album reviews
Reviews of albums old and new from iconic artists and up and coming musicians alike.
'East Atlanta Love Letter' Review (Pt. 1)
"Unfair" — this 2 minute and16-second song seems like a prelude or narration. He speaks as if he’s narrating a past action and states that he doesn’t want his mistakes to burden him. He hopes his mistakes don’t cause the one he loves to leave him and...
By Release Rewind8 years ago in Beat
Bring Me the Horizon - 'amo' Album Review
The words Bring Me the Horizon and controversy aren’t particularly unfamiliar when used together. Whether it was being bottled on stage in their infancy, or performing on top of Coldplay’s table at the 2016 NME awards show, the Sheffield rockers seem to always find themselves in conversation.
By Nathan Sartain8 years ago in Beat
Weezer - “Weezer (Teal Album)” Album Review
Every now and then, an album comes along by complete surprise. You stare at it intensely on your Spotify library, wondering why it’s there, what purpose it serves, and forming opinions on it before you’ve even hit play. “Is that what they’re doing now?” you ask yourself, questioning their entire catalogue of songs, wondering whether they now have truly hit the "scraping the barrel" section of their career.
By Nathan Sartain8 years ago in Beat
Mike Stud: '4THEHOMIES' Album Review
With the announcement of The Final Tour, Mike Stud released what could be his final album. Mike originally planned to release this album as This Isn't the Album Part II as a follow up to This Isn’t the Album in 2015, but released 4THEHOMIES with 23 songs instead. I am a little late on this review, but after taking the time to sit down and listen to the album full-length, I thought I would share my opinion for the rest of you. Let’s get into it!
By Mackenzie Coberley8 years ago in Beat
Four Albums in 2018 I Regret Missing at the Time!
Somehow, in a year where I listened to a new album to me every day for all 365 days in it, I missed some really good albums. These few should have been on my top 30 albums of the year—had I heard them before I finalized the list. Then, for fun, instead of making a top five worst list or anything like that, I am going to add one album I regret not missing along with these that I regret missing.
By Rip Mitchell8 years ago in Beat
Prince: 'Piano and a Microphone 1983' (A Review). Top Story - January 2019.
Prince said it himself: " I will not be here when the vault is opened. " Sure enough, Piano & A Microphone was released by the NPG Records/Warner Bros. presses, and my dearly purple beloved is not here. It will be three years he's been gone, this April. Can you believe it? The painful reminder of his death resonates within the numerous Facebook groups and Instagram tribute pages. His former colleagues and bandmates constantly recollect and get together to jam and honor him. Even his ex-wife, Mayte, showed us she's still got the moves to match the grooves.
By Veronica Williams8 years ago in Beat
Mirrors for Psychic Warfare - 'I See What I Became' Review
Mirrors for Psychic Warfare is a two-piece Industrial/Folk project featuring Scott Kelly of Neurosis and producer Sanford Parker. The pair formed in 2016 and are most likely based out of the pacific north-west of the USA but there is no town of origin listed I could find. This album is the second release from this band and a follow up to their self-titled full length. This project is an interesting blend of the two listed genres and even a few others leading to a very cerebral calming sound. That also has moments harshness and a few truly tense and unnerving moments throughout. Going into this and seeing the tag of Folk I was under the assumption that this would lie somewhere in the space of Neurosis or Scott Kell’s solo work, I had never been so wrong! While it contains his signature voice there is little to no guitar work involved. In their place, the senses are flooded with a grey soundscape of industrial and ambient beats and samples that at times border on ideas of drone metal or even some trance!
By Rip Mitchell8 years ago in Beat
Throwback Album Review: Heavens - ‘Patent Pending’
The mid 2000s were arguably the peak when it came to modern alternative music entering the mainstream. Sure it has since flirted with alternative bands such as Paramore and Twenty One Pilots, but nothing quite comes close to the hostile takeover bands like My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and the original Panic! At the Disco lineup conducted.
By Nathan Sartain8 years ago in Beat
Songs from the Chicago Underground (Dial Up CD Side A)
Recently I've been trying to find new music, and the hip hop/R&B collective Dial Up is what I've been searching for. Their first project released March 20 2018, and a few tracks have made permanent spots on my playlist.
By Release Rewind8 years ago in Beat
'A Single Man'
A Single Man, released in October of 1978, was Elton John's return to the limelight after a nearly two-year hiatus from recording and touring. It is the first Elton John album not to feature Bernie Taupin as lyricist. The lyrics on this album are instead by Gary Osborne, a former lyricist for Elton associate Kiki Dee. It is the only album where the melodies were mostly written before the lyrics. It was also the first Elton album since Empty Sky to not be produced by Gus Dudgeon. Instead, Elton produced it with engineer Clive Franks at The Mill in Berks England. It was also only the second Elton LP to be released on Rocket Records—Elton's personal record label that he was contractually unable to record for, prior to Blue Moves. It is also the first Elton album since Madman Across the Water to feature session musicians rather than Elton's touring band, which had disbanded after the 1977 tour; although Ray Cooper stayed on board and a few of the musicians who played on the album would become a part of the band for Elton's 1980 tour.
By Sean Callaghan8 years ago in Beat
The Best Albums of 2018
We have had some surprising releases this year in the way of music. From a band reinventing themselves, to an acting duo bringing out a movie soundtrack that will break your heart all over again. 2018 has been a stunning year for music, I'm hear to walk through my 10 favourite albums and EP's of the year. enjoy the List!
By jake browning8 years ago in Beat
