Reviews
Album Review: Lorna Shore – Flesh Coffin
Altwire Staff
Fans of Deathcore may be familiar with the New Jersey quartet Lorna Shore. Their three extended plays proceeded by the well-received debut full length album Psalms have garnered them a steady fan base and ...
Album Review: Mirrors For Psychic Warfare [Self-Titled]
Altwire Staff
Experimental noise meets doom metal at its darkest. Mirrors For Psychic Warfare is is more draining, both intellectually and emotionally, than nearly any album I can recall. This album is a must-listen.
Album Review: Aenaon – Hypnosophy
Altwire Staff
An avant-garde fusion of progressive black metal and jazz. A very solid pickup, Hypnosophy is not an album for black metal purists and rigidly-defined genre warriors.
Toro Y Moi: Chaz Bundick meets the Mattson 2
Altwire Staff
Chaz Bundick, more commonly known as Toro y Moi, is back with the help of the Mattson 2. For his second release of 2016, he has teamed up with the Matson 2 and the ...
AltWire Concert Review: Evanescence – Dallas, TX 10/28/16
Amanda Gail
Dallas’ Southside Ballroom was the host of the debut show for Evanescence, 2016. The tour comes just before the Christmas release of a complete vinyl box set for the band, featuring music written before ...
Kitshickers – III.O: A Mind-Blowing Experience
Altwire Staff
I stumbled over Kitshickers from Luxembourg early in the year, exploring pre-orders from bands and artists. I found the PledgeMusic mission for Kitshickers, and I just couldn’t ignore a band that would give proceeds ...
AltWire Concert Review – Rob Thomas 09/24/16
Amanda Gail
Allen, Texas, and I’m brought face to face with the tour manager for Rob Thomas. “Two songs”, he says, referring to the amount I’m allowed to shoot. I’m one song shy of standard concert ...
AltWire Concert Review – Counting Crows 09/24/16
Amanda Gail
Que the smoke as the house lights dim to black. Silhouettes make their way across stage to their assigned spots, and my heart races. No matter what event I’m at, this is always my ...
Album Review: Balance and Composure
Altwire Staff
For their third album Light We Made, Balance and Composure went with the ideology of “don’t make the same record twice.” The boys from Doylestown, Pennsylvania return with another record worth giving spin just from hearing ...
AltWire Concert Review: Def Leppard – Dallas, TX – August 24th, 2016
Amanda Gail
August, Texas, outdoor venue. Only one thing could bring me out of my air-conditioned comfort on a dog day summer Monday night- Def Leppard. The teenage girl in me was in full spirit as ...
Album Review: blackbear, cashmere noose
Altwire Staff
I’d just like to start this review off by saying what the hell Frank Ocean. Words cannot describe how upset I am that Boys Don’t Cry didn’t come out on Friday. It seems like ...
Chris Isaak – The Man In Red – An AltWire Concert Review
Amanda Gail
Speeding into the Winstar Casino & Global Event Center like a (slightly lost) bat out of hell, I stumbled through valet at 8:47pm, for a 9pm show. Thirteen minutes and counting to hit Will ...
Altwire Review: DJ Shadow – The Mountain Will Fall
Altwire Staff
DJ Shadow made history 20 years ago with Endtroducing… a one of a kind instrumental hip-hop album composed entirely of samples. And while his later works never quite hit the same heights as that ...
Lake Street Dive – “Side Pony” Review
Altwire Staff
I have been excited about this new Lake Street Dive album for a while, but I’m just now getting a chance to listen to it. If you haven’t already heard the previous records by ...
Album Review: Catfish & The Bottlemen- “The Ride”
Altwire Staff
For their second album The Ride, Catfish and the Bottlemen went with the philosophy of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Coming off the massive success of their debut album The Balcony, the ...
Altwire Review: Blueprint – Vigilante Genesis
Altwire Staff
Inspired by gritty comic book stories, Columbus rapper Blueprint has created Vigilante Genesis with the help of producer Aesop Rock, and it’s an entirely new direction in storytelling for him. The world of the album ...
AltWire Review: Eric Clapton – “I Still Do”
Altwire Staff
Eric Clapton’s album I Still Do is a musical history lesson. It’s also a how-to album for a generation that has lost touch with real & authentic music. This is the Blues. This is the ...
[Blogs from the Pit] The 1975 @ The Mann Center 05/15/16
Altwire Staff
DISCLAIMER: IF YOU PLAN TO SEE ANY SHOW ON THIS TOUR AND YOU HAVE ANY FORM OF MIGRAINE OR SEIZURE DISORDER YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER. VISUAL EFFECTS ARE INTENSE. LOTS OF STROBES. Most people spend ...
Review: Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
Altwire Staff
Is Chance the only one who still cares about mixtapes? With three under his belt since 2012 and no sign of caving in to a label deal anytime soon, the 23 year old Chicago ...
AltWire Album Review: Kygo – Cloud Nine
Altwire Staff
Electronic dance music. A fine art in the sense that it’s a masterful way to dictate the energy and atmosphere of a room full of ravers. But not so much in the eyes of ...
