Not quite a case of the song remaining the same, but Dashboard Confessional’s new album demonstrates an increasingly savvy approach to their patented heartsick power ballads. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Review: Keane’s Latest Shows Unoriginality But Great Taste
While a Radiohead or Pearl Jam have chosen the musical equivalent of hara-kiri rather than answer expectations, a band like Keane has no such qualms about reaching for stardom. The British group’s new record effectively flaunts its cribbing from rock’s ruling elite. Continue reading
Review: AFI Continues To Smooth Out Punk Edges
California metal-punk combo AFI’s new record is taking once-outsider music to territory it has seldom been before: to the top of the pop album charts. Continue reading