Archive for Steve

Panic When You Find It By Young And Sexy

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Panic When You Find It is one of those albums that can be just harmonic noise in the background or something you can really get into, depending on how much attention you give it. The guitar tones are usually clear, and the times distortion is used, it is done so sparingly and creatively. The entire [...]

Continue reading » No comments

No More Sad Face From Single File

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

When you see the cover, title, and band name of this EP, odds are you will immediately make assumptions about the music that are indeed correct. Single File’s No More Sad Face is a semi-pop rock emo EP. While their genre and look isn’t very original, they dabble into creativity with every song in this [...]

Continue reading » No comments

The Capes Say Hello

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The synthesizer-rock combo is nothing new to the music scene, so you’d expect the bands that try their hand at it in this point of time wouldn’t come off as awkward. The Capes constantly blend catchy with annoying in Hello. All was well in the mix until the synthesizers and effects were added; not all [...]

Continue reading » No comments

New URL & Upcoming Changes

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The review section of the site is going through some changes, hopefully for the better. It’s still all about music, but there will be some new article styles, including some upcoming “Best of 2009″ reviews.

Continue reading » 2 Comments

Discussion: The Resistance by Muse

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Mac, Austin, and Steve discuss the latest Muse release, The Resistance, track by track. There were mixed feelings on the album; different for each person in the discussion.

Continue reading » 2 Comments

Triad: Three Bands, Six Songs

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I knew Triad was going to be unusual before I even heard it. It had six songs on it; two from each band. The cover looked interesting, too, consisting of a nice blend of grays and reds, and it was mirrored down the middle. The CD was entirely black, but had a textured design on [...]

Continue reading » No comments

The Midway State’s Met A Man On The Top Of The Hill EP

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Written by Steve
The Midway State, like many bands before them, released an EP with a sampling of what to expect from their upcoming album. Met A Man On Top Of The Hill is their first official studio produced release, offering that glimpse into their music. There are four songs on the EP, and the title [...]

Continue reading » No comments

Paramore: Brand New Eyes & A Slightly New Sound

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There’s an anger in the vocals that hasn’t been heard from Hayley before, and it’s not just coating the entire song; it comes in at the right points, which tells me she’s writing songs with more emotion now. Brand New Eyes probably won’t be getting Paramore any new fans that hated them before this album, but it’s a step in the right direction for the band.

Continue reading » 3 Comments

Jimmy Eat World To Work With Mark Trombino Again

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

On September 29th, Jimmy Eat World announced on Twitter that they would be working with Mark Trombino once again for their next batch of songs. In addition to this announcement, Jim Adkins played one of the new songs on September 17th, at the Modified Art Center in Arizona.

Continue reading » No comments

Crash And Burn: The Album, The Band, The Song

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

On one of my occasional trips to my local record store, I picked up a CD from the extreme discount section titled Crash And Burn. The cover had red letters and the picture was of someone in an alleyway, drawn in a classic comic style. I thought to myself, “This has early 90s punk rock written all over it.” and sure enough, when I got home and listened to it for the first time, there was good ol’ fashion punk rock blasting out of my speakers.

Continue reading » No comments