Amon Amarth
Once Sent From The Golden Hall
Metalblade Records
10/10
I really have zero complaints with this one, it was very fulfilling - you definitely g... Read More...
City and Colour
Sometimes
Vagrant Records
9/10
What. The. Fuck? While Chris Carraba may have kind of lead the way in heavier band front men st... Read More...
Autumn
Altitude
Metalblade Records
8/10
This is something I can really respect - a metal band featuring a female vocalist who doesn't try to alter her voi... Read More...
Douglas Coupland
Eleanor Rigby
Bloomsbury Publishing
8/10
The subject of loneliness- especially in the context of romance or life in general- is not one tha... Read More...
Throwing Color
The Static Seas
Unsigned
5/10
Cool. Who doesn’t love unoriginal, melancholy, pop-emo college rock? It’s complete with a few spacey synthe... Read More...
Thrice
Live at the House of Blues
Vagrant Record
9/10
When the crap did I start liking Thrice? While I meant that to be rhetorical, I suppose the actual a... Read More...
Five Corners Quintet
Hot Corner
Ricky-Tick Records
7/10
In a cold land known for beards and midnight sun, Finnish jazz ensemble Five Corners Quintet seem ... Read More...
Lazarus AD
The Onslaught
Metalblade Records
7/10
Despite the fact that I felt like I'd stumbled into Hot Topic or the Taste of Chaos tour, which isn't nec... Read More...
Gavin Castleton
Home
Five One, Inc.
8/10
Some albums are haunting, others are bizarre, and still others are downright incomprehensible. Gavin Castleton’s H... Read More...
Cancer Bats
Hail Destroyer
Metalblade Records
10/10
Fan-fucking-tastic, I love this album. It's as hip as it is brutal, metal with a very prominent punk-... Read More...
Holy crap! Look at this hi-tech feat! Racket's Gail Navarro interviews Keaton Simons in the hallway of the House of Blues.
PART 1
PART 2
-Interview by G... Read More...
Thursday
Common Existence
Epitaph
7/10
A delight for those suffering from post-hardcore blues, Common Existence delivers a monitored dosage of well-paced l... Read More...
P.O.S.
Never Better
Rhymesayers
10/10
With artwork that puts Tool to shame, P.O.S. busts out his latest solo departure from Doomtree with a fury. There’s h... Read More...
You might say that Ian Spiegelman is a funny man with a funny name. The novelist and former Gawker editor has made a career lampooning politicians, bankers, an... Read More...
Richie James Follin
Battle
Self-Released
8/10
Few artists have the honor of being able to say the put an album together themselves. Maybe they produced the ... Read More...
Phil Doucet is no slouch. The Katy Mae lead singer, guitarist and native New Yorker has spent the last several years plowing the musical fields, harvesting a d... Read More...
