Album Reviews

Looking Glass War Cap Off A Captivating Succession Of Singles With New EP Where Neon Meets The Rain

On Where Neon Meets The Rain (Found as a lyric in “Arrive!”), Boston’s Looking Glass War continue to captivate while capitalizing on the sonic good will rightly earned from the strength of the singles released so far.

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Kal-El Regale With The Robust Rawk On Moon People

Have you ever had some new slab of music you put on and the instrumental load out is super stellar, really resonating over a slow build and just hits all the right notes both figuratively and literally only to have the vocals completely destroy the mood when they eventually kick [...]

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Paper Tigers Subscribe To A Sonic Go Big Or Go Home Mentality Throughout Louder Than Life Debut Charmer

Sometimes when choosing to review almost every single ahead of an incoming EP/LP can present a problem down the road when the actual album is ready to drop. For one thing, how does it all fit in? Will those songs only stand out because they’re “the singles”? Or will the [...]

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Eldridge Rodriguez Show No Signs Of Atrophy On Lively Latest LP

While we haven’t had the opportunity to cover all the singles leading up to Boston/NYC hybrid outfit Eldridge Rodriguez’s latest LP, we’ve definitely covered a LOT. So diving into Atrophy is like a trip down memory lane to an extent with some of its’ 12 tracks appearing as far back [...]

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Baroness Begin Anew With Refreshing Rawk Opus STONE

Truth be told, we fell out of love with Baroness a little while back. No particular reason. No one did anything wrong. Our relationship had just run its’ course. Let’s just call it a “conscious uncoupling” and leave it at that, okay? Cut to last year while attending a Lamb [...]

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No More Blue Tomorrows Live Free And Rawk Hard On Debut Full-Length

Kind of grand all around, the debut full-length from Nashua, NH’s No More Blue Tomorrows has airs of early Front Bottoms and Guster with this kind of Weezer flair for writing catchy anthems and an all around earnest energy that easily reserves NMBT a seat at the big kids table.

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