Wallows – Model, Album Review

With all of these bands that I love releasing albums practically back to back recently, the fact that Wallows dropped their third full length album, Model, last week with basically no promotion came as quite a surprise to me. A pleasant one, but still. Even though I follow them on social media, I must not be in the know enough for eavesdropping advertising or just straight up fan posts to fall through the cracks and into my feeds.

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twenty one pilots – Clancy, Album Review

I’m going to be totally honest here, Scaled and Icy was a huge letdown of an album for me from a band that hadn’t disappointed prior. Of course that means I was going to walk into Clancy with a bit of trepidation. But I was a fool for thinking that way! Twenty One Pilots have rounded out this era with certified hits.

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The Black Keys – Ohio Players, Album Review

Even though The Black Keys are one of Ohio’s most celebrated bands, I’ve never really given a lot of their work much attention. The fact that I’m still thinking about Let’s Rock when they’ve released three albums since then means I don’t really keep up. But, in searching the internet for 2024 musical releases, I was pretty pleased to see their newest work was to be titled Ohio Players and knew I would be checking it out.

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Concert Review: Hawthorne Heights

Hawthorne Heights is an emo staple and I have seen them live so many times that I’ve simply lost track at this point. It’s got to be at least a dozen, and I know for a fact that I will be seeing them two more times this year. It does help that they are an Ohio band, but really these guys just get around a lot, what can I say.

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