There’s no point in giving Weezer any kind of reaction anymore. Their place in alt-rock history is firmly cemented as emo godfathers, 70s rock preservationists, and pop song professionals. None of the lows they’ve endured (self-inflicted or otherwise) have tarnished…
Album Review: Dropkick Murphys — ‘Turn Up That Dial’
Turn Up That Dial is their tenth studio album, and the Dropkick Murphys have kept all of their gusto along the way.
Album Review: Ashley Monroe – ‘Rosegold’
New look, new style: Ashley Monroe shoots for a full-on rebirth with Rosegold. She dons pink hair on the album’s cover and dons electronic music on the album itself, both new guises that come as a surprise because Ashley Monroe doesn’t…
Album Review: The Fratellis – ‘Half Drunk Under a Full Moon’
The Fratellis have entered that awkward career midpoint for bands, where the tension between doing what comes easy to them and trying to expand their musical palette causes inevitable problems. In The Fratellis’ case, what comes easy to them is…
‘Nurture’ review: Porter Robinson’s latest album is a window to a bright and hopeful future
Nurture, the second studio album from the Atlanta-born, Chapel Hill-based artist, is a foray into some of his most emotionally driven work yet. Coming from his complextro era (a term he coined around his Spitfire EP), Porter ventures into a…
From the Record Crate: Bon Iver – ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (2007)
Bon Iver is a legend of the unknown, and a relatively unknown legend. In 2006/07, Justin Vernon went into the forested wilderness of Midwest America and came back with an album so chilling, melancholy, and soberingly lonesome that it would…
‘G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!’ review: Godspeed return with a daunting but worthwhile challenge about life’s progression
The goal of Godspeed You! Black Emperor has always been the same: they’re not here for your happiness, they’re here for your enlightenment. Since their ominous and apocalyptic debut, F# A# ∞ (1997), the band has spent the last twenty-five…