album that is strong, but arguably disproportionate. No Direction’s title track leads off the record with a home run, as it’s far and away the catchiest track on the record—a catchy, mid-tempo, radio-friendly pop-rock number, complete with anthemic choruses, the “ra

Caspian Waking Season The post-rock landscape has become a bit crowded in recent years, with new Mogwai and Explosions In The Sky clones seemingly cropping up every few weeks. Caspian carved out a sizable plot in the high-rent district of that overcrowded territory in 2009 with their second full-length, Tertia, a fantastic album that probably deserved more recognition than it received ... Read M

We Are The Ocean Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow Losing a half of a two-headed frontman is tough. Taking a stylistic left-turn under the same moniker that a band built their fan base under is a big risk. Trying do both at the same time is an unenviable (and inadvisable) task, but that’s exactly what We Are The Ocean have done with their third full-length, Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow. The ... Read M

Radiohead The King Of Limbs   I wrote the following text on my personal blog after spending a day with Radiohead’s new album, The King Of Limbs: “I’ve listened to The King Of Limbs about three times in its entirety, and in fractions, about six or seven times. As has been the case ...