Alternative Rock Album reviews - Page 7

GenresAlternative Rock

Neon Ballroom

Silverchair

Silverchair - Neon Ballroom 8.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Rock
Emotion Sickness is a striking way for Silverchair to open an album. The piano sounds unsettled, the strings keep changing the…

This Is Why

Paramore

Paramore - This Is Why 8.2

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Post-Punk
Rock
This Is Why runs on nervous energy. Paramore use clipped guitars, active bass lines and tightly controlled drums to make ordinary…

The Painful Truth

Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie - The Painful Truth 8.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Electronic
Indie
Rock
An Artist Is an Artist is a good way to announce your return. Skunk Anansie open The Painful Truth with a tense, impatient song…

Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves - Nothing But Thieves 8.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Conor Mason's voice is the obvious attraction on Nothing But Thieves' debut, but the songs are strong enough to keep that voice…

The Boy Who Died Wolf

Highly Suspect

Highly Suspect - The Boy Who Died Wolf 7.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
The Boy Who Died Wolf is more compelling when Highly Suspect commit to a mood than when they try to advertise their range. The…

moisturizer

Wet Leg

Wet Leg - moisturizer 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Wet Leg sound more willing to mean it on moisturizer. The jokes and strange little phrases are still there, but the second album…

Dark Matter

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
The drums make the first argument on Dark Matter. Matt Cameron gives the title track a hard, forward push, and the guitars answer…

No Place Like Home

Badflower

Badflower - No Place Like Home 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Badflower are most interesting when the uncomfortable details make it into the song. No Place Like Home has plenty of those…

This Is How the World Ends

Badflower

Badflower - This Is How the World Ends 7.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Rock
The quiet opening of This Is How the World Ends gives Badflower room to sound uncertain before the volume arrives. “Adolescent…

A Crow Left of the Murder...

Incubus

Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder... 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Megalomaniac gives A Crow Left of the Murder... a restless opening. Its shift into a hard guitar song feels confrontational, and…

Throwing Copper

Live

Live - Throwing Copper 8.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Rock
Ed Kowalczyk rarely sounds half-interested in anything on Throwing Copper. A quiet verse can suddenly turn into a full vocal…

Explosions

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace - Explosions 6.9

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Explosions keeps Three Days Grace's direct guitar rock intact while making more room for changes of mood. The strongest songs pair…

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