If there were ever a band that shows it’s evolution and maturity as it progresses, it’s the Dropkick Murphys. This band has now released its  7th full-length studio album, Going Out in Style, and every album seems to be significanlty more progressive than the last. They first emrged about 14 years ago playing heavy irish roots punk. They have managed to stick with a working class rock... 

The first time I listened to the 11 tracks on the Akatsuki album I just closed my eyes and opened my ears…granted I have a weird way of being pulled in by music but I truly do only have one word to describe Akatsuki, spellbinding! Listening to ‘Tamayura No Michi’ (the first track) my mind was automatically transported to Japan, wishing I was there. The slow tune of the fue (flute),... 

Sara Bareilles graced the presence of radios everywhere in 2007 with “Love Song” which was an instant hit and perhaps the most known song Bareilles has under her belt. Her freshman album Little Voice, possessed some of the most truthful, gut retching, pour your heart out lyrics known to man. She screamed for someone to realize that she is more than just the “in-between” girl; she was... 

Here it is. As promised is the Linkin Park A Thousand Suns review BEFORE the record is due out on Tuesday. (Ironically, this will also be my last review for a while being as that my own baby is 95% likely to be born on the same day this CD is due out.) I don’t really know where to begin except to start out by saying that Linkin Park started this CD back 2008. And so it begins… For those unaware,... 

I’m doing this review a little bit differently than I normally would do an album review. For this review, you the reader will be given an in depth look to the album the first time I hear it myself. That’s right – I haven’t heard the title track, and first single off the album, before now and all of these songs are brand new to me. I will also, however, go back through and add some more to the... 

Search long enough through the endless mess of local music these days and you’re bound to find a gem. A gem that will put a hex on any listener with their blend of eerie guitars, blown-out bass, erratic beats and keys.  All of which compliments a vocal style that is as haunting as it is captivating.  A gem that grabs a hold of you and never lets go until the final note rings out. That... 

If ever there was an album equivalent to the perfect mixed drink, Eminem’s Recovery is it. As a collective composition of producers, writers, and guest artists, it is Eminem’s ode to collaboration more than anything else. Or rather, it is an album that quintessentially heralds its name: Recovery; “the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away.” In... 

I was lucky enough to catch the Low End this past Wednesday night at the Vollrath Tavern. Be prepared for my excitement for this up and coming band. When previewing for the show I heard their music and at first listen knew they would be a great show, and I knew I had to be in attendance. Dan, John, Ryan,Kristin, and Mark make up this folk rock quintet. They hail all the way from Kansas and are currently... 

Haste The Day is back, and no they’re not changing their name. Lineup changes are never easy.  Sometimes they work for the worse (Matt Fazzi for Taking Back Sunday), sometimes they work for the better (Spencer Chamberlain for Underoath), and sometimes they don’t cause any change at all (whichever one you want to talk about to describe The Chariot).  Whatever the reason may be for... 

Lostprophets are back – and their music style couldn’t have been better for their January 2010 release, The Betrayed. It’s their first album in nearly 4 years since their widely popular (at least in the UK) Liberation Transmission which featured the hit single “Rooftops.” Many people might not remember the band itself, but I’m sure many people would remember their hit from 2004, “Last...