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Flobots ‘Survival Story’ review On Survival Story, the follow-up to Flobots’ 2008 major label debut Fight With Tools, the band expands on their P.O.D.-flavored political hip-hop rock. After violinist Mackenzie Roberts joined the group in 2006, the group’s sound has become progressively more reliant on dissonance. Whereas songs like “Handlebars†found a happy medium between overt political [...] Mobile – ‘Tales from the City’ The name Mobile might sound foreign to you. That’s okay; most Americans who keep themselves sheltered away from anything that isn’t on the radio probably are in the same boat. The Canadian rock band hasn’t made much of a dent in the U.S. so far. Sure, they’ve gone on a few [...] Destine – Lightspeed Review On a cool autumn morning, I woke up to an email. Some guy wanted me to check out this Dutch band. I open up the myspace page, and the guy has cool hair. So I listen. And I get hooked. I guess it was (bad pun alert) “Destine” that I received that email. [...] Starsailor ‘All The Plans’ Review To sum up ‘All The Plans’ in just a few words, this is a beautifully sad album. “Tell Me It’s Not Over†starts it off by James Walsh singing out “I discover she’s sleeping with another, tell me it’s not over…†and although those painful words may fall on deaf ears the [...] Slash Debut Solo Album Review Although he released albums with the band Slash’s Snakepit, the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist has never released a proper solo album, until now. Enlisting a star-studded cast to provide vocals, he has dropped a record of 14 brand new tracks. Not surprisingly the guitar work is exquisite. Floating from hard rocking to [...] Day Of Fire – News REVIEW: Day of Fire – Losing All Some bands break out on their first record and fail miserably on their Sophomore effort. Others take a bit longer to bloom and use their second release to catapult their careers. Then there are those rare gems that have a large audience, but little mainstream [...] Coheed and Cambria, ‘Year of the Black Rainbow’ If you’re not already aware that this prog quartet’s fifth album serves as both a prequel and a finale to something called “The Amory Wars,” bemusement is probably the best you can hope for while enduring their overwrought, topsy-turvy blend of spiky metal riffs, Gollumesque vocals, and ambient [...] Envy On The Coast ‘Lowcountry’ Review When did misanthropy become such an enviable outlook? Nobody is interesting unless they are interested in nothing. Well, nothing more than saying nothing good ever happens. We have robot vacuums! And, ahem, books on tape. But none of this wizard-ish innovation is good enough for Ryan Hunter and the sadsack guys [...] Airbourne No Guts, No Glory Review The hotly-anticipated follow-up to Airbourne’s barnstorming 2007 debut does not disappoint. It should also come as no surprise to anyone that No Guts. No Glory. is Runnin’ Wild part two. After all, the Aussie rockers set out their stall in considerable style, and it’s way too early to be moving the [...] Vertical Horizon – Burning the Days Review In the summer of 2001, few bands were as ubiquitous as Vertical Horizon. Their major-label effort Everything You Want, had just been certified double platinum, their third single “You’re a God,” was in full rotation and a stadium headlining tour was in full swing. And then somehow despite all that [...] |
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