Alternative Rock Album reviews - Page 4

GenresAlternative Rock

A Thousand Suns

Linkin Park

Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns 8.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Electronic
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
A Thousand Suns asks to be heard as a sequence. Short passages, sampled speeches and changing electronic textures connect the full…

Naveed

Our Lady Peace

Our Lady Peace - Naveed 8.2

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Naveed has a voice that is difficult to mistake for anyone else's. Raine Maida bends and strains his lines, often making a melody…

Vs.

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam - Vs. 9.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Go and Animal make a fairly clear opening statement: Pearl Jam have plenty of energy left after Ten. Vs. starts with the band…

Futures

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World - Futures 8.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Indie
Rock
There is a heavier emotional pull to Futures than its clean guitar sound first suggests. Jimmy Eat World still write clear…

Razorblade Suitcase

Bush

Bush - Razorblade Suitcase 7.2

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Greedy Fly is the point where Razorblade Suitcase becomes more interesting than its reputation. The guitar parts have an uneasy…

Sunburn

Fuel

Fuel - Sunburn 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Shimmer is the song that makes Fuel's debut easy to recommend. It has a clear guitar opening, a melody that moves naturally…

Eat the Elephant

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant 7.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Rock
The piano changes the emotional temperature of Eat the Elephant. A Perfect Circle allow it to carry much of the album's weight…

Fission

Dead Poet Society

Dead Poet Society - Fission 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Fission turns personal uncertainty into music with a very firm physical presence. Dead Poet Society give the guitars a thick…

Morning View

Incubus

Incubus - Morning View 8.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Metal
Rock
Morning View is comfortable with open space. Incubus can still make a guitar riff hit hard, but they also allow a song to settle…

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters 8.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Punk rock
Rock
This Is a Call sounds like someone discovering that a simple tune can take a great deal of noise. The opening song on Foo…

Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop 9.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop is a wonderfully odd title for an album that makes so much of its music immediately…

-!-

Dead Poet Society

Dead Poet Society - -!- 8.1

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Dead Poet Society build much of -!-'s appeal around a striking difference in register. Jack Underkofler can move easily into a…

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