Photo Credit: Pamela Littky After the success of Corey Taylor’s first solo album CMFT in 2020, it’s safe to say that those familiar with Corey Taylor’s work (whether it be Slipknot or solo) were excited about his next solo project. CMF2 is a sequel to Taylor’s first album and an improvement to its predecessor. One… Read more
Photo Credit: Becca Hamel Blame My Ex is Toronto’s, The Beaches, first new album in six years, even though they’ve released several EPs and stand-alone tracks in the interim (even about half the songs on this album had been available at some point previously). In fact, that last album, Late Show, was The Beaches’ debut… Read more
Photo Credit: Aron Klein & Bartholomew Cubbins Anyone discovering the music of Thirty Seconds to Mars (Jared and Shannon Leto) for the first time via their newest LP It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day, will probably dismiss the project as a vanity project headed up by an A-lister running out… Read more
Photo Credit: Jimmy Fontaine A few years after the release of the band’s self-titled debut album The Band CAMINO, the trio finally released their much-awaited sophomore album The Dark. Straying away from the sound of the previous album, Spencer Stewart became the lead vocalist on the majority of the album’s songs. The switch, whilst controversial,… Read more
While groups like Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age continue to fill arenas all over the world, there are also some really interesting newcomers that might be able to shake things up. Here are ten alternative rock bands that you should be listening to in 2023! #10. Foo Fighters Photo Credit: Danny Clinch… Read more
Photo Credit: Meg Young Post Malone’s fourth LP, Austin, has been a long-awaited masterpiece that showcases his evolution as an artist. In an ever-changing and diverse music landscape, Post Malone stands out as a genre-blurring maverick, seamlessly weaving elements of hip-hop, pop, and rock into a tapestry that’s uniquely his own. Austin is not just… Read more
Photo Credit: Acacia Evans For all the success that pop-punk has had in the charts in recent years – the genre’s standard-bearers generally haven’t fared so well. Green Day’s most recent full-length Father of All… was received poorly by fans and critics alike, as was Blink-182’s confused 2019 statement Nine. Even the genre’s most consistently… Read more
Photo Credit: Reuben Bastienne-Lewis Long-running, off-and-on multi-platinum (in the U.K.) London Britpop band Blur returns with their first album of all-new material in eight years. Despite the title, The Ballad of Darren is not a concept album (longtime frontman Damon Albarn more than takes care of that approach with his other major project, the Gorillaz)…. Read more
Photo Credit: Matty Vogel Since their early hardcore days, Massachusetts trio-turned-solo-project PVRIS have pivoted further and further towards electro-pop and pop-rock – and though the album art for their fourth LP, Evergreen, may initially suggest otherwise, this newest offering presents a continuation of this trend. Of course, as PVRIS moves further into pop territory, the prospect… Read more
Photo Credit: Andy Ford Earlier in the year, Sleep Token released various singles from their third studio album Take Me Back to Eden, with each single gaining over 17.5 million streams. This included “The Summoning,” which stayed within the top ten of Spotify’s viral global playlists. It’s no surprise that the singles did so well…. Read more