It’s been a while since we heard from the bros of Boulder came out with an album. But in the time since their latest effort came out, music has since brushed aside theier fun party raps. That makes their latest effort, Omens, stray from being original and conforms to become generic. [Read more...]
Music Review: 3OH!3′s ‘Omens’
06/17/2013 by Leave a Comment
Music Review: Sigur Ros’ ‘Kveikur’
06/16/2013 by Leave a Comment
Hopefully by now, you would have some sort of opinion on post rock Icelandic band Sigur Ros. But with their latest release, the band is throwing fans and new listeners alike a curveball entitled Kveikur. [Read more...]
Music Review: Vampire Weekend’s ‘Modern Vampires of the City’
05/13/2013 by Leave a Comment
Love them or hate them, Vampire Weekend’s latest album Modern Vampires of the City is a must listen of 2013. [Read more...]
Music Review: Allison Weiss’ ‘Say What You Mean’
04/16/2013 by Leave a Comment
Allison Weiss latest effort Say What You Mean brings a punky charm to a rather plastic singer/songwriter scene. [Read more...]
Music Review: Iron and Wine’s ‘Ghost on Ghost’
04/15/2013 by Leave a Comment
Iron and Wine continues his road down the glossy, highly produced road with Ghost on Ghost. This time around, however, he knocks this album out of the park. [Read more...]
Music Review: Kid Cudi’s ‘Indicud’
04/14/2013 by Leave a Comment
Kid Cudi third rap album Indicud reminds us just how unique and fun the former G.O.O.D. Music artist is, as he rides in and out of the most unique beats you’ll hear all year. [Read more...]
Music Review: Fall Out Boy’s ‘Save Rock And Roll’
04/13/2013 by 1 Comment
Fall Out Boy comes out of hiding to release Save Rock and Roll, their highly anticipated fifth full length that doesn’t fall flat when it comes to being catchy. [Read more...]
Music Review: Paramore’s Self Titled Album
04/08/2013 by 2 Comments
It’s funny what massive popularity does to a band. Seemed like only yesterday a little band called Paramore broke out big with their smash “Misery Business” back in 2007. That would lead them to do a song for the Twilight soundtrack, which generated a massive amount of hype for their ’09 certified gold album Brand New Eyes. But since that span of immense popularity, Paramore seemed to just stomp on the brakes. [Read more...]
Music Review: Justin Timberlake’s ‘The 20/20 Experience’
03/18/2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s been seven years since Justin Timberlake put out the then groundbreaking FutureSex/LoveSounds, ones whose futuristic production styles made it something unique, without taking away his polish. In the seven years that it’s taken for The 20/20 Experience to come out, no male pop star has really went out of his way to put out quality music. Sure Bieber and Mars has filled up the whole quite nicely, but nothing really came close to Timberlake status. [Read more...]
Music Review: The Venetia Fair’s “Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We’ve Got In Our Brain”
03/05/2013 by Leave a Comment
To say that I was a little apprehensive about reviewing The Venetia Fair’s newest outing Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We’ve Got In Our Brain was a bit of an understatement. The first two music videos to come off of their first project was a nice introduction to their sound, but the utter chaos that the songs brought were incredibly off putting to me. Times have changed in the four years since their first album came out, and in that time, I’ve done a bit of a 180 with The Venetia Fair. Their sound is now a controlled chaos, making their circus rock feel that more original, pulse-pounding, and oddly catchy. [Read more...]
Music Review: K Sera’s ‘Collisions And Near Misses’
02/18/2013 by Leave a Comment
There are many words to describe the Sacramento alternative outfit K Sera. None of them are “simple.” Even with the bands first Cantos EP, you could tell that they weren’t aiming right down the middle. No, with each K Sera song to come out, you could tell that they were aiming for the stars with every note they play. And with their debut full length Collisions and Near Misses, K Sera manage to and succeeds into landing in a new musical galaxy. [Read more...]
Music Review: The Wonder Years’ ‘Sleeping On Trash’
02/11/2013 by Leave a Comment
Posi-punk is a sub-genre of rock that I’m not a real big fan of. And The Wonder Years are that band that is currently representing the genre to its fullest. And to be blunt, I am not a big fan of them either. [Read more...]
Music Review: Tegan And Sara’s ‘Heartthrob’
01/28/2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s pretty understandable why some Tegan And Sara fans are a little bit ticked that the Canadian duo have thrown away their previous alternative ways for an electronic-heavy pop kind of sound. And while some would say that Tegan And Sara “sold out,” I say nay – [Read more...]
Music Review: A$AP Rocky’s ‘Long.Live.ASAP’
01/14/2013 by Leave a Comment
One can’t really praise nor criticize Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky without sounding redundant from everyone else. I wasn’t the biggest fan of his when his first mixtape Live.Love.A$AP when it came out a couple of years ago – mainly because I wasn’t a fan of the cloud rap type of production. But in the time it took for his long awaited (and delayed) debut album to come to fruition, the cloud rap style has grown on me a little bit. So to my surprise, Rocky was able to mix in modern to his typical hazzy flow to deliver a rather consistent and engaging listen with Long.Live.A$AP. [Read more...]
Music Review: Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’
01/13/2013 by Leave a Comment
No, I don’t know alternative darlings Yo La Tengo because of their massive (and I do mean MASSIVE) back catalog. No, I know Yo La Tengo for because of their music being featured in independent movie soundtracks, including Juno and Adventureland. I know that sounds awful, especially since the band has put out twelve albums before Fade – their newest in four years – feels incredibly warm and familiar. [Read more...]
