Tag: album review
Asking Alexandria make drastic changes with their self-titled album
Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria
The past few years have been rocky to say the least for Asking Alexandria and their controversial vocalist, Danny Worsnop.The combination of...
Story Of The Year returns with a hit with ‘Wolves’
Story Of The Year
Wolves
After seven years of inactivity, coming out with an album is a total make-or-break move. Thankfully, Story Of The Year’s return...
Quicksand’s ‘Interiors’ channels inherent optimism, 22 years later
Quicksand
Interiors
The last time Quicksand released a formal LP, Bill Clinton was in office. 1995’s Manic Compression lead off with a bashing track called “Backward”...
Speak The Truth debut album taps into the sounds of the early 2000s
Speak The Truth... Even If Your Voice Shakes
Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You
Happily, this album is pretty much exactly what you’d expect...
Converge maintain their status as leaders with ‘The Dusk In Us’
Converge
The Dusk In Us
Right from the start, the very title of Converge's ninth album portends something ominous. The Dusk In Us conveys a sense...
Weezer take a more experimental approach on ‘Pacific Daydream’
Weezer
Pacific Daydream
When placed beside last year’s White Album, Weezer’s 11th studio album is both a continuation and a departure. The 2016 version of the...
Heavy Hearts’ ‘On A Chain’ is a hard-hitting follow-up to their 2016 full-length
Heavy Hearts
On A Chain
ROCKS LIKE: Brand New, Balance And Composure, Citizen
WHAT’S DIFFERENT: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, four-piece Heavy Hearts’ new EP is a...
Julien Baker proves she’s had enough pain for several lifetimes on new album
Julien Baker
Turn Out The Lights
ROCKS LIKE: Elliot Smith, Keaton Henson, Explosions In The Sky
WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Julien Baker’s second solo effort is as devastating as...
‘The Canyon’ is the Used’s most soul-wrenching effort to date
The Used
The Canyon
"An album that punches you in the gut with feeling."
There’s a reason The Canyon opens up with Used frontman Bert McCracken’s voice...
Jake Ewald reaches maturity on his second solo record
Slaughter Beach, Dog
Birdie
ROCKS LIKE: The Weakerthans, Modern Baseball, Pinegrove
WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Like the band that built him, Modern Baseball co-frontman Jake Ewald treats each record...
