Archive for the ‘Album Review’ Category
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Artist: Chevelle
Album: Sci-Fi Crimes
Release Date: August 31st, 2009
Label: Sony
I realize I’m months behind on posting this.
But, if you’ve followed me through my dissection of the Chevelle catalog you know where I stand. I’m a huge fan. However, with the slight letdown that was Vena Sera I honestly had no expectations for this album, negative or positive. I shied away from listening to singles, visiting their myspace or any other viral ads that may have surfaced surrounding this release. Unfortunately, that naivety led me to miss out on the Hot Topic exclusive tracks which I now really wish I had bought the first time. (more…)
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Artist: Chevelle
Album: Vena Sera
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Label: Epic Records
I don’t know what it is about me, but sometimes when a band has put out a few albums I start to expect a let down. By the time Vena Sera came out, I was expecting Chevelle to finally let me down. They had three very good albums under their belt, three staples in my bro rock belt. I typically don’t go for mainstream radio rock and I would even argue that Chevelle is far from the typical radio rock they’re often lumped in with, but I won’t head down that argument trail, so for now I’ll just leave ‘em where they lie… because there is no denying by the time this album dropped I loved Chevelle.
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Tags: Chevelle, I Get It, Vena Sera
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Artist: Chevelle
Album: This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Label: Epic Records
This type of thinking really could do Chevelle in. This album explodes off the starting line with the fantastic “The Clincher” and from that moment, they pretty much did clinch me as a fanboy for life. Unlike Wonder What’s Next which had obvious high points and stand out singles, This Type of Thinking is a complete album. Such a change is good for fans, but sucks for label execs since this albums sales failed to meet that of their predecessor. (more…)
Tags: Chevelle, This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Artist: Chevelle
Album: Wonder What’s Next
Release Date: October 8th, 2002
Label: Epic Records
Could anyone have predicted how huge Chevelle was going to get with this album and more particularly “The Red”? Doubt it, I know I sure couldn’t have. As I previously stated, I enjoyed Point #1 but I don’t think I have the skills that could see though the muddy layers of riffs and yells and find underneath them a band meant for mainstream airwaves. I’m sure glad someone else did.
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Tags: Chevelle, Send the Pain below, The Red, Wonder What's Next
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Artist: Chevelle
Album: Point #1
Release Date: May 4th 1999
Label: Steve Taylor’s long since defunct Squint Entertainment
I’ve decided to review the first 4 Chevelle albums before getting to my review of the newest offering from the band, Sci-Fi Crimes. As you are well aware, it’s quite common for people to love the fact that they were “in the know” long before a band hit it big time. Most of the time it’s also common to lord such knowledge over the head of those less fortunate, those who got into said band only after the radio played their first hit single into the ground. (more…)
Tags: Chevelle, debut album, Point #1, Squint, Steve Taylor
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Artist: Showbread
Album: The Fear of God
Label: Tooth and Nail Records
Release Date: August 11th 2009
Showbread is back! While, as an artist, I saw the value in the artistic nature of their double concept album Anorexia/Nervosa, those albums left me wanting. Not so much Nervosa as Anorexia though. Nervosa was a solid album, I just feel you have to weigh both albums together. There were few songs that were catchy, raw and rocking like the Showbread I came to love used to do, though guest vocals from Reese Roper and Jeff Fortson were much loved, and the message behind the art was all very well done. Still, I received this new album with wide-eyed excitement.
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Tags: josh dies, raw rock, showbread, the fear of god, tooth and nail
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Artist – Neon Horse
Album – Haunted Horse: Songs Of Love, Defiance & Delusion
Label – Tooth & Nail
Release Date – July 28, 2009
I’m not gonna deny my membership to the Neon Horse fanboy club. That’s why I’ll keep this review super short, because it’s highly likely if you didn’t like the first album, you won’t like this one either. (more…)
Tags: jason martin, joy electric, mark salomon, Project 86, rock supergroup, ronnie martin, starflyer 59, stavesacre, steven dail
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
If there is a mainstream band who’s cause I believe in more than Skillet, I must have a bad memory for I’ve forgotten who they are. You see, this band has been with me since 1996 when I missed seeing them play in Topeka 3 times due to inclement weather, once when I saw them in a super small church with some unheard of band called The Elms right before Invincible (still don’t like that album), and on through the dark period where I disliked the heavy industrial elements they started adding in and the changing faces. One thing has always remained at the core of this band, and that’s what I love about them. The Cooper’s and their case for Christ. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Stavesacre is back with a brand new EP after a hiatus of sorts. Supposedly this EP is a set of farewell songs intended for the fans that have supported the band over the years. Personally, I hope the guys in the band hear how good these songs are and realize they still have some creativity and momentum left in the Stavesacre tank and they give us another full length. As with any band this deeply ingrained in my past, I should note that I’ve loved this band since Absolutes, I feel like that album and Speakeasy are the bands best, but they’re followed very closely by How to Live With a Curse.
The new DVD/EP combo is a welcome addition to my collection because I honestly hated to see this band go. I remember exactly when they announced that they broke up, I was in a hotel waiting to catch a flight to Seattle the next day. The news came not as a shock, but it still was a bummer nonetheless.
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