Alkaline Trio’s 2000 release, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, is not there best work, but it is still a CD that is worth listening to. It is another chapter of delightful darkness for one of the most under appreciated bands out there. One thing that catches you right off the bat is the sound of the [...]
Accelerate – R.E.M.
No one can debate that R.E.M. is rock royalty. As the “original” indie/college rock band, they’ve sold out stadiums and topped the charts. Heck, they’re still big enough to drag Modest Mouse across the country as an opening act for their upcoming tour. But seeing as the band hasn’t released a good album since I [...]
Coming Home – New Found Glory
*Excuse the 1st person, I just needed it badly here.* I like New Found Glory quite a bit. I’m not ashamed to be a child of the pop punk generation. It conveniently corresponded with my junior high/high school years, and NFG were one of my favorite bands not only in the genre, but in general. [...]
Goddamnit – Alkaline Trio
Few debut albums are even noticed, and even fewer gain high praise, but Alkaline Trio’s Goddamnit is a clear exception. The album, which was originally released in 1998, was recently called “the best punk-rock album of the past ten years” by Alternative Press. In honor of the album’s 10th anniversary, the Chicago threesome just released [...]
The Stand Ins – Okkervil River
A year ago the album Stage Names by Austin, Texas-based indie-folk rockers Okkervil River was praised as one of the best albums of 2007 by Pitchfork, Amazon, Harp Magazine, eMusic, and numerous other music publications. Leading up to the release of band’s second endeavor The Stand Ins, the album was being billed as the sequel [...]
