What is the definition of Emo? Is it the musical embodiment of Hot Topic stores? Is it, perhaps, an onomatopoeia, because the word "emo" sounds like a whine? Is it a word that MTV just made up? Is it...
Mogwai
Rave Tapes Album Review
Sub Pop Records
Released January 20, 2014
Genre: Post Rock, Progressive Rock, Electronic Rock
*For those new to the post-rock genre, the concept is very simple. Take the instruments of rock music, electric guitars, drums, bass etc., take away...
When Brooklyn based indie-pop band Hospitality released their self-titled album in 2011, the band enjoyed moderate success. Hospitality’s unique rhythm, warm acoustic guitar, bright electric guitar, and friendly tone made the band’s first LP 2011’s hidden gem and cemented...
To be a singer-songwriter is to tackle one of the most difficult genres of music out there. It is far from easy to stand out, so singer-songwriters are always being criticized for their lack of innovation. The deciding factor...
7stbabyControl Album Review
Got Wrong Records
Released January 31, 2014
Genre: Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, GrungeBy
7stbaby is a group hailing from the U.K., delivering an innovative take on hard rock. Straddling genres such...
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
Wig Out At Jagbags Album Review
Matador Records/Domino Records
Released January 7, 2014
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Thom Yorke never made it out of the cave of electronic music that he and his band Radiohead settled...
You Blew It!
Keep Doing What You're Doing Album Review
Topshelf Records
Released January 14, 2014
Genre: Emo, Indie Rock
Modest Mouse once said, "And we'll all float on okay." You Blew it! attest to this maxim in their new album, Keep Doing What...
2013, a monumental year indeed. We witnessed the downfall of Blockbuster, the evolution of Miley Cyrus, the craziness of the Harlem Shake, the selection of a new Pope, the Obamacare fiasco, the birth of Prince George of Cambridge, the...
Jake Bugg
Shangri La Album Review
Mercury (U.K), Island (U.S) Records
Released November 18, 2013
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Country, Blues Rock
There are a lot of expectations put on an artist after a debut album so cohesive, raw, and impressive as Jake Bugg's...
