Irish Hip Hop – Vol. 1
Various Artists
80 Million Records
7/10
“I’m from the land of bar room brawls” – at least Rob Kelley knows that his country has con... Read More...
The So So Glos
Tourism/Terrorism
Green Owl Records
4/10
There’s something to be said about sloppiness as it pertains to punk, and sloppiness as it pertain... Read More...
Enslaved
Vertebrae
Nuclear Blast
3/10
You know how DethKlok recorded that album in the Mariana Trench because it was the most br00tal place on the planet?... Read More...
Anberlin
New Surrender
Universal Republic
8/10
Oh, it looks like someone hit musical puberty. Now that Anberlin’s proverbial nards have dropped, they can g... Read More...
Rise Against
Appeal To Reason
DGC/Interscope Records
8/10
Oh, my. It seems Rise Against has fallen into a rut. A sonically delicious rut, but a rut none th... Read More...
P Is For Panda
Mix Tape Vol 1
Hopeless Records
7/10
Sweet lord, I am so stoked that there are at least the eight artists on this “mix tape” that sing thei... Read More...
Lakehurst
Euan Aura
Self Released
5/10
Oh, good, I was curious what the next generation of teen romantic comedies were going to fill their coming of age ... Read More...
Fiasco
Native Canadians
Impose Records
6/10
First things first, from the first measure, the recording of this sounds like high school garage band shit. But... Read More...
Gym Class Heroes
The Quilt
Fueled By Ramen/Decaydence
8/10
Even though they associate with people who I think represent themselves in a very pompous and ov... Read More...
Doomtree
Self Titled
Doomtree Records
9/10
It is shit like this that gives me hope for the future of rap. Fuck club anthems, fuck songs that are designed ... Read More...
Star Fucking Hipsters
Until We’re Dead
Fat Wreck
8/10
This is by far Stza Crack at his most tolerable. This would have been my bible, should I once again... Read More...
The Werewolves
ES
BNS Sessions
8/10
I have no idea what to make of The Werewolves, all I know is that I like them. They’re like some weird mix of Lou Reed... Read More...
Blind Pilot
3 Rounds and a Sound
Expunged Records
8/10
I was horribly confused for the first half of this record before I realized that this was Blind Pi... Read More...
Ashes Divide
Keep Telling Myself It Will Be Alright
Island Records
7/10
Well, you know that saying “don’t judge a book by its cover?” It is soooo easy to... Read More...
LaGrecia
On Parallels
Suburban Home
9/10
Now, when you see a solid score from such reverent mags as Rolling Stone and Spin, you have to take it with a gra... Read More...
BigElf
Cheat The Gallows
Custard Records
7/10
Big Elf is a band that finds a surreal if not morbid exuberance in the macabre. Similar to the vein of Creat... Read More...
