Album Reviews

Joy Divison - "Unknown Pleasures" Reviewed and Revisited

Joy Division’s debut was the moment when punk rock stopped needing to be fast, aggressive or sloppy. The Manchester band, for many, pioneered and defined what was to be dubbed “post-punk,” a tense, mid-tempo style primarily dedicated to existentialist…
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The Cure - "Songs of a Lost World" Review

The Cure, the band that might’ve made you dance to songs like “Lovecats” and “Friday I’m In Love,” are, maybe more than any other rock group, associated with gloom, sadness and despair. Wouldn’t you be upset if this far in the game…
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Carter Brady - “Shopping Cart” Review 

There are punks, and then there are punks. Some punks write rebellious songs, bring energy to the tunes and aren’t afraid to turn up their guitar amps. The other types of punks punch needing needles through their eyebrows, shout into a mic about wanting to assassinate the…
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Soundgarden - “Superunknown” Reviewed and Revisited

Soundgarden’s “Superunknown” was the crowning achievement for a band previously content with sitting on the periphery of grunge’s success. It was instantly accepted as an alternative rock staple and even admired by fans of classic rock. Few bands ever…
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Jeff Buckley - "Grace" Reviewed and Revisited

Jeff Buckley wrote transcendental rock music. Not many people thought that such a thing could still exist in the 1990s, what with all the music videos and magazine covers shining their blinding light on artists and their work. But like Van Morrisson or Bob Dylan before him…