Reviews
Album Review: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep…
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It. An unorthodox album name, that’s even more strange when you consider lead singer Matty Healy said in an ...
[Blogs from the Pit] Safetysuit Live @ The Foundry 02/17/16
Yesterday I had the pleasure of hitting up the Safetysuit show in Philly at The Foundry. Let me start by saying what a cool little venue this place is! Ok, so it’s technically a ...
Album Review: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
So, it’s no big secret that the production of Kanye West’s latest effort, something that West himself touted and paraded as “the best album of all time”, was incredibly unorganized. Many tracklist changes, changes ...
Did the Force Truly Awaken? My “Rant-Review”
(featured image appears courtesy of nme.com) First, before I start, let me give a disclaimer here: I am an “S.W. O.G.” (Star Wars O.G.) This means my geekdom does not end with A New ...
Product Review: Thumbs Up Touch Speaker Boombox Review
Altwire recently received this awesome touch speaker boombox from Thumbs Up out of the UK. Compatible with most smart phones and MP3’s with external speakers, it involves no pairing or cables. Instead, through using ...
KFace TV brings us Star Wars Rap Battles!
Click here for KFace TV’s YouTube Channel: KFace TV on YouTube! OK, I have a confession… This is hard for me, Darth Prefectus, to admit. I just found myself rooting for a Jedi and a ...
Album Review: Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams
In what has become a rather predictable, but welcomed pattern in Coldplay’s lineage of studio albums, the band have yet again made a sharp veer to the left, this time onto the abstract, psychedelic ...
Album Review: Stone Sour – Straight Outta Burbank (EP)
Stone Sour has been a mainstay on rock radio for the last couple of years, with the band being sometimes incorrectly labeled by some casual listeners as Corey Taylor’s side project. While this is ...
Album Review: The Yavin 4 – Intergalactic Rock n Roll
Album Link: theyavin4.bandcamp.com/ Fact: Here’s an interesting tidbit for all the Star Wars n00bs reading this. Yavin 4 is the moon where the rebel base was located in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope! I ...
Single Review: Miley Cyrus’ “Lighter” Has Little Flame
I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, so I will readily admit that over the years I have developed a certain fondness for pop music’s free-spirited, nude-loving, glitter-covered girl, Miley Cyrus. I also have an ...
Album Review: Born Ruffians – RUFF
I like Born Ruffians. I’m a huge fan of the sweet lyrics and soft, carefree guitar and harmonica in “Little Garçon” from their first album Red, Yellow & Blue. By their third album, Birthmarks, ...
Album Review: JR JR, JR JR
JR JR, a Detroit-based electronic-indie-pop duo formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, released a self-titled album this past friday. Having heard their previous album and enjoyed it (it had all the elements of ...
Album Review: Disturbed – Immortalized
Since Disturbed’s formation in 1994, the members of the American heavy metal band have built quite a reputation for themselves in the music industry while serving as an influence for many aspiring artists. Although ...
Soaked In Bleach (2015): Kurt Cobain Death Conspiracy
For over 21 years, the death of Kurt Cobain has struck controversy for people worldwide. Following the release of the film, Montage of Heck, which can certainly be described as a montage of, well, ...
Album Review: Birds of Tokyo – Anchor
Birds of Tokyo, an alternative rock band hailing from Perth, Western Australia, has released their third EP, Anchor, which has earned them the twenty third spot for the Australian ARIA awards. Although they began ...
Album Review: Lindemann – Skills in Pills
Lindemann is a German-Swedish metal band formed in 2013 by Rammstein’s lead vocalist, Till Lindemann, and Hypocrisy’s multi-instrumentalist, Peter Tägtgren. Despite the two banding together two years ago and the album leak they experienced ...
Album Review: Breaking Benjamin – Dark Before Dawn
Formed in 1998, Breaking Benjamin came on the scene with Saturate in 2002 with their debut single ‘Polyamorous.’ Finding moderate success with Saturate, the band followed up with the Certified Platinum We Are Not ...
Three Days Grace – Human (2015): Polarizing But Good
How does Three Days Grace do in their first release without Adam Gontier? Find out below! First impressions. They are something that will either help you or haunt you for the rest of your ...
Album Review: Nate Ruess – Grand Romantic
Nate Ruess’s first solo album is a compilation of songs that focus solely on the subject of love, in one way or another. The album begins with the track ‘Grand Romantic (intro),’ which is short, ...
Album Review: Siddharta – Infra
Hailing from Slovenia, Siddharta was formed in 1995 by Tomi Meglič (vocals, guitar), Primož Benko (guitar, support vocals), Primož Majerič (bass), and Boštjan Meglič (drums). Although they’ve quickly gained momentum since their first performance ...