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Monthly Archives: April 2012

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The Ghost Inside – Get What You Give

“This is what I know about sacrifice.  Meet me at the crossroads. Let’s go.” The Ghost Inside waste no time showing the listener what they are all about on their latest offering, Get What You Give.  The intro track, ‘This [...]

June 25, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Memphis May Fire – Challenger

Ugh, I really hate saying bad things about bands who are still together, touring, and releasing albums. I always think, “Hey, they probably just put a lot of effort into this latest release, and who am I to tear it [...]

June 24, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Anton Dang of O’Brother Interview

O’Brother is a band that is carrying the torch for post-hardcore music. They have managed to adopt and adapt multiple musical styles into something genuinely new and exciting. Their 2011 release, Garden Window, is a beautifully crafted meditation on the [...]

June 18, 2012 Interviews
Oh, Sleeper “Son of the Morning” – Concept Analysis Part 1

Oh, Sleeper “Son of the Morning” – Concept Analysis Part 1

“…every night I start my rise, climbing high into the morning sky.  But soon after, I lose your bride and I damn your son for stealing my light. This world is mine.  They call me the son of the morning.”    Oh, [...]

June 16, 2012 Articles
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Brendan Rivera – No Ocean In Ireland

If Brendan Rivera isn’t a household name by the end of this year, we will officially be able to deduce that there is no justice in the world. It only takes about half a song, and it doesn’t really matter [...]

June 14, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Create Avoid – Pastime

It’s been two years since Create Avoid’s last album, Heart Remains, and they return now with Pastime: a 7″/Digital EP that is 4 songs deep.  The baseball fan in me loves the cover of the album, and the hardcore fan in me [...]

June 11, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Writing Under the Influence: Kings of Leon – Only by the Night

Well, it’s 4:00 in the afternoon, so I guess it’s time for a drunken review. For this segment I will be drinking everyone’s favourite German incendiary device, Jaegermeister. Nothing says partying like Jager, so I decided to hit up a [...]

June 9, 2012 Album Reviews, Features, Writing Under the Influence
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Sigur Ros – Valtari

“I really can’t remember why we started this record, I no longer know what we were trying to do back then. I do know session after session went pear-shaped, we lost focus and almost gave up…did give up for a [...]

June 6, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Gates – You Are All You Have Left To Fear

Gates is one of the few groups that is doing it right these days. The New Jersey indie rockers put their hearts and souls into their music and they are adamant about being the masters of their futures. They have financed themselves [...]

June 5, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Daytrader – Twelve Years

First things first, how great is that album cover?   Easily one of the best of the year thus far. After listening to Daytrader’s new album, Twelve Years, many times over, I am beginning to think that the title refers to [...]

June 4, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Weezer: What Went Wrong? Part I – Feeling Blue

Bringing up Weezer in a musical discussion is a lot like picking up chicks in a chat room – it is of the utmost importance that you find out their age before you start showing your boner. Be warned, if [...]

June 1, 2012 Articles