Alternative Rock Album reviews - Page 5

GenresAlternative Rock

Cavalier Youth

You Me at Six

You Me at Six - Cavalier Youth 6.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Punk rock
Rock
You Me at Six make their intentions easy to hear on Cavalier Youth. The choruses are large, Josh Franceschi sings clearly above…

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Nothing More

Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves 8.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
The Stories We Tell Ourselves combines direct hard rock songs with a more elaborate surrounding structure. Nothing More use…

PUP

PUP

PUP - PUP 8.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Punk rock
Rock
PUP make a rough entrance and then keep revealing how much control sits underneath it. Their self-titled album is packed with…

Purple

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple 9.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Interstate Love Song lasts little more than three minutes. It has a lovely guitar opening, a chorus that seems to arrive exactly…

Your Favorite Toy

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy 7.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Foo Fighters have decided to get on with it. Your Favorite Toy is a short, noisy record with very little interest in explaining…

It Leads to This

The Pineapple Thief

The Pineapple Thief - It Leads to This 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
It Leads to This finds The Pineapple Thief making careful use of a relatively concise set of songs. The music remains restrained…

So Much (for) Stardust

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Pop
Punk rock
Rock
The strings at the beginning of So Much (for) Stardust suggest that Fall Out Boy have arrived with a large statement to make. Then…

Bleach

Nirvana

Nirvana - Bleach 8.1

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Punk rock
Rock
About a Girl is the giveaway. Between the grinding guitars and Kurt Cobain's roughest singing, a small, beautifully shaped pop…

Disciplined Breakdown

Collective Soul

Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown 7.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
For an album with breakdown in its title, this is remarkably controlled music. Collective Soul turn personal strain into sharply…

Days of the New

Days of the New

Days of the New - Days of the New 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
An acoustic guitar can still sound heavy. Days of the New build their debut around that idea, using repeated riffs, forceful…

You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Hum

Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut 9.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Shoegaze
The quiet voice inside You'd Prefer an Astronaut makes its enormous guitars feel even larger. Matt Talbott rarely tries to…

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light 8.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Rope is a good reminder that a Foo Fighters song can be catchy without moving in a straight line. The guitar figure stops and…

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