Album Review: Everything You’ve Come to Expect by The Last Shadow Puppets

While I have been busy obsessing over this supergroup’s 2008 release, I’d be a fool to never check out The Last Shadow Puppets 2016 effort, Everything You’ve Come to Expect. And before you question me or yourself, yes, you are reading those album release years correctly. Approximately eight years after the first time they came together, they decided to go and make musical bliss again. And I’m here for it!

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Sir Sly – The Rise & Fall of Loverboy Album Review

New music! Well, technically Sir Sly’s latest full length, The Rise & Fall of Loverboy, was actually released at the end of April. Sometimes I get nervous listening to new music from bands I like. While in most cases the new stuff is awesome, there are times when it’s just plain old bad. Part of me felt like this album could go that way, but I was wrong!

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Twenty One Pilots – Scaled and Icy Album Review

It really doesn’t feel like that much time has passed since Twenty One Pilots’ last album, Trench, came out but then again, 2020 was a bit of a blur. Indeed, it has been three years since that release, so of course quarantining in a pandemic spawned the duo’s latest effort, Scaled and Icy. While a lot of the content on here is new territory for the band, there does seem to be a fair bit of throwback in it, too. Let’s dive in!

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Album Review: Foxy Shazam – Burn

I am a fool! It’s been way too long for me to not have realized that the recently reunited Foxy Shazam had put out a new album in December! Burn is the first release from the band since their hiatus in 2015, and I really should have been more on top of this. The only thing I really saw anything about was a reunion show that got cancelled twice ( because, you know, pandemic) and the release of the single “Burn.” Well, better late than never I suppose! Burn was a delight to listen to all the way through, and now I really can’t wait for this pandemic to be over so I can see them live again!

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Album Review: RTJ4

Now, I really only started listening to Run the Jewels in earnest when their last record, Run the Jewels 3 was released, so I am new to this fan base. However, that new influx of tunes had me revisiting their older records, along with that Meow the Jewels remix album (fantastic for all cat-lovers to experience). RTJ4 came as a surprise release in a time of chaos and and just general upheaval. It was a nice welcome, but still keeps you rooted in the moment.

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Pearl Jam, Gigaton Review

Look, I’ll preface this review by saying that I do not listen to Pearl Jam that much or really like too many of their songs. In general, I find their songs slow, and Eddie Vedder’s voice is a garbled mess. BUT, with that being said, I do like some of their songs, but it’s few and far between. Everything has to be just about perfect for me to listen to it more than once.

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Album Review: Silverstein, A Beautiful Place to Drown

I don’t know if I’m just not paying that much attention, but it seems like post-hardcore’s stalwarts, Silverstein, just keep cranking out albums at an insane pace. It didn’t feel like that long ago I was at Warped Tour having the band sign my copy of their latest release, Dead Reflection…but apparently, it’s been three years! Anyways, as I was finishing up a drawing, I popped in their latest effort, A Beautiful Place to Drown.

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