It’s been a while since we heard new music from this California quintet but if this is just a sign of what is to come, then Rooney is definitely going to be putting their name back on the map. The Wild one may be short but provides some great tracks and a sound that may have [...]
Monday, January 18, 2010
It was hit or miss. Motion City Soundtrack’s new album My Dinosaur Life is their first release since signing to the major label Columbia Records. They had announced their follow up to Even If It Kills Me while they were on Warped Tour in 2008. Even If It Kills Me is a tough album to [...]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Alternative music coming out of the U.K has been on the rise with the likes of Muse, Coldplay, and Radiohead. Metal has also followed suit, chiming in with bands like Bullet For My Valentine and Bring Me The Horizon. Now, You Me At Six is the newest pop-rock British band to hit the North American spotlight. [...]
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The most intriguing techniques of music is the time and maturity built upon a follow-up. It’s what comes next, it’s waiting in baited breathe. It’s the dreams fulfilled, and the dreams lost. If it will touch anyone’s life, or even reach anyone’s ears. If it will be the same, or if it will be entirely [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Close your eyes. Envision yourself driving down the California coastline, windows down, wind blowing through your hair. Stopping at every scenic point, just taking all of the environment in, seeing the ocean, watching the others drive by from point to point, wherever they may need to go. Now open your eyes. Ben Gibbard has successfully captured [...]
Monday, October 12, 2009
Ever felt as if you’ve stepped into a time machine? As if you’ve been brought back to the memories of what the way it used to be? A simple image, smell or sound can make you remember and feel the way you did that one summer night back in the old days. Davey Havok, Jade [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Alt-pop-rockers Mayday Parade are gearing up for an extensive touring schedule, as well as their highly-anticipated sophomore release, Anywhere But Here. Let it be known that it’s a far cry from their debut record, A Lesson In Romantics. It’s obvious that they are transforming into another skin, becoming a little less pop and a little [...]
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Here we find ourselves, nearly a decade into the 21st century. A century that’s seen the rise/fall/rise of dozens of bands and artists, a basketball-playing black president, and Pete Wentz’s…stuff. The popularity of hardcore throwdowns and synth-doused solos has grown immensely, while the pop-rock, punk driven songs of our youth slowly shrivel up and blow [...]
Saturday, September 26, 2009
There are only a handful of artists of today that have the profound ability to tell a story in a song. Sure, some may say, “WTF man, every song is a story. Look at Hoobastank”. And sadly, in a mentally deficient kind of way, they’d be right. There’s a difference, though, between artists that force [...]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The first record of ShyforShy speaks for itself, So In Time, especially in today’s music society of what will grab the listeners ears and make them listen. This album has the guitar melodies and solos of a pop and classic rock, with a mixture of experimental vocals very similar to Circa Survive’s vocalist Anthony [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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