AFI ‘Burials’ – An honest fan’s album review

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AFI return to the dark side, inject some atmospheric musical elements to their core sound, and release their best album since 2003’s Sing the Sorrow AFI – ‘Burials’ Record Label: Republic Produced By: Gil Norton Released On: October 22, 2013 Music Trajectory Rating: 5/5 I was actually thinking of discontinuing the album review feature here …

Album Review: The Killers – Battle Born

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In typical fashion The Killers release an album that divides both critics and fans and in typical fashion the album soars if given a chance The Killers – ‘Battle Born’ Record Label: Island, Vertigo Released On: September 17, 2012 Genre: Alternative Rock, Heartland Rock, New Wave Music Trajectory Rating: 4/5 Let’s go back in time …

Album Review: The Darkness – Hot Cakes

Back from a 7 year hiatus, primed and ready with arguably the best album of their career, and touring with Lady Gaga in Europe – all is good in the Darkness camp   The Darkness – Hot Cakes Record Label: Canary Dwarf, Play It Again Sam, Wind-Up Produced By: Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Nick Brine Released On: …

Album Review: Metric – ‘Synthetica’

Metric – ‘Synthetica’ Record Label: Metric Music International Produced By: Metric Released On: June 12, 2012 Music Trajectory Rating: 4.5/5 Nearly a masterpiece of an indie rock/pop record and definitely one of the best albums of 2012 so far Metric’s last album, 2009’s Fantasies was fantastic. It catapulted them to one of the most popular …

Album Review: The Offspring ‘Days Go By’

The Offspring – ‘Days Go By’ Record Label: Columbia Produced By: Bob Rock Released On: June 26, 2012 Music Trajectory Rating: 4/5 Ignore the negative reviews; this is the best Offspring album since Americana I was very much looking forward to sitting down and writing this review because The Offspring is a band I have followed …

Album Review: The Hives – ‘Lex Hives’

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The Hives – ‘Lex Hives’ Record Label: Disque Hives Producer: The Hives Released: June 5, 2012 Music Trajectory Rating: 4/5 Now rocking independent status, the Hives return with an album that is the best of old and new Right before sitting down to write this review, I scoped out a few other published reviews, namely …