Review

A look at the top 10 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. This video covering the week ending December 30, 2017.

2017 had a lot of surprises and rock, metal and alternative were given some great albums.  Here are what I think are the top 10 of 2017.

If there was an award for biggest contribution to a music genre inversely proportional to the number of full-length albums released, then Glassjaw would surely be a good contender. Fifteen years on from 2002’s Worship and Tribute this month, the greatly anticipated follow-up record, Material Control, drops to the delight …

2017 had some great music in rock, metal, alternative, etc…but it also had some trash. Let’s jump head first into that dumpster!

After the success of their debut album, creating an intriguing world of James Scythe, The Stranger, and The Callous Heart, and inviting the listener to be taken along with them on this interesting concept, it’s exciting to see if this whole story can be translated to CREEPER’s live shows, and …

A look at the top 10 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. This video covering the week ending November 25, 2017.

After recent changes in vocalists, and over 10 years making music, no one was sure what the latest effort from Asking Alexandria would be like. Starting with their metalcore roots with Stand Up And Scream, evolving more into a metal sound with From Death To Destiny, then reverting back to …

New York electric rock n rollers, Brain Salt, released their first EP, Crowds, back in early 2016, and are now about to release their second EP, Cleanin’ Up – so how does this fair after over a year since last hearing from these guys. Not bad it turns out. Firstly, …

Hoodie Allen stopped in Boston at the House of Blues last week along with Myles Parrish and Luke Christopher on the final leg of The Hype Tour. Kicking the set off was his first single off The Hype, “Sushi.” Followed by other songs off his newly-released third studio album, as well as …

Coming out from Tennessee with their sophomore effort, Kingdoms, Coopertheband bring a new take to the alternative/indie sound with a mixture of soft sound, and different instrumentations through the 11 songs. How does it fair? Firstly, the instrumentation on each of the tracks may be simple, but used to great …

Folk music doesn’t get a lot of attention this day and age, mostly due to the overshadowing nature of other genres. But is it deserved though? Diving into Into The Blue by BR Lively, not knowing what to expect is certainly a fun experience, and it did prove itself worthy …

A look at the top 10 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. This video covering the week ending October 28, 2017.