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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…

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…

Riot!

Paramore

Paramore - Riot! 8.4

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Hayley Williams gives Riot! a voice that can move from a sharp accusation to an open, soaring melody without losing its character…

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…

Siren Song of the Counter Culture

Rise Against

Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture 8.5

Album review

Hardcore Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Tim McIlrath has a voice that can make a simple melody sound like a difficult decision. On Siren Song of the Counter Culture, Rise…

Cartoon Darkness

Amyl and the Sniffers

Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness 8.5

Album review

Garage Rock
Punk rock
Rock
Amy Taylor has no interest in making her point politely. "Jerkin'" opens Cartoon Darkness with insults and enough force to make…

From Here to Infirmary

Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary 8.1

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Alkaline Trio have a useful gift for making a terrible situation sound almost inviting. From Here to Infirmary is full of…

Love Is Not Enough

Converge

Converge - Love Is Not Enough 8.3

Album review

Hardcore Punk
Metal
Metalcore
Punk rock
Converge waste very little time getting to the point on Love Is Not Enough. The title track barely clears two minutes, and most of…

Suffer

Bad Religion

Bad Religion - Suffer 9.1

Album review

Hardcore Punk
Punk rock
Greg Graffin makes speed sound articulate on Suffer. Bad Religion race through fifteen short songs, yet the voice remains clear…

Does This Look Infected?

Sum 41

Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected? 8.0

Album review

Metal
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
A little extra weight does Sum 41 a lot of good on Does This Look Infected?. The guitars have a sharper attack, the solos are more…

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…

The Used

The Used

The Used - The Used 8.6

Album review

Emo
Post-Hardcore
Punk rock
Rock
Bert McCracken gives The Used's debut a voice that rarely seems comfortable inside one kind of song. He can scream with…

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