Friday, March 29, 2024

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SPOILER ALERT: No Fixed Address by Nickelback is awful. For all of the die-hard Nickelback fans out there, this new album is comprised of 11 songs that sound identical. This album sinks so low that it features an equally irrelevant artist, Flo Rida, for one song "Got Me Runnin' Round." Nickelback's feeble attempt to remain relevant, hilarious as it...
Alt J This Is All Yours Album Review Infectious Records Released September 22, 2014 Genre: Indie Pop, Experimental Rock, Folktronica, Indie Folk, Art Pop Listen:   English trio Alt-J are one of the most prominent up-and-coming bands to come out of the underground music scene in the last few years. Their debut album, 2012's spectacular An Awesome Wave, introduced the world to a band that fused...
Iceage Plowing Into The Field Of Love Album Review Matador Records Released October 7, 2014 Genre: Punk Rock, Noise Rock, Art Punk, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Cow-Punk (Punk Rock with Country influences) Allow me to catch you up to speed, because this band is criminally under-covered. Formed in 2008,  Danish punk band Iceage who release their debut album, 2011's New...
Every year Activision sets aside a large portion of its staff to release a new game, one that lacks originality but is made up by including re-skinned weapons and assets. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is no exception to this trend. Originally promising intense new combat via exoskeleton battle suits and a compelling story with Kevin Spacey, this game fails to exit...
I have to say I had low hopes for Insomniac Games' newest title, Sunset Overdrive. Insomniac Games has a track record of making either really good or really bad games, among the better titles include Ratchet & Clank & The Resistance series. On the poor side of their past games are titles such as Fuse, which was an all around failure when it came to...
The solo project of producer/rapper/actor/writer Donald Glover (AKA Childish Gambino) has flexed his creative muscles after his sophomore album of late last year. Taking time off from writing for NBC shows like Community and 30 Rock, Glover found time to make a brand of alternative hip-hop, a style of rap that has recently emerged and can be seen with artists like A$AP Rocky, Chance The Rapper,...
Flying Lotus You're Dead! Album Review Warp Records Genre: Jazz Fusion, Experimental Electronica, Experimental Hip Hop, Nu Jazz, Neo Jazz, Psychedelic Jazz IDM, Wonky-Hop, Space Jazz,  Experimental-Futuristic-Jazz-Infused-Electronic-Magic Released: October 7, 2014 Every single album that Steve Ellison has released under the Flying Lotus moniker has been a conceptual piece of art and music, encompassing transcendent ideas that have emotional ties to his upbringing. From...
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is the third game under the Borderlands name, but is primarily developed by 2K Australia this time around, with the original Dallas-based developer Gearbox Software only lending a helping hand. For those of you unfamiliar with the franchise, Borderlands is a loot-based FPS action RPG. In English, Borderlands is a first person shooter centered around finding bigger,...

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