There was no doubt this band was going somewhere. Sometime in 1995, or maybe it was 1996, this striking blond woman singing about being just a girl in the world fronted this new group for a video I watched on … Continue reading Debut Album Review: No Doubt – Self-Titled
Why can’t Coldplay just be normal? BE NORMAL! Please be a normal rock band. Oh forget it. Coldplay released Music of the Spheres, today, their ninth album showing the band continuing a foray into more experimental music far different from … Continue reading Album Review: Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
I’m not sure, but I may have just found a new favorite band. Twenty years late, like usual, but better late than never as Eclipse released their 10th album Wired today an 11 song 41-minute record that encapsulates all that … Continue reading Album Review: Eclipse – Wired
Yes. Or maybe, Yes? Yes, the band, released The Quest, their 22nd album last week (Oct. 1) and first in seven years, an 11 song 61 minute record that features one of the band’s best. Yes! Don’t get too excited. … Continue reading Album Review: Yes – The Quest
Jeremy Camp released When You Speak last week (Sept. 24), his 13th album that takes a sudden departure from his normal fare with blistering guitar solos, head-banging chords and lots of swearing throughout the 13-song 45 minute record. I guess … Continue reading Album Review: Jeremy Camp – When You Speak
The coronavirus pandemic canceled Third Eye Blind’s 2020 tour (the second leg) for their Screamer album, released in 2019, so what better way to make up for it than to spend time on a new material resulting in their seventh … Continue reading Album Review: Third Eye Blind – Our Bande Apart
Thrice released their 11th studio album Horizons/East this month, the southern Californian band’s third since ending a hiatus in 2015, with an already 12th album forthcoming in the works titled Horizons/West. Thrice retains the four original members in singer and … Continue reading Album Review: Thrice – Horizons/East
The field for 2021 Album of the Year just got a bit more crowded. Daughtry released their sixth studio album Dearly Beloved, today (Sept. 17), a genuinely pleasing hard rock album from beginning to end filled with modern rock melodies, … Continue reading Album Review: Daughtry – Dearly Beloved
Samantha Fish released Faster today (Sept. 10), her seventh solo album in a record that indeed indicates a concerted effort on quicker-paced tempos, a bolder more melodic sound and a bigger embrace of rock, while overall showing she has come … Continue reading Album Review: Samantha Fish – Faster
Imagine Dragons break some new ground while retaining their core sound on their fifth album Mercury – Act 1, out today, but mostly walk back into their own self-achieved genre. Finding immediate success with their smash debut album Night Visions … Continue reading Album Review: Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Act 1
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