Reviews – Archive

Judging what you’re going to get from a Dance Gavin Dance album has historically been made impossible by the group’s infamous revolving door approach to its personnel, let alone their distinctly muso take on post-hardcore. But ‘Instant Gratification’ is a...

The real winners from among those who enter reality TV music competitions are often those that don’t come in first place. The UK X-Factor has various examples of this, the most obvious of course teen pop sensation One Direction. London...

Ah, young love - So wild, so free, so...full of conflict. It is this very topic which Illinois-based deathcore youngsters Sworn In are choosing to emulate on their follow-up to 2013's dark horse 'The Death Card'. Tackling another conceptual layout...

The elevated walls of aircraft-hangar-turned-concert-venue Expo Five in Louisville, KY were packed in tight for a night that was 'out of control'. Two genre-defining tour packages met up for one massive date on March 25th, making for a thrilling, eclectic...

Rap-rock. It's a world where many musicians dare not tread. Coincidentally, genre-hybridizing has become increasingly popular lately (even accepted). Enter: Hollywood Undead, a band who has been blending genres together for over 10 years now. It must be odd to...

As pointless an exercise as “what if?” history is, it’s tempting to consider where While She Sleeps would be by now if their rocket to the top had not had its engines cut by the news that vocalist Loz Taylor...