Reviews
[Album Review] Ledger – Ledger EP
M. Stoneman
Getting dropped in the deep end of joining an established popular act and being expected to keep pace while having suddenly made it big very, very quickly, can probably be figuratively compared to being hit with ...
[Album Review] Scandroid – Dreams in Monochrome
M. Stoneman
From Take It & Break It Vol. 1-3, through to The Complete Cellout and Space & Time (Expansion), Klayton (known more commonly under Celldweller, Circle of Dust or Scandroid) has always been rather enthusiastic ...
Thirty Seconds to Mars – America (2018): A Brave New Sound
M. Stoneman
Thirty Seconds To Mars take some big risks in their ambitious effort “America“. Do they pay off? Read on below. Being fascinated with continually shifting from one creative style to the next, either for ...
Breaking Benjamin – Ember (2018): Still Burning Brightly
M. Stoneman
Any mid-2000s, hard rock fan probably can’t help but remember Breaking Benjamin. A decade ago, Breaking Benjamin’s third studio effort, Phobia, stood as a near-perfect representation of exactly what radio friendly post-grunge could aspire ...
[Single Review] Mike Shinoda – Crossing a Line
Altwire Staff
Fresh off of the still spinning wheels of January’s Post Traumatic EP, by Mike Shinoda, which was the songwriter and vocalist’s first solo release underneath his own name (separate from Fort Minor), the established ...
[Album Review] Rich The Kid – The World Is Yours
Altwire Staff
The World Is Yours is Rich The Kid’s debut album. The 14-track debut project includes features from top artists in the industry like: Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Future, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Quavo, Khalid, ...
[Album Review] of Montreal – White is Relic/Irrealis Mood
Altwire Staff
From Athens, Georgia is the band of Montreal which come radiantly from within the depths of recurrent mind-binding musical trips which are in consequence of inspired 60’s psychedelic indie pop. Founded by vocalist and ...
[Album Review] As Sirens Fall – Where Lost Things Go
M. Stoneman
Formed in late 2014, As Sirens Fall are an enthusiastic alt-rock five piece, hailing from West Yorkshire. While stylistically somewhat similar to the likes of mid-2000s 30 Seconds to Mars, and The Used, the ...
[Album Review] Garden City Movement – Apollonia
Altwire Staff
After 3 EPs in the span of many years, a remix album, as well as several collaborations in between, it is here in 2018 that Garden City Movement, the alternative, electronica and indie pop ...
[Album Review] Stone Temple Pilots – Self Titled (2018)
Altwire Staff
The first item to address when we talk about Stone Temple Pilots is Jeff Gutt. The third permanent front man for STP already has a long standing link to the band having had former ...
[Album Review] Three Days Grace – Outsider
M. Stoneman
Every anger-induced, angst-ridden kid from the early 2000s remembers blasting MTV’s greatest rock music videos. Probably through cheap stereo subwoofers rigged into your overpriced Sony flat screen (which your dad still insists was a ...
[Album Review] Tory Lanez – MEMORIES DON’T DIE
Altwire Staff
Less than two years after the success of his debut album I Told You, Tory Lanez releases his sophomore album. On MEMORIES DON’T DIE, he features: Future, Wiz Khalifa, 50 Cent, Nav, Fabolous, Paloma ...
[Album Review] Mountains Of The Moon – Tiger’s Tongue
M. Stoneman
This one is a little late to the party, having been released mid-January, but every so often there comes something you stumble upon that stops you in your tracks, and can’t help but hold ...
[Album Review] Soccer Mommy – Clean
M. Stoneman
Basking in downtempo mellow instrumentation, and soothing reminiscences through the likes of “everybody’s changing and their moving away – I kissed you hardest on the moving day”, it’s not at all difficult to find ...
[Album Review] Pale Waves – All The Things I Never Said EP
M. Stoneman
Formed in 2014, Pale Waves are a Manchester indie pop quartet that, since releasing their critically acclaimed 2017 debut singles, ‘There’s a Honey’, and ‘Television Romance’, have been making it big, and making it ...
2 Mello: Memories of Tokyo-To | An Epic Tribute
Altwire Staff
Matthew Hopkins, who goes by the name of “2 Mello” puts his spin on the iconic Jet Set Radio soundtrack. Read our review here! In the year 2000 North America saw the release of ...
[Album Review] First Aid Kit – Ruins
Altwire Staff
From out of the humble beginnings of singing carefree as fans at a public festival, and from out of Enskede, near the very heart of Sweden’s lovely capital city of Stockholm, come the indie/folk ...
[Album Review] Vance Joy – Nation Of Two
Altwire Staff
James Keogh, better known by his stage name Vance Joy, became an international success with ‘Riptide’, a multi-platinum single from his debut album Dream Your Life Away. Now, Nation Of Two is the follow-up ...
[Concert Review] Bowling For Soup – O2 Academy Glasgow 02/09/18
Altwire Staff
Usually when Bowling For Soup come to town you know you’re in for a party. At the February 9th, 2018 O2 Academy Glasgow show, the band’s opening song “The Last Rock Show” set the ...
[Album Review] The Plot In You – Dispose
M. Stoneman
While certainly originating from a genre plenty over saturated, if there ever was a more charismatic metalcore front-man of the last decade, The Plot In You’s Landon Tewers would undoubtedly be an easy contender. ...
