Reviews

May 5, 2017 Express Live! Columbus, OH English indie pop superstars The xx made their way into my hometown of Columbus in May, and as they took the stage, they meekly apologized for bringing the … [Read more...] about Show Review: The xx, Sampha

I was 13, and it was an abnormally hot summer in the small Northern Canadian town I grew up in. I was watching Much Music, the Canadian equivalent of MTV. Pop punk was the who’s who of … [Read more...] about Album Review: New Found Glory – Makes Me Sick

Grey Goes Black's new album And Inside There Was Only Water is a beautiful collection of alternative rock music and intense lyricism. "Wish," the first track and also a spoken word piece narrated by … [Read more...] about Album Review: Grey Goes Black – And Inside There Was Only Water

The funky beats and candy colors across Paramore’s fifth LP, After Laughter, might feel like unfamiliar territory for emo kids who remember finding their inner headbanger with the Riot! hit "Misery … [Read more...] about Album Review: Paramore – After Laughter

It's been 17 years since At the Drive-In released their last record, Relationship of Command, which was an album so propulsive and undeniable that (much like Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come) it … [Read more...] about Album Review: At the Drive-In – in•ter•a•li•a

The self-titled new EP release from Spider is a blistering ride from start to finish. The Long Beach punk four-piece reformed in 2016 after a fifteen-year hiatus and are digitally re-releasing their … [Read more...] about Album Review: Spider – Self-Titled EP

April 30, 2017 The Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ I have been a huge fan of The Maine since I discovered them six years ago, so why I had never been to one of their concerts before didn't make … [Read more...] about Show Review: The Maine, The Mowgli’s, Beach Weather

New Jersey post-rockers Saint Slumber recently released their debut EP, Youth//1, and we've had it on heavy rotation ever since. Vocalist Joshua Perna and guitarist Aaron Brown solidified a space … [Read more...] about Album Review: Saint Slumber – Youth//1