Sometimes you need a little reminder that rock music is not all about banging your head and starting a mosh pit. Tango With Lions’ A Long Walk is that reminder. While there aren’t any circle pit-appropriate songs on the album, there are 10 mellow alt-rock ditties that are perfect for Continue Reading
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Album Review: Partycat ‘Nine Lives’
Introducing Canadian metalcore band, Partycat, and their debut full length 9 Lives. Filled with rapid riffing, grungy grooves and ear-catching vocals, Partycat is proof that anyone can indulge in southerncore. 9 lives is a roller coaster album that never stops. The first track “Mistress” lets the album listener know that Continue Reading
Album Review: Courtesy Drop ‘songs to drive to; cry, and make love to’
The album Songs to Drive to; Cry, and Make Love To by Courtesy Drop is set to be released on October 15 through Animal Style Records. The album is set to be released in both a digital format and a vinyl format. Filled with immense frustration, depression, reflection, and some Continue Reading
Album Review: Save Your Breath ‘There Used To Be A Place For Us’
Save Your Breath’s next album entitled There Used To Be A Place For Us is set to be released in the UK/Europe on October 7th and October 8th in the US. Being released through Animal Style Records, the album consists of eleven songs. From the first beat you hear to Continue Reading
Song Review: Car Party “Weekend”
Car Party, a pop-rock band from Baltimore, released what most fans and critics are calling “the perfect summer track” on July 16th and released the music video for it on September 3rd. The song? “Weekend” – Three minutes and twenty seconds of relatable lyrics and melodies that remind you of Continue Reading
Album Review: Rival Tides Self-titled EP
Straight out of Los Angeles is the very talented rock group Rival Tides. Formed in 2012, the band has built up quite the name for themselves and will be releasing their debut self-titled EP on September 17th. The EP was produced by Eric Ron (Panic! At The Disco, VersaEmerge, I Continue Reading
Album Review: The Nearly Deads ‘Zombie Survival Guide’ EP
The Nearly Deads, signed to Standby Records, are slowly – but surely – rising to the top of their game. Fronted by Theresa Jeane, they’re not your typical female-fronted band. Jeane’s voice – a sort of Kelly Clarkson meets the grunge genre – combines perfectly with the instrumentals of the Continue Reading
Album Review: Woe, Is Me ‘American Dream’
Since Hance Alligood joined metalcore band, Woe, Is Me in late 2011 in place of clean vocalist, Tyler Carter, there has been an ongoing feud between WIM and Carter’s new band, Issues. However, it hasn’t stopped the boys in WIM from touring around the world, and stopping off at the Continue Reading
Album Review: Fur Trade ‘Don’t Get Heavy’
On July 23, 2013, Last Gang Records released Fur Trade‘s debut album entitled Don’t Get Heavy. This electronic duo from Vancouver consists of Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat and Parker Bossley from The Gay Nineties. Both men appear vocally on the album, as well as instrumentally. Bays and Bossley Continue Reading
Album Review: Hands Like Houses ‘Unimagine’
It has to be said that when it comes to their work, musicians wear their heart on their sleeves, and work themselves to the bone to please their fans. With that being said, there are numerous notable and respected bands in the scene nowadays, that it’s difficult for young bands Continue Reading
Album Review: Lydia ‘Devil’
Hailing all the way from Arizona, Lydia is a band that is very familiar with the music world. Forming back in 2003, the southwest natives have released four full-length albums and been on constant tours. However, their latest release, Devil, is nothing short of a lyrical masterpiece. With Leighton Antelman Continue Reading
Album Review: Hugh Bob & The Hustle’s Self-Titled Album
Hailing from a Wisconsin town that comfortably holds three hundred people, Hugh Bob & The Hustle are probably one of the most original things to leave the state (besides dairy products, of course). Their self-titled debut album does not fall shy of incredible in the soulful Americana sound that Continue Reading