In the popular consciousness, this is the album that put a halt to Styx’s music career and caused the band to break up. While music critics can debate that assertion until the cows come home, when you actually listen to…
Dashboard Confessional – “Crooked Shadows”: Album Review
Dashboard Confessional gained fame around twenty years ago as one of the leading bands of the emo scene. As expected, the band – led by singer, songwriter and only constant member Chris Carrabba – has grown, matured, and changed since…
Album Review: Simple Minds – “Walk Between Worlds”
With Walk Between Worlds, Simple Minds have a challenging task ahead of them: how does a band famous for a 1980s sound keep that sound relevant and not dated in today’s musical landscape? Simple Minds succeed at that task, by…
Album Review: Rick Springfield – “The Snake King”
In season 12 of Supernatural, Rick Springfield played Lucifer and Vince Vincente, a rock star who Lucifer possessed. I stopped watching Supernatural at least six seasons ago but that’s still enough time to get the general aesthetic of the show.…
Album Review: They Might Be Giants – “I Like Fun”
They Might Be Giants have always succeeded at lyrical dissonance. Fun, bright, upbeat melodies lift up darker lyrics about shipwrecks, cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face, and the realization that you’ll never be part of the world of…
Album Review: Black Veil Brides – “Vale”
It’s hard to describe the sound of the Black Veil Brides. There’s something amazingly metal about them that isn’t just the glam metal aesthetic of the band’s earlier years. The thrashing guitars, heavy bass, and darker vocal sound of lead…
Album Review: Perfume Genius – “No Shape”
No Shape is the fourth album from Perfume Genius, the stage name of solo artist Mike Hadreas. And it’s amazing. Hadreas has refined his vocals and the sound of the album to give a beautifully crafted, downright atmospheric experience. No…
