| 2007 |
| Villa Vina Colony Collapse | 4.0 |
| Streetlight Manifesto Somewhere in the Between | 4.5 |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works | 3.5 |
| Elliott Smith Live at Largo | 4.0 |
| Radiohead In Rainbows | 4.5 |
| Band of Horses Cease to Begin | 3.5 |
| Enon Grass Geysers... Carbon Clouds | 3.5 |
| Beirut The Flying Club Cup | 4.0 |
| These Arms Are Snakes Tail Swallower and Dove | 4.0 |
| Idiot Pilot Wolves | 4.0 |
| Iron And Wine The Shepherd's Dog | 4.0 |
| Two Gallants Two Gallants | 4.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors | 3.5 |
| The Good Life Help Wanted Nights | 3.0 |
| Every Time I Die The Big Dirty | 3.5 |
| Minus the Bear Planet of Ice | 4.5 |
| Drop Dead, Gorgeous Worse Than A Fairy Tale | 2.0 |
| Ghastly City Sleep Ghastly City Sleep | 4.0 |
| Sum 41 Underclass Hero | 1.5 |
| The Red Chord Prey for Eyes | 3.0 |
| Bad Religion New Maps of Hell | 2.5 |
| Against Me! New Wave | 3.5 |
| Darkest Hour Deliver Us | 3.5 |
| Kidcrash Jokes | 3.5 |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago | 4.5 |
| 108 A New Beat From A Dead Heart | 4.0 |
| The Number Twelve Looks Like You Mongrel | 4.5 |
| First time listening through, I can't help but think that this is the one cd i've purchased so far this year that has lived up to every expectation I've had for it. It brings together the sheer brutality of Put On Your Rosy Red Glasses and the technicality and vibe of Nuclear, Sad, Nuclear and still has the ability to thoroughly differentiate itself from both of the previously stated albums. The vocals have made progression, along with all the instrumentation. This entry is more technical, more brutal, and all around a great progression from the band. There is so much more in this that their previous music didn't offer (from clean singing vocals at the end of Sleeping With the Fishes, See? to an upbeat acoustic breakdown in Paper Weight Pigs). Don't hesitate to check this out. |
| Circa Survive On Letting Go | 3.0 |
| The Number Twelve Looks Like You The Number Twelve Looks Like You | 3.0 |
| Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long | 4.0 |
| The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds | 3.5 |
| Elliott Smith New Moon | 4.0 |
| Weatherbox American Art | 4.0 |
| A mixture of Hot Cross and Say Anything, with just enough math rock thrown in for good measure, Weatherbox creates a sound all their own. Mildly poppy and bouncy, with enough emotion to keep your attention for a good while. While it may suffer from awfully similar riffs from time to time, and songs that seem to go on slightly too long, American Art has substantially more pros than cons. The riffs may seem oddly similar at times, but Weatherbox has a way of changing things just enough to make each song seem fresh. The raw emotion of "Atoms Smash" sets the mood for the rest of the album, "Moments Before..." sounds like a modified Hot Cross song, and "Trippin the Life Fantastic" brings it to an end with a bouncy pop song. On top of that, they actually have something to say. Four out of five thumbs up. |
| Tartar Lamb Sixty Metonymies | 4.0 |
| The Fall of Troy Manipulator | 4.0 |
| Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare | 3.5 |
| Bright Eyes Cassadaga | 3.5 |
| Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank | 4.0 |
| Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha | 4.0 |
| The Locust New Erections | 4.5 |
| Arcade Fire Neon Bible | 4.5 |
| Hot Cross Risk Revival | 4.0 |
| Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone | 4.0 |
| Do Make Say Think You, You're a History in Rust | 4.5 |
| The End (CAN) Elementary | 4.0 |
| Tera Melos Drugs to the Dear Youth | 4.0 |
| Maps and Atlases Tree, Swallows, Houses | 4.0 |
| 2006 |
| Damien Rice 9 | 4.0 |
| Converge No Heroes | 4.0 |
| Annuals Be He Me | 4.0 |
| Rx Bandits ...And the Battle Begun | 4.5 |
| The Blood Brothers Young Machetes | 4.5 |
| Gallows (UK) Orchestra Of Wolves | 3.5 |
| Norma Jean Redeemer | 4.0 |
| Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds | 4.0 |
| Heavy Heavy Low Low Everything's Watched, Everyone's Watchin | 3.5 |
| The Roots Game Theory | 4.5 |
| Daughters Hell Songs | 4.5 |
| The main thing to know about this cd is that it shouldn't be in the grind section. Daughters have definately taken a step away from the grind/noise/hardcore band people fell in love with. This new attempt is a good musical effort, but the vocals are really love or hate. The only way to really experience the new Daughters is to check them out yourself; listen to fiery from their myspace to check out vocals. The weird mix of grindy instruments (yah i made up a word) and acid tripping elvis vocals can be entertaining if looked at in the right light. |
| Cattle Decapitation Karma.Bloody.Karma | 3.0 |
| Muse Black Holes & Revelations | 3.5 |
| Thom Yorke The Eraser | 4.0 |
| Underoath Define the Great Line | 3.5 |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Plagiarism | 2.5 |
| Genghis Tron Dead Mountain Mouth | 3.5 |
| This Will Destroy You Young Mountain | 3.5 |
| Murder by Death In Bocca Al Lupo | 3.5 |
| Russian Circles Enter | 4.0 |
| Drop Dead, Gorgeous In Vogue | 2.5 |
| Refused Refused Are Fucking Dead | 4.0 |
| Mono You Are There | 4.5 |
| From First to Last Heroine | 2.5 |
| Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire | 3.0 |
| Hawthorne Heights If Only You Were Lonely | 1.5 |
| Liars Drum's Not Dead | 5.0 |
| Me and Him Call It Us Loss | 4.0 |
| Me and Him Call it Us has always stood out a bit for me, and I loved their first release. Well I loved the four actual songs from the first release, and the ambient filler wasn't really my thing. This new record has mix of spastic grindcore and heartfelt screamo that grasps you in from the first bloodcurdling scream, not to mention there are 14 actual songs this time (13 new songs and a re recording of Peter Jennings from their first cd). More chaotic, better production, more emotional, and definitely one of the better bands out there doing this type of music. Give a listen to Sarsaparilla, The Anticipation is Killing me, Cut-Throat Cardiac arrest, or P.S I love you to get a feel for the album. |
| Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | 3.0 |
| Kayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue | 4.5 |
| The Strokes First Impressions of Earth | 3.5 |
| Angel Eyes Something to Do with Death | 3.5 |
