Reviews
[Concert Review] Bowling For Soup – O2 Academy Glasgow 02/09/18
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
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. ...
[Album Review] The Wandering Hearts – Wild Silence
Since early beginnings on SoundCloud, recent new management, and establishing themselves deep in the style of classic American country and folk-pop, London-based act, The Wandering Hearts, are making waves, and making them quickly. Having recently kicked off ...
[Album Review] The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
Hailing from Liverpool, England is a collective of three musicians that make up the indie-pop/rock band that call themselves The Wombats. The band had reached critical acclaim with their hit single release “Let’s Dance ...
[Single Review] Upsahl – “Kiss Me Now”
Singer-Songwriter and Phoenix, Arizona native Taylor Upsahl, AKA “Upsahl” has been making music since she was 13 years old and released a self-titled alternative folk EP by the time she was 14. And, while ...
[Album Review] Jeff Rosenstock – POST-
2017 was a wild ride for the USA, and these constant news stories, especially under Trump, don’t look to be stopping anytime soon in 2018. Nobody has been feeling as much confusion as Jeff ...
[Album Review] Wild Child – Expectations
Wild Child are something of a wonderful find. Since their inception in 2010, the Austin, Texas group has steadily been capturing the hearts of a rapidly expanding audience, their beautiful, crooning indie-pop vocals and enthralling, ...
[Album Review] Legend Of The Seagullmen (Self-Titled)
While there are plenty of examples of notable established artists banding together, often leading to exciting results, such as Hollywood Vampires, A Perfect Circle and Alter Bridge, if the obnoxious, exaggerative term ‘super-group’ wasn’t already enough of an ...
[Album Review] The Shins – The Worm’s Heart
The Shins are a curious sort of band, somehow always seeming to drift quietly in the overflowing waters that fill the endless sea of indie music, reach periodic acclaim, disappear in the ether, only ...
[Album Review] AWOLNATION- Here Comes The Runts
Citing influences from the likes of Michael Jackson to Madonna, to Prince and Nirvana, lead vocalist and frontman Aaron Bruno’s ever-shifting style throughout his many projects, consistently dropping older ideas in favor of a newer approach when possible, can perhaps best ...
[Concert Review] Two Nights of Ballyhoo! in Central Florida
Aberdeen, Maryland based, Reggae-Punk-Rock band, Ballyhoo! Has kicked off their 2018 by going on the road. On January 26th, as part of their tour, they passed through my hometown Sanford, Florida, at West End ...
[Concert Review] Steel Panther @ O2 Academy – 01/20/2018
There’s not much you can say about Steel Panther that hasn’t already been said before. When they first came onto the scene back in 2009 you didn’t know if these guys were for real, ...
[Album Review] TomKarp – Rapcore Is Not Dead
TomKarp‘s repertoire has remained relatively straight forward, for the majority of his young career. Initially earning notability for YouTube guitar covers of classic Limp Bizkit tracks, Karp’s immediate impression to any viewer is, at ...
[Concert Review] Highly Suspect @ ‘The Waterfront’ 01/30/2018
If live performances at Norwich’s, ‘The Waterfront’, have ever excelled in one, very simple way, it would be intimacy. Being relatively small compared to most others, the 1993 established venue has attracted a surprisingly ...
[Album Review] Mike Shinoda – Post Traumatic [EP]
We here at Altwire don’t really talk about ourselves much when we post articles on this site. It’s an interesting thought because when we write anything which we deem worthy of posting, really we’re ...
[Album Review] Brockhampton – SATURATION III
Brockhampton has had one hell of a year. In 2017 alone, the 14 member “boy band” has released 3 albums, SATURATION III marking the end of the trilogy. Even at this rate of production, they’ve managed ...
[Album Review] Red Vox – Another Light
The “sophomore go-around” from the enigmatic Red Vox is, to put it simply, pure magic. Another Light, the latest album from the Staten Island rockers, traverses many styles, song structures, and lofty emotions, backed ...
Eminem – Revival: An Awkward, Yet Decent Effort
Revival is a very intriguing record. However, there’s no doubt that the myriad of mixed reactions that Eminem’s latest album has received signals that there are problems with it, and the consensus would be ...
Linkin Park – One More Light Live: A Somber Tribute
When I first received my review copy of One More Light Live, I’ll admit that I felt uncertainty and trepidation about how I would handle hearing the late Chester Bennington’s voice 5 months after his tragic passing. ...