Album Review: Waterparks – Double Dare
If Waterparks’ new album, Double Dare, was a movie, it would most certainly feature a scene where the Waterparks band members (Awsten Knight, lead vocals & guitar, Geoff Wigington, backing vocals & guitar, and Otto Wood, drums) would be outside a crush’s house, with boombox suspended up on high, declaring their affections. Double Dare is […]
Album Review: Amaranthe – Maximalism
Amaranthe, hailing from Sweden, have a unique line-up of three vocalists: Elize Ryd, Jake E, and Henrik Englund Wilhemsson. Both Ryd and Jake E singing clean vocals and Englund sings harsh vocals. Also in the band are Olof Mörck on guitar, keyboards, Johan Andreassen on bass, and Morten Løwe Sørensen on drums. Maximalism is the […]
Album Review: Avenged Sevenfold – The Stage
The Stage Is Set For Space-Aged Story Telling Avenged Sevenfold’s new album, The Stage, kicks off with the title track as track one. Organ chords lead us downward and into waiting for the show, aka their seventh studio album, to begin. High speed impressive guitar and drums kick off and there is ever more building […]
Album Review: Sum 41 – 13 Voices
It’s been a long time coming: Sum 41 are back with a brand new record ’13 Voices’ after years of inactivity. The band’s previous record ‘Screaming Bloody Murder’ was released back in 2011. After the tour cycle ended in 2013, the band fell off the grid. Simultaneously, drummer ‘Stevo’ also departed, leaving the band with […]
Album Review: The Pretty Reckless – Who You Selling For
It’s been six years since The Pretty Reckless first burst onto the rock scene. Frontwoman Taylor Momsen, only 15 at the time, was fresh off our TV screens portraying one of New York City’s most popular school girls on the CW’s high rating “Gossip Girl”. Teenage fans and gossip columns alike were shocked when she […]
Album Review: Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues
Put your keys in the ignition for Jimmy Eat World’s new album, Integrity Blues. Jim Adkins, the lead vocals and guitar of this weathered american rock band, has gained a new appreciation for throwing caution to the wind. After taking a year off to refocus on life outside of the music industry, Adkins, Zach Lind […]