Album Reviews
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones bring back their signature sound with Pinpoints and Gin Joints
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pinpoints and Gin Joints The album starts with a sound familiar to any fan of ska music. It's an instant reminder that The Mighty Mighty Bosstones haven't lost it, even after all these years. The band started…
Matt Pond PA's "The Dark Leaves" is a musically mature, folk influenced, indie-pop/rock masterpiece
Matt Pond PA (credit: Jacob Pritchard) With their upcoming release, The Dark Leaves , Matt Pond PA has made some positive adjustments to their usual indie-rock-influenced style. Matt Pond PA, while retaining their notable pop sound, seem…
Vampire Weekend’s new album “Contra” is just as awesome as you hoped it would be
Vampire Weekend's Contra really isn’t new news, since it was released last month on Jan. 11. However, the album has recently spiked in popularity due to their celebrity-filled video for “Giving Up the Gun” being released last week.…
Green Day's 'Warning' an album screaming political transition
Warning Green Day is an influential and largely controversial punk-influenced rock band that came out of the punk/ska scene of Berkley, Calif., in 1987. The evolution of their albums suggests a move from self-involvement, indulgence, and…
REVIEW: Panther Attack! gives us heart-pounding, funky post-rock
Panther Attack! @ Club Tropical (credit unknown) Panther Attack!'s full-length album, Martyr Bonus , was released in 2007. The quartet, from Seattle, Wash., is composed of a bassist, guitarist, and two drummers -- with one drummer often…
Incendiary new Alkaline Trio album smashes into stores
Alkaline Trio On February 23rd, 2010, Alkaline Trio released their 7th studio album, This Addiction . The album opens with the explosive title track, "This Addiction." Fast paced and full of catchy guitar riffs, if the opening track is any…
Brief: 900x - Music for Lubbock, 1980
This is the first post in the Albums in Brief series on MusicGeek.org. Albums in Brief aims to inform quickly, offer a preview, and call it a day: No over-the-top aggrandizing here, for better or worse. Music for Lubbock, 1980 , the first…
Album Review: Elizabeth & the Catapult - Taller Children
Elizabeth & the Catapult - Taller Children Despite what could be construed as a strangely typical name for this era of music, Elizabeth & the Catapult are hardly the typifying outfit of the accompanying sound. Inflected with vocals with a…