Alternative Rock Album reviews - Page 3

GenresAlternative Rock

motionblur

Split Chain

Split Chain - motionblur 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Nu Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
motionblur balances thick guitars with a more open, drifting atmosphere. Split Chain’s debut draws heavily from shoegaze and…

Decemberunderground

AFI

AFI - Decemberunderground 7.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Punk rock
Rock
AFI make darkness surprisingly easy to dance to on Decemberunderground. The guitars remain important, but bass lines, electronic…

Truth Decay

You Me at Six

You Me at Six - Truth Decay 7.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Truth Decay has a very clear idea of what You Me at Six do well. Big guitars, bigger choruses, and Josh Franceschi sounding as…

Location Lost

Failure

Failure - Location Lost 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Rock
Failure make room for both heaviness and stillness on Location Lost. The Los Angeles trio’s seventh album keeps the thick guitars…

Audioslave

Audioslave

Audioslave - Audioslave 8.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Chris Cornell singing over the musicians from Rage Against the Machine was always going to attract attention. The useful question…

Downward Is Heavenward

Hum

Hum - Downward Is Heavenward 9.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Shoegaze
Isle of the Cheetah is a convincing argument for taking the long way through a rock song. Its guitars spread outward while Matt…

Antidepressants

Suede

Suede - Antidepressants 8.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Suede sound very awake on Antidepressants. The guitars are sharp, the rhythms keep pressing forward, and Brett Anderson gives the…

Contraband

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver - Contraband 7.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
The bass entrance to Slither is one of Contraband's smartest decisions. It gives the song somewhere to go before the full guitar…

The Colour and the Shape

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape 9.1

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Everlong is a very good reason to make an album. Fortunately, The Colour and the Shape has plenty of other reasons too. Foo…

No. 4

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Down leaves very little doubt about Stone Temple Pilots' intentions on No. 4. The guitar is thick, the rhythm is blunt and Scott…

The Distance to Here

Live

Live - The Distance to Here 7.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Live make a fairly clear choice on The Distance to Here: give the melodies more room and let the choruses do their work. The…

Bubblegum

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum 8.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Blues
Rock
Hit the City makes a strong case for putting Mark Lanegan's voice somewhere noisy. The organ and guitars supply a rough forward…

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