Alternative Rock Album reviews - Page 6

GenresAlternative Rock

Frogstomp

Silverchair

Silverchair - Frogstomp 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Silverchair were teenagers when they made Frogstomp, and the record has the confidence of a band who have found a loud guitar…

Versions of the Truth

The Pineapple Thief

The Pineapple Thief - Versions of the Truth 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Different people can remember the same event in incompatible ways. Versions of the Truth turns that ordinary problem into an…

Handwritten

The Gaslight Anthem

The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Punk rock
Rock
The opening of Handwritten makes The Gaslight Anthem sound comfortable with being a large rock band. "45" has a clear guitar hook…

Collective Soul

Collective Soul

Collective Soul - Collective Soul 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
December turns a small guitar figure into a whole song's identity. The pattern is easy to recognise, but the vocal layers and well…

21st Century Breakdown

Green Day

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown 7.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
The piano on 21st Century Breakdown is not there to offer a quiet break between punk songs. It helps set the scale of the whole…

ArmaHeaven

Smash Into Pieces

Smash Into Pieces - ArmaHeaven 7.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Electronic
Metal
Rock
Smash Into Pieces have built quite a world around their music. ArmaHeaven continues its story of digital conflict and survival…

Billy Talent II

Billy Talent

Billy Talent - Billy Talent II 8.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Hardcore
Punk rock
Rock
There is nothing tentative about Devil in a Midnight Mass. The opening song on Billy Talent II puts a tense guitar figure beside…

But Here We Are

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters - But Here We Are 8.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Rescued puts a recognisable Foo Fighters sound to unusually direct use. The guitars open out, Dave Grohl pushes his voice hard and…

Vitalogy

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy 8.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Vitalogy can offer a huge chorus and then immediately make you wonder whether Pearl Jam want anyone to sing along. The songs pull…

Above

Mad Season

Mad Season - Above 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Above gives Layne Staley room to sing without a heavy guitar pressing against every line. That alone makes Mad Season worth…

The Science of Things

Bush

Bush - The Science of Things 7.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
The electronic pulse in The Chemicals Between Us suits Bush surprisingly well. It gives the familiar guitars a firmer outline and…

Proper Dose

The Story So Far

The Story So Far - Proper Dose 8.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Parker Cannon gives himself more than one way to sound troubled on Proper Dose. His voice still carries the force associated with…

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