Mind Equals Blown

Castielle’s self-titled debut album reminds me slightly of any Coheed and Cambria album. Not that the two sound that much alike (there are some similarities present, however), but it’s in the band’s ability to successfully tell a story. As an avid fan of the concept album (and Coheed), this immediately drew me to the lyrical

Taproot is a band that continues to impress me, and (with the possible exception of Our Long Road Home, which suffered from inconsistency more than anything) really, the band has never released a bad album. When the band signed with Victory back in 2010, I felt a surge of uncertainty pass through me. As it

Automatic Static proved with Friends & Lovers that they are capable of releasing solid, if slightly uninspired, rock and roll music. However with their newest release, Number IV, the band has devolved in terms of originality, instead opting for an EP that is unimpressively safe. Singer Zac Diebels is still having a lot of fun

Say Anything’s third album, In Defense of the Genre, is as different from their magnificent …Is A Real Boy as that album was different from anything else ever released. Basically, Genre is just as engaging and emotional as Real Boy; it’s just not as effective. This is more than likely due to my own personal

And the review begins with a feeling of nostalgia. Say Anything’s major label debut and second full-length release …Is A Real Boy was released in 2004 to universal acclaim. For me, it was the album of my youth, perfectly manifesting all my teenage wrath, emotion, and feelings of inadequacy. Max Bemis just seemed to get

Mikey Sabatella’s serene new EP A New Horizon is a fantastic feel-good sixteen-minute display of acoustic rock music, but more importantly, it’s a sincere display of genuine feeling. Sabatella, who began his career in 1998 with Limitpoint, a band that toured with the likes of Something Corporate and Save Ferris, has struck solo career gold,

Learning your first instrument (mine was the drums) is an exhilarating experience, but it can also be discouraging at first. Years and years of practice and dedication is a lot to ask for, and I know I was frustrated when I didn’t know absolutely everything about the drums when I picked up my first pair

Van Halen is back, with A Different Kind Of Truth, their first album in fourteen years, and David Lee Roth’s first album with the band since 1984’s, well, 1984. One of the biggest albums of the year, Truth is almost everything you’d expect from a classic Van Halen album, at least in terms of musical