PUP
PUP is an exciting new punkrock band out of Canada who will be releasing their self-titled debut on Side One Dummy on April 7th. A couple of weeks after that they will be playing at everybody’s favorite festival, Groezrock.
Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans
I’ve always had something of a soft spot for the Drive-By Truckers ever since they released “The Dirty South” back in 2004. So it pained me to first see Jason Isbell leave and now Shonna Tucker.
Blood Red Shoes – Blood Red Shoes
Normally when a band releases a self-titled album, it has a deeper meaning. Like they’re changing their sound or something.
Nothing – Guilty Of Everything
You might remember singer-guitarist Domenic Palermo from the band Horror Show, a band that came to an end after Palermo was sentenced to two years in prison following a stabbing.
The Mighty Fine - Brothers & Smugglers
On “Brothers & Smugglers” The Mighty Fine seem to have upped their game. That’s no diss to their previous albums but this one is just… well, better.
Nai Harvest – Hold Open My Head
Nai Harvest is a UK duo consisting of Ben Thompson (guitar, vocals) and Lew Currie (drums) that likes to combine emo with indie rock.
Morning Glory – War Psalms
On album number three, Ezra Kire and the rest of Morning Glory have dialed down on the bombast of 2012’s “Poets Were My Heroes”.
Nightmares For A Week/Banquets split
The idea of a split LP is one I haven’t come across in quite some time but count on Nightmares For A Week and Banquets to keep the tradition alive with a little help from Black Numbers.
Captain Phillips
You all know the story… Richard Phillips was captain of the Maersk Alabam when the ship was boarded by Somali pirates back in 2009. They held him hostage on a lifeboat for five days before the Navy SEALS came to the man’s rescue. That’s pretty much all of it. But you can always count on director Paul Greengrass to go a little further than just stating the facts. Just like he did in United 93, Greengrass digs deeper and with the help of Tom Hanks (who really is at the top of his game here), they give new meaning to the word tension.
Insidious: Chapter 2
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell team up once more for a story about possession with this sequel to Insidious. I liked the first Insidious movie… it was mostly scary, which is what you want a horror movie to be. It was a shame though that the ending was incredibly lame with daddy Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) wandering off in another dimension known as ‘the Further’ to rescue his son. Insidious Chapter 2 picks up hours after where its predecessor left off with Josh and his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) having successfully rescued Dalton.