Album Reviews

Album review: The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

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January 9, 2012
Album review: The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

Title: Given To The Wild Artist: The Maccabees Label: Fiction Records/Universal Music Released: 10 January 2012 In one word: Progress It comes as no surprise to me that after almost three year gap after...
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Album review: Death O’Connor – Morbidly Obtuse (+ free download)

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January 4, 2012
Death O'Connor - Morbidly Obtuse

Title: Morbidly Obtuse Artist: Death O’Connor Label: Elgin Rock City (Independent) Released: 1 January 2012 In one word: Jizz 2012. It’s officially the future. And what does the future sound like? Well, judging...
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EP Review: CB6 – Consider This Severance/Times Are Changing

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November 2, 2011
CB6 - Consider This Severance

Title: Consider This Severance (2011)/ Times Are Changing (2010) Artist: CB6 (Carried By 6) Label: Independent Released: 1 June 2011 In one word: Snarling A few months ago I received a very impressive looking...
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Album review: Lights – Siberia

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October 4, 2011
Lights - Siberia album artwork

Title: Siberia Artist: Lights Label: Universal Music Canada Released: 4 October 2011 In one word: Crunchy The second album from Lights sees Canada’s synth pop superstar venture into new directions. The girl who I saw bring her synth-pop...
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Album review: Mastodon – The Hunter

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September 30, 2011
Mastodon - The Hunter

Title: The Hunter Artist: Mastodon Label: Reprise/Warner Music Canada Released: 27 September 2011 In one word: Visceral Just when I thought metal was dead, along comes Mastodon - an eight-legged rock monster from Atlanta – with a...
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Album review: Stark Naked and the Fleshtones

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September 29, 2011
Stark Naked and the Fleshtones

Title: Stark Naked and the Fleshtones Artist: Stark Naked and the Fleshtones Label: Soul Surfer Media(self-released) Released: 1 October 2011 In one word: Twistin’ Stark Naked and the Fleshtones are a punk rock band that gigged...
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Album review: Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud

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September 16, 2011
Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud (2011) album artwork

Title: Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud Artist: Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud Label: Projekt Released: May 2011 In one word: Understated In every classroom there is always one or two loudmouth kids who...
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Album review: Stone Mary – Hell Bound Gypsy Train

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September 16, 2011
Stone Mary - Hell Bound Gypsy Train album artwork

Title: Hell Bound Gypsy Train Artist: Stone Mary Label: Independent Released: July 2011 In one word: Mind-numbing There are some really great artists around right but the trouble is that they are often obscured...
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Album review: Solids – Generic Dogs

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August 25, 2011
Solid - Generic Dogs

Title: Generic Dogs Artist: Solids Label: Machette Records Released: August 2011 In one word: Dissonant The German shepherd on the cover of the Solids EP Generic Dogs instills a thought within me that I might be about...
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Album Review: Fucked Up – David Comes To Life

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June 17, 2011
Fucked Up - David Comes To Life

Title: David Comes To Life Artist: Fucked Up Label: Matador Released: 7 June 2011 In one word: Outstanding Toronto rock band Fucked Up are doing things never done before in the hardcore genre. Earlier...
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