Nada Surf – Lucky
On album number five Nada Surf does again what they do best…. Write beautiful yet somewhat bitter poprock songs.
Time Again – Darker Days
Time Again sounds as if they still spend all of their time out on the street but they’ve already been around the block once before.
The Loved Ones – Build & Burn
On album number two, The Loved Ones do nothing but convincing. Right from the start they deliver with “Pretty Good Year” that comes with a chorus that begs to be sung along.
Life Long Tragedy - Runaways
Shit, Life Long Tragedy released an album that definitely wears you down in just a little over 35 minutes.
The Steal – S/T
Funny how small the world can become through the internet… The Steal is a band from the UK that signed with Get Outta Town Records in Florida.
Alive In Wild Paint – Ceilings
Alive In Wild Paint made me think of a bunch of halfnaked girls wrestling around in a tub filled with paint but that’s probably because I’m a sexist pig.
Angels & Airwaves – I-Empire
The cover of Angels & Airwaves newest album may have the same vibe as a “Star Wars” movie poster, the album is nowhere as good as any of the original movies but a lot closer to the terrible “At
This Is Hell – Misfortunes
Vultures on the cover. I like that. And just like vultures feed off the flesh of the dead, I suspect the dudes that make up This Is Hell feed of all the crap that goes on in the world.
Kingdom Of Sorrow – S/T
Did Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta or Down/Crowbar’s Kirk Windstein play King’s Quest 2 a lot when they were younger?
Hard-Fi – Once Upon A Time In The West
The first thing I noticed about Hard-Fi’s new album was that it had a lot of yellow on the cover. I don’t like yellow that much. Then I saw ‘no cover art’ spelled out in big letters.