Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Matt Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michiga…
Album Review: Lorde – “Melodrama”
Merriam-Webster defines “melodrama” as “a work (such as a movie or play) characterized by extravagant theatricality and by the predominance of plot an…
Album Review: Rise Against — Wolves
In the summer of 2004, a little over a year after the United States invaded Iraq, Rise Against released their major-label debut, Siren Song of the Cou…
Album Review: Nickelback – “Feed the Machine”
Growing up in the noughties, Nickelback were the first rock band I ever listened to. The nostalgic “How You Remind Me” and “Rockstar” became massive, …
Song Review: Ricky Montgomery & The Honeysticks – “Out Like a Light”
It’s better when they’re together. In the year since I last visited Ricky Montgomery’s music (officially, at least), there has been…
Album Review: Chuck Berry – “Chuck”
Legends fade. It happens. But Chuck Berry—whose material from a short nine-year period singlehandedly made him the greatest songwriter in rock and rol…
Album Review: Lady Antebellum – “Heart Break”
Since their breakthrough in 2010 with the song “Need You Now,” country trio Lady Antebellum seem to do no wrong. Between singles and albums, they have…