Category: New Release
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Album Review: Sleigh Bells – ‘Reign of Terror’
An appearance on Saturday Night Live is certainly one way to thrust a band into the national spotlight. That’s not entirely the case with Sleigh Bells. Their 2010 album Treats came out of nowhere to enthrall and repel audiences on a very large scale. They created a huge internet buzz and not-quite silently developed a following.…
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Album Review: Korn – ‘The Path of Totality’
After the unlistenable mess that was 2007’s ‘Untitled’ album and 2010’s warmed-over attempt to recapture the magic ‘Korn III: Remember Who You Are,’ where was the once-mighty band to go? Korn’s heyday was during the of-maligned nu-metal phase that dominated rock radio in the mid to late 90’s. Since then, most of their contemporaries have…
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Album Review: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – ‘The Magic of Youth’
If 2009’s ‘Pin Points and Gin Joints’ was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones roaring back to life and recapturing their old magic, 2011’s ‘The Magic of Youth’ is them tightening their collective grip on what makes them great. After being at this for more than 25 years , you would think they would know what they…
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Album Review: Mastodon – ‘The Hunter’
Mastodon has proven itself to be a band with the talent to back up its ambition. It’s hard to get much more ambitious than 2009’s Crack The Skye. That album saw the band reach the apex of their prog-rock tendencies. How would they top that? Of course, the answer is to go in a completely…
