Kailie Settles

When Julien Baker apparated onto the face of the indie-folk scene in 2015 with Sprained Ankle, it was with a sense of stark minimalism that she staked her claim in the legacy of confessional … [Read more...] about Album Review: Julien Baker – Little Oblivions

At some point, we collectively decided that the whole early 2010s, mega-chugging, sad-boy pop-punk thing was good, actually - probably as the kids who made it popular in the first place grew old … [Read more...] about Album Review: You Me At Six – SUCKAPUNCH

If this has been a year of suffering, then Frank Iero has been in his element as far as songwriting material is concerned. After an impressive leg of touring off Frank Iero and the Future Violents’ … [Read more...] about Album Review: Frank Iero and the Future Violence – Heaven is a Place, This is a Place

The sound of The 1975 has always been one of multitudes, at least to me. To many a new listener, baffling is their ability to sound both like the interior of an Urban Outfitters and yet something … [Read more...] about Album Review: The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form

The state of metalcore two decades into the new millennium is a vast and varied thing. Keeping that in mind, tastemakers usually separate it into two broad categories: the old guard of bands like … [Read more...] about Album Review: Code Orange – Underneath

For starters, The Bad Bees are moored by none of the following: 1. Standard song structure 2. Consistent time signatures 3. Boring vocals I can understand how at first flush, or any flush, the … [Read more...] about Album Review: The Bad Bees – The Time It Takes