Traindodge Best Element: The lyrics here are thought-provoking. Genre: Grungy Hardcore Label: ascetic records www.asceticrecords.com Website: www.traindodge.com The ultimate test of an album is if it has staying power. If you want to go back and listen to it again and again, then it is a good album, despite what the critics may say...
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The Jet City Fix – Play to Kill Best Feature: It rocks like you wish you could. Genre: Rock, completely and totally. Label: Infect Records www.infectrecords.com Website: http://thejetcityfix.com If you were to mash glam, punk, and metal together, that would be one freaking crazy band. They’d have the rock-star lifestyle, they’d play fast, loud,...
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Song: You Say ‘Take a Picture’ Artist: Sleep to Forget Album: Casting Fate EP Final Word: Not the best, not the worst. Fast music and slow music have always co-existed peacefully. People have experimented with putting them both in a song, but no one had really done it too much until emo came along....
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Best Feature: Unique guitar playing. Genre: Instrumental Indie-rock Label: Sunset Alliance www.sunsetalliance.com Website: N/a The first thing I thought when I got “Obey the Cattle” was: “Whoa. This is a small release.” I didn’t really mean it in regards to its length, as it’s plenty long. I meant it in the way the CD...
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Best Feature: It’s soft, short, and well-done. Genre: indie-rock Label: N/a Website. www.septembermusic.com September is an indie-rock band that soothes you a whole lot more than it rocks you. I come from this background of music, which is alternately good and bad for a band. If they make good music, then I will like...
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Alright, I admit it. Every critic wants to find the next big thing. We critics label everything that’s out of the ordinary with large adjectives (such as amazing, incredible, and fantastic) and then say it’s ‘about to break’. If only we ruled the music world. But, as it is with everything, consumers rule. And...
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Single Review: Ambulance by Roma Secrets. This low-fi emo-rock epic starts off with two vocalists trading off vocals line for line while a piano plays a simplistic, beautiful line. The lyrics here are of the Alkaline Trio variety: concise, violent, and anti-romance. The vocalists’ voices play into the theme well, as both of their...
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