Starcrawler went straight from high school to a record deal in an era when kids their age play rock star video games and there no longer are record deals. This Album Reviews
Starcrawler
Starcrawler
February 6th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Starcrawler went straight from high school to a record deal in an era when kids their age play rock star video games and there no longer are record deals. This
Shame
Songs of Praise
February 4th, 2018 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
With the recent passing of Mark E. Smith, The Fall frontman’s irascible nature has been recalled as much as his incredible body of work. Indeed, it’s hard to
No Age
Snares Like a Haircut
January 31st, 2018 | by Matt Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
A key variable in No Age’s work has been the number and depth of the layers they use to separate listeners from the impetus at the center of their songs. My
Eminem
Revival
January 28th, 2018 | by Dorian S. Ham | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
After 20 years in the game, Eminem is at an interesting place in his career. At this point, everyone has seen all this tricks. Meanwhile, rap radio has changed a lot
Slaughter Beach, Dog
Birdie
December 8th, 2017 | by Matthew Lovett | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
It’s hard not to feel apprehensive about listening to albums from side projects. Frequently, these projects are critical tossups; even if the band
Björk
Utopia
December 5th, 2017 | by Kevin J. Ellliott | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
It’s hard to believe that it’s taken more than two decades for the iconoclast known as Björk to finally reach utopia. For many, the mere mention of the Björk
Nick Oliveri
N.O. Hits at All, Volume 3
December 1st, 2017 | by Briana Henry | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
We can just get this out of the way: Nick Oliveri is the most underrated bass player living today. In the early days of his career with pal Josh Homme in Kyuss
Squeeze
The Knowledge
November 15th, 2017 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Throughout rock’s history, there have been many great songwriting duos: Lennon and McCartney, Strummer and Jones, Morrissey and Marr, etc. Up there with
OMD
The Punishment of Luxury
October 9th, 2017 | by Stephen Slaybaugh | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Of all the many reunions in recent years, perhaps the most pleasantly successful has been that of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (a.k.a. OMD). Successful
The Fall
New Facts Emerge
August 22nd, 2017 | by Jamie Pietras | published in Album Reviews | Leave A Comment »
When introducing someone to The Fall, you might start with a disclaimer. Vocalist Mark E. Smith has a polarizing voice, not unlike, say, Tom Waits or The