Archive | Album Reviews
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Album Review: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”
After three agonizing years of wait, the Canadian-American group The Arcade Fire has finally brought a new record to the world, titled “The Suburbs.
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Album Review: Avenged Sevenfold “Nightmare”
Losing a member of a band can be devastating, and in many circumstances can lead to a group's demise. When James Sullivan (better known as The Rev) was found dead on Dec. 28, 2009, Avenged Sevenfold found themselves at a crossroads.
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Album Review: Katie Melua “The House”
On Katie Melua's fourth release, The House, you are greeted with the words, "I'd love to kill you." The track is a far cry from the bicycles she so sweetly sings about in her popular 2005 hit, "Nine Million Bicycles.
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Album Review: Wavves “King Of The Beach”
Every now and then a band emerges and changes everything. Their sound rattles walls, breaks boundaries and challenges the set-in-stone rules of rock ‘n’ roll. They leave critics speechless and scrambling helplessly for descriptions and remind listeners why they love music in the first place.
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Album Review: Arcade Fire “The Suburbs”
The fundamental risk of writing a broad, expansive, literary concept album – think Pink Floyd’s The Wall or Rush’s 2112 – is that an band opens itself up to two layers of critique instead of just one.
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Album Review: Jaill “That’s How We Burn”
Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s psych-pop outfit Jaill have been around the block more than a few times, though anyone who fails to notice this can be forgiven. Despite almost a decade of activity, Jaill only recently put out their first LP, 2009’s There’s No Sky (Oh My My).
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Album Review: Wavves “King Of The Beach”
Here’s the damned thing about Pitchfork.com Ok it’s not “the” thing, it’s my thing, but I suspect some others may share my thing. It’s a conspiracy theory really, and if there’s one thing I love it’s a good conspiracy theory.
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Album Review: Wavves “King Of The Beach”
Wavves front man Nathan Williams is not sorry for partying — that much is clear. Williams has certainly had his share of press over the past year, leading up to his band's sophomore release, King of the Beach.
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Album Review: Best Coast “Crazy For You”
I lost my job. I miss my mom. I wish my cat could talk." Underscoring the surf-rocky, boy-crazy music of Best Coast's debut, Crazy For You, is the story of a pining homebody.