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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…

The Autumn Effect

10 Years

10 Years - The Autumn Effect 8.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
The Autumn Effect makes a strong case for atmosphere inside a fairly direct rock song. 10 Years have the heavy guitars and large…

Weather Systems

Anathema

Anathema - Weather Systems 9.0

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Untouchable, Part 1 begins with an acoustic pattern that already contains a strong sense of movement. Anathema build around it…

Blood Harmony

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony 8.1

Album review

Blues
Country Rock
Rock
Blood Harmony makes Larkin Poe's strengths easy to hear. The guitars have weight and character, the singing is assured, and the…

Under Soil and Dirt

The Story So Far

The Story So Far - Under Soil and Dirt 8.1

Album review

Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Under Soil and Dirt moves with the confidence of a band that knows exactly where every beat should land. The guitars are busy, 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…

The Octopus

Amplifier

Amplifier - The Octopus 8.7

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Minion's Song gives The Octopus a surprisingly gentle point of entry. Piano and a small guitar line gradually acquire voices and…

Meteora

Linkin Park

Linkin Park - Meteora 8.8

Album review

Metal
Nu Metal
Rap Rock / Metal
Rock
Meteora makes its strongest impressions in small spaces. Most of the songs are brief, but their opening sounds are distinct: a…

Ixnay on the Hombre

The Offspring

The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre 8.0

Album review

Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Gone Away changes the terms of Ixnay on the Hombre. Dexter Holland usually delivers his words as though volume might solve the…

Bright as Blasphemy

Chevelle

Chevelle - Bright as Blasphemy 7.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Chevelle are good at making a song feel as though something is about to happen. Bright as Blasphemy is full of tense guitar parts…

Blackbird

Alter Bridge

Alter Bridge - Blackbird 9.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
The title track on Blackbird is almost eight minutes long. Alter Bridge use that space well: a gentle opening, a chorus with real…

Clarity

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity 9.2

Album review

Emo
Indie
Rock
Clarity begins quietly enough to make you lean towards it. An organ tone, measured drums and the gradual arrival of voices give…

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