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Pedals (The return of Rival Schools)

by Jesse on Mar 11, 2011 • No Comments

Ten years is a long time to wait for a sophomore album. I won’t get into why it took so long or what happened in-between here. Here, we’re just gonna see if Pedals was worth the wait. Opening with “Wring it Out”, it sounds as if Walter Schreifels and Rival Schools haven’t missed a beat since United By Fate came out in 2001. There’s a solid bounce right off the bat laid down by Sam Siegler (drums) and Cache Tolman […]

Dynamite, indeed! (Twilight Singers are stil awesome.)

by Jesse on Feb 16, 2011 • 2 Comments

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I never thought I would like a song that Ani Difranco had any part of but here I am bobbing my head along to “Blackbird and the Fox” off of Dynamite Steps, the latest from Twilight Singers. Thanks a lot, Greg Dulli. It’s been almost 5 years since their last, Powder Burns, dropped and it sounds as if Dulli and co. haven’t skipped a beat. Twilight Singers make the kind of music I love: hard to describe. It’s a mixture […]

Foo Fighters bring the Rawk! (And Lemmy)

by Jesse on Feb 15, 2011 • 1 Comment

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I love waking up to news that bands I knew were working on new material I was excited about not only have a set release date, but a new video to boot. Hi Foo Fighters, I’ve missed you. If you’re a fan of Foo Fighters and you’ve been living under a rock for the past 6 months, then you have a lot to be excited for . Their 7th studio album is done and ready to be unleashed on April 12th. It was produced by Butch […]

SyFy presents an original movie by Motherboar: Croctosquatch!

by Jesse on Feb 10, 2011 • 1 Comment

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How do you go about reviewing a video? Do you pick apart the song choice? How the concept goes with the song? Production values? Lucky for me, none of the already mentioned topics were a cause for concern with Motherboar’s adventurous video for “Croctosquatch”. The lead song off of their latest, The Beast Becomes the Servant, “Croctosquatch” is a beast of a song on its own. Give the song some great visuals (Thanks to Trifecta+ Entertainment ) and this beast is unstoppable. First […]

Welcome Back Trail Of Dead!

by Jesse on Feb 9, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Let me be the first to say welcome back …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. Source Codes & Tags and Worlds Apart are two of the most epic albums any band could create back to back and then these Texans just went nowhere. The follow-up’s (2006’s So Divided and 2009’s The Century of Self) felt like a band that lost their moo. There were moments on each and Self definitely felt a little like the Dead […]

Metal Monday Volume 4 (2.7.11)

by Jesse on Feb 7, 2011 • 2 Comments

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There are 2 albums that greatly defined age 16 for me and my first experiences with not one, but two deaths in the family. They are Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses and Life of Agony’s River Runs Red. I guess if you have to deal with sudden tragedy then there’s no better soundtrack than from those two Brooklyn bands. Coincidentally enough, both albums feature the talents of drummer Sal Abruscato who is back with A Pale Horse Named Death. Combining […]

Metal Monday Volume 2 (1.24.11)

by Jesse on Jan 24, 2011 • 3 Comments

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In honor of me not getting my ass out of a funk and heading over to Great Scott on Saturday night for their record release show, I present to you Motherboar’s The Beast Becomes The Servant review. Winner of the 2010 Boston Music Award for Best Metal/Hardcore band and currently signed to local Born of Fire label, Boston’s Motherboar have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and they’re all out of bubblegum. The Beast… is definitely the one you need to check out […]

Hear Here!: Patrick Stump Doubles Up on “Spotlight”

by MJ on Dec 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

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Check out the dual versions of “Spotlight”, the brand new single from the debut solo album by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump.