Music Reviews
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Apr 27 Reviews
Punk Goes Classic Rock
Various ArtistsReview by Doug Van Pelt
By Doug Van Pelt How to think outside the 40-plus-years box you’ve grown yourself into.
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Mar 22 Reviews
Perfect Recipe for a Smile
Destroy Nate AllenReview by Matt Conner
By Matt Conner But let’s be honest. Critiquing this is like spending time downplaying the importance of Pee Wee Herman – an exercise in critical frivolity. It doesn’t matter either...
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Mar 22 Reviews
Of Men and Angels
The Rocket SummerReview by Rob Houston
By Rob Shameless It has been a long journey for all of us this past year and Bryce is the songbird singing our songs that is our spirits to find...
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Feb 26 Reviews
The Saving One
StarfieldReview by Matt Conner
By Matt Conner "...the Neufeld brothers continue to craft worship anthems with electric guitars and crashing drums with the best of them only to find others receiving more acclaim and...
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Jan 28 Reviews
Rhett Canipe
Rhett CanipeReview by Dan Garcia
With the mixture of guitar, piano, drums and strings, you might catch yourself taping your foot to his music.
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Nov 19 Reviews
Hello Hurricane
SwitchfootReview by Doug Van Pelt
By Brad Moist I believe this album will be the album people remember.
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Sep 21 Reviews
Brand New Eyes
ParamoreReview by Dan Macintosh
And as good as Brand New Eyes can be, just wait until Hayley Williams begins to venture beyond her insular personal realm, and starts to see the wider world...
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Aug 1 Reviews
it’s all crazy! it’s all false! it’s all a dream! it’s alright
mewithoutYouReview by Adam P. Newton
The music has mellowed and matured to a fresh, folk-friendly depth, not unlike a well-crafted batch of bourbon.
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Aug 1 Reviews
... In Shallow Seas We Sail
EmeryReview by Brian Quincy Newcomb
I have to admit they warn you up front that their approach will remain "shallow."
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Aug 1 Reviews
With Roots Above and Branches Below
The Devil Wears PradaReview by David Stagg
The seasoning should never be what the entrée was remembered for.
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Jul 12 Reviews
The Triumph
xDeathstarxReview by Dan Frazier
Deathstar viciously crushed any skepticism that intense heavy-hitting songs pumped by messages of straight-edge unity and Christian values are dead.
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Jul 12 Reviews
The Darker Shades of White
Corpus ChristiReview by Doug Van Pelt
It’s a great record for a young band. Great technical skill with solid melodies.
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Jul 8 Reviews
The Final Riot!
ParamoreReview by Doug Van Pelt
Can you say, “overdubs in the studio?”
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Jul 8 Reviews
Gabriel
BelieverReview by Chris Beck
Metal isn’t supposed to sound this good.
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Jul 7 Reviews
Season of Poison
Shiny Toy GunsReview by Mike Hogan
You have to appreciate a band who can throw everything in their arsenal into just about every song and it not come out sounding like a big fat mess.
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Jun 24 Reviews
Ocean Eyes
Owl CityReview by Matt Conner
There’s good reason for why everyone from Spin and iTunes to Yahoo! and AOL sing the praises of Minnesota’s Owl City. The one-man electropop heavyweight, Adam Young, writes gems...
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