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We The Kings – Smile Kid – Album Review I like to divide up the genre of pop punk into two subcategories. On one hand, you have the deep and profound bands – those like Say Anything or Brand New – and on the other, you have the plentiful mass of sunny-eyed, catchy bands – ala All [...] The Saturdays – Wordshaker – Album Review Wordshaker, The Saturdays second effort out on October 12 through Fascination Records, suffers no sign of the sophomore slump anywhere on the album. Complete with twelve single-ready tracks (yes, all twelve), the follow-up is a complete and utter triumph complete with massive choruses, catchy harmonies, and pulsating synthesizers. While there’s nothing [...] CD review: The Takers – Taker Easy Anyone who pays any attention to music in Florida has heard about The Takers at some point in the past year, and since Suburban Home picked them up, the hype machine has been doing nothing but gaining momentum. By the time Virgil reached out to me with a copy of [...] Snoop Dogg – Malice N Wonderland – Album Review Snoop Dogg’s tenth studio album in sixteen years, Malice N Wonderland, is an even-keeled fourteen-track effort featuring production from Nottz, The Neptunes, The-Dream, Terrace Martin and Scoop DeVille. The old-school OG’s are given a backseat this time around in favor of a more youthful bounce and commercial appeal, [...] Timbaland – Shock Value II – Album Review Shock Value II is the third solo studio album, from American record producer Timbaland serving as the second volume of the platinum-selling Shock Value which topped charts worldwide and received 16 platinum certifications. Initially slated for a 2008 release the project was pushed into 2009 and tentatively confirmed for November [...] Switchfoot – Hello Hurricane – Album Review Hello Hurricane might be the seventh collection of songs Switchfoot has put forth to an audience, but is marks a new start for Jon Foreman and his band-mates. This is a group known for selections of alternative rock which tend to become popular without too much effort. For this work, [...] 30 Seconds to Mars – This Is War – Album Review Jared Leto might be seen as one of the more pretentious individuals on the face of the Earth, but when it comes to his band, there’s no denying its achievements. 2005’s A Beautiful Lie produced some big, big songs that made 30 Seconds to Mars one [...] Moneen – The World I Want To Leave Behind – Album Review Whenever a fan (or critic) of Moneen was asked to describe the band’s previous albums, one word always bubbled to the surface: energy. Well, it may be time to find a new word. It’s not that the band’s new album is thoroughly dull or stagnant — it [...] Chris Brown – Graffiti – Album Review After a tumultuous year, spurred on by ‘the incident’ which reverberated around the world, R&B star Chris Brown is back and looking to reassert his place at the top with new LP ‘Graffiti’. With the world’s glaring eyes fixated on the performance of the project, it’d be hard to deny [...] Cheryl Cole – 3 Words – Album Review Before we even begin, consider your own expectations for this, the first solo album from a member of Girls Aloud. Its lead single Fight For This Love might be breaking sales records at the time of writing, but surely nobody’s fooling themselves into thinking 3 Words will stand up [...] |
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