It’s always refreshing when a band that has strayed away from their original sound decides to get their act together and release a good old “return to form” record. Such is the case with the latest album from the Worcester, MA metallic hardcore outfit Bury Your Dead. Mosh N’ Roll, the band’s sixth full-length studio album and their debut on Mediaskare Records, is the band’s first album to feature vocalist Mat Bruso since his departure in 2007, after fronting the band for their first three albums.
Matt Albers Reviews Mosh N’ Roll by Bury Your Dead
Posted on 19, Aug
Nathan Haggerman Reviews Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
Posted on 30, Jun
Sixteen epic years of rock is what the Foo Fighters had under their belt when they started recording and production on their newest album, Wasting Light. I will openly admit that my interest in them as recording artists has varied from time to time over the years since The Colour and the Shape, but I still enjoyed them as performing artists when I would go to see their shows. So I had high hopes for Wasting Light. The Foo Fighters have grown more mainstream over the years, and for better or worse this forced them to change their original sound- like any band at the 10+ year mark would have had to do.
Josh Vollmer Reviews Gloss Drop by Battles
Posted on 20, Jun
Saying that the band Battles is experimental doesn’t really do them justice. It’s like saying the gamma bomb that turned Dr. Bruce Banner into the Hulk was experimental. While it is an honest statement, it doesn’t quite sum up the true scope of things. Although “Atlas,” their first single from their debut album Mirrored, did find its way into a couple of ad campaigns as well as the hit video game Little Big Planet, for most people the band’s disarrayed song structures are pretty out there.
Explosions In The Sky is an instrumental group founded in Austin, Texas, consisting of drummer Chris Hrasky, and a trio of guitarists: Munaf Rayani, Mark Smith, and Michael James (who splits time between guitar and bass). Often described as post-rock, their music uses typical rock band instrumentation to explore a slightly different musical terrain and texture from what is normally found on rock radio. At times their music can have an almost orchestral quality to it and at others it’s a distortion-laden triple-guitar attack.
Josh Vollmer Reviews Warp Riders By The Sword
Posted on 9, May
The Sword, made up of vocalist/guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Trivett Wingo, hail from the alternative music mecca of Austin, Texas. Do not dismiss these guys as some wimpy alt-rock band; these guys are metal. That’s right kids, the land of SXSW has delivered unto us what is quite possibly the best metal act of the 00′s.
Chat Kidkul Reviews Plain White T’s Concert
Posted on 18, Apr
I had the pleasure of seeing the Plain White T’s at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO courtesy of Slackers CD’s and Games, this past Wednesday night. This is my first Plain White T’s concert, but it wasn’t my first concert at The Pageant. I knew from my previous concerts at The Pageant, that I was to expect a nice, comfortable atmosphere and a very good time. Having heard their new album, Wonders of the Younger, and recently purchased all of their previous albums, I knew that there were going to be a lot of great songs being played at this concert.
