Artist: Kid Rock Album: Rebel Soul Genre: Something Since I have always prided myself on writing reviews with an unapologetic and honest tone it is only fair that I also admit that there was a time that I not only owned but enjoyed Kid Rock. Those were confusing times comprised of angst and wardrobes from […]
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REVIEW: Kid Rock – Rebel Soul
December 1st, 2012 
Josh Hammond 
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REVIEW: Deftones – Koi No Yokan
November 11th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: Deftones Album: Koi No Yokan Genre: Alternative metal Label: Reprise I had originally wanted to write a one sentence review of this, citing a section of Tolkien describing the beauty of an Elven lair and then putting “Add metal” after it. It wouldn’t be too far from the truth. Anyone who feels metal can’t […]
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Album Review: Calvin Harris – 18 Months
November 5th, 2012 Josh Hammond Artist: Calvin Harris Album: 18 Months Genre: Pop What you take away from Calvin Harris’ new album 18 Months, really depends on what you’re looking for when you’re listening. The fifteen tracks are all over the place in terms of sound. Set up like a Chinese buffet, the LP hits as many angles of the […]
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REVIEW: Stone Sour – House Of Gold And Bones – Part 1
October 21st, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: Stone Sour Album: “House of Gold and Bones Part 1” Genre: Alt-metal, hard rock Label: Roadrunner Stone Sour’s House of Gold and Bones (Part 1) has all the hallmarks of an event, but somehow it feels like a non-event. It’s a fine record, but not in a showy or extravagant way – rather, its […]
REVIEW: Further Seems Forever – Penny Black
October 15th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: Further Seems Forever Album: Penny Black Genre: Rock Label: Rise Records For a band that had early associations with that much-maligned, so-called genre of emo, Further Seems Forever have come a long way. Penny Black is a riveting, engaged, and entirely involving record that screams of maturity and focus. The steely grey resignation in […]
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REVIEW: The Wallflowers – Glad All Over
October 13th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: The Wallflowers Album: Glad All Over Genre: Rock Label: Columbia Records It’s been a while since The Wallflowers released a new record, but you’d certainly never think it from Glad All Over. The band are as tight and together as ever, illustrating a truly remarkable precision and mastery over their craft that is nothing […]
Posted in Features, News, Reviews Tags: 2012, album reviews, Columbia Records, Glad All Over, Jakob Dylan, Reviews, rock (genre), the wallflowers 5 Comments »
REVIEW: Ellie Goulding – Halcyon
October 11th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: Ellie Goulding Album: Halcyon Genre: Pop/Indie Label: Polydor Halcyon is a bit of a conundrum. The second album by English artist Ellie Goulding, it is a graceless ode, though heaven knows it does try. Perchance it’s a bit misguided, or even something of a try-hard as the individual elements of these songs are precious […]
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REVIEW: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
October 10th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Album: ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! Genre: Post-Rock Label: Constellation Records I was fourteen years old when 28 Days Later came out in theaters, and I was fifteen when I finally got to see it on DVD at a friend’s house. It began a lifelong and slightly idiotic obsession with zombies […]
REVIEW: Muse – The 2nd Law
September 27th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Artist: Muse Album: The 2nd Law Genre: Alternative Rock Label: Helium 3 / Warner Muse has been one of my favorite bands dating back to early high school when I first heard “New born” off of Origin of Symmetry and swore that a classical composer had formed the next great rock band. I loved that […]
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REVIEW: Mika – The Origin of Love
September 26th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: Mika Album: The Origin of Love Genre: Pop Label: Casablanca (US), Island/Barclay/Universal (Europe) It seems clichéd to describe Mika’s third album as mature, especially given that the latter is often a horrible euphemism for boring, but that’s exactly how The Origin of Love comes across. Stripped of many of the singer’s more flamboyant musical […]
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REVIEW: No Doubt – Push and Shove
September 25th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Artist: No Doubt Album: Push and Shove Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop rock Label: Interscope Records No Doubt has always been hip to trends. Tragic Kingdom and the Beacon Street Collection were very 90s, and some fans will probably mistake that as being very No Doubt. Return to Saturn was very 2000, very much about rock […]
REVIEW: NOFX – Self/Entitled
September 15th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: NOFX Album: Self/Entitled Genre: Punk Label: Fat Wreck Records Assuming you’ve been doing things right, NOFX is a band that requires no introduction. Self/Entitled is the twelfth studio album from the prolific Californian group and even after all this time, it remains consistently astonishing to see how alive and electric their work is. There’s […]
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