Returning with their seventh album, New Jersey’s Taking Back Sunday adopt a very different style from their previous endeavors on Tidal Wave. Right from the jump with the opener “Death Wolf” you can tell this is going to be different.…
Album Review: Florida Georgia Line “Dig Your Roots”
Dig Your Roots is the followup to Florida Georgia Line’s 2014 album Anything Goes. That album was a smash and I think this one will be too, because people buy this solely because it’s a country album and not for its…
Album Review: Bayside – “Vacancy”
Bayside are a band with a consistently good output. Their releases never fail to follow the formula they’ve developed, while adding little bits along the way to differentiate. With every album, the sound they formulated over a decade ago continues to…
Album Review: Arc Iris – “Moon Saloon”
When I go into an album from a band I don’t know that has previous material, I’ll usually check it out first, but here I wanted a bit of a surprise. Boy did I get one! Not only does Arc…
Album Review: The Descendents – “Hypercaffium Spazzinate”
Returning after a 12-year hiatus, California punk legends the Descendents are back with Hypercaffium Spazzinate. Their last album, 2004’s Cool to Be You focused on re-establishing the band’s footing. With time working its magic, the band now could care less about…
From the Record Crate: Jimmy Eat World – “Bleed American” (2001)
The summer of 2001 was a hot one, and it feels like a different time entirely. It’s a pre-9/11 America, with TRL on our television sets and pop-punk trying to breakthrough with seminal releases from Blink-182, Sum 41 and Alkaline…
From the Record Crate: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – “Don’t You Fake It” (2006)
It’s 2003 in Jacksonville, Florida and young Ronnie Winters and a group of his friends decide to form a band. They name the band after throwing random words at a wall and voting on different combinations. What they come up…
