Quickie Reviews Round 1

Three Days Grace: “Outsider” Three Days Grace, throughout this release, gives their audience a standard rock album. That being said, it isn’t surprising that the band provides strong instrumental parts that complement the vocal line throughout each work; however, throughout the album, it can be heard that the band includes moments where the instrumentalists can […]

My Top 10 Underrated Bands

Trophy Eyes Trophy eyes are a rock band from Newcastle, Australia. I hesitated to put these guys on the list because I feel like they are really growing in the scene; however, their music is absolutely fantastic, so they needed some recognition. Their music blurs the lines of the pop punk genre and the rock […]

Concert Review; Beautiful Trauma Tour

Bleachers: Bleachers was the opener for the Beautiful Trauma World Tour on April 7, 2018 at PPG Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. The band entered the stage with a bang, for as one just looked at their stage set-up, they knew that this band meant business. To further, the band had four individual sections of the […]

Bop Battle; A Day To Remember: “What Separates Me From You” vs “Common Courtesy”

“What Separates Me From You”: “What Separates Me From You” was A Day To Remember’s 2010 release through Victory Records. When this album was released, the music scene exploded. It had only been a year since A Day To Remember put out one of their most well-received albums, “Homesick”, so their audience was expecting big […]

LP Review; blessthefall: “Hard Feelings”

“Wishful Sinking” starts with an electronic semi-tone that swells quickly to lead the audience into a rapid muffled motive supplied by the string section. This motive seems to simmer at a distance to enhance the anticipation for the start of the track before the percussion section joins the fun with heavy hits on the accented […]

LP Review; Hot Mulligan: “Pilot”

“Deluxe Capacitor” starts with a few hits in the percussion section through a cymbal timbre. This sets the pulse of the work directly before the full instrumental ensemble joins in to provide the audience with a simple melodic figure to vibe with. Throughout this interlude, the instrumentalists set a motive that takes step-wise motion and […]

EP Review; Forever Came Calling: “Retro Future”

“Mine to Mold” starts with vocals in isolation from the first downbeat of the track. Soon after the vocalist sings the first blurb of the album, the instrumental section enters with a repetitive, spinning line that helps establish the pulse of the work. As the band moves through this introduction, some vocals are heard as […]