Back in 2007, a band called Thrice began working on a concept of having four EP’s spread across two albums, with each EP representing a classical element: fire, water, earth, and air.  Each element contained six songs, twenty-four songs in total.  Many regard this project, titled The Alchemy Index,  as their greatest recordings to date; [...]

Manchester Orchestra that some blogs and review sites, for some reason, seem to have a huge distaste for.  More specifically, I refer to Pitchfork… I may be snobby, but I’m not a hipster and I do have a deep appreciation for music, regardless of genre or fashion sense.  Sorry Pitchfork, but you’re wrong about this [...]

  Cage is a band that hijacked radio, television, and video games with the song “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked.”  If you ever read my review of that album, which you probably didn’t, you’d know that I only gave it a 3 out of 5, due to all other songs outside of “In One [...]

I haven’t really done a top 10 list in a while, and the last “albums of the year” list I did was 2008, so I figured I’d make you all happy by putting this one up.  Once again, keep in mind that there are a lot of albums I did not get around to reviewing, [...]

Kanye West is the most controversial, love/hate relationship, genius/idiot artist of this generation. Either way you see it, he really is one of the outstanding legends that we will be looking back in thirty or so years with great nostalgia. Personally, I loved the 808′s album and think it was completely necessary so that he [...]

Most people who recognize Cee Lo know him from the group Gnarls Barkley, the hit act he tag-teamed with DJ DangerMouse. Others will instantly know him as a former member of Goodie Mob. But for those of you who don’t know, here’s the skinny: Cee Lo started as a rapper in the group Goodie Mob. [...]

Continuing with the trend of a lack of good rock coming out, I move on to the much anticipated N.E.R.D. release, entitled Nothing.  I feel like N.E.R.D. has always been underrated.  Given, pretty much everyone knows who they are, but I feel they get lumped into the “hip-hop” and “rap” genres a bit too much. [...]

Outkast has always been a left-of-center, experimental hip-hop duo, bringing a certain unique sound only these two Atlanta-natives could bring.  They’ve never accompanied the trends surrounding them, which is what made them so amazing.  Ever since the Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album, both artists have chosen to carry on in solo directions.  You may not have heard [...]

Eminem seems pretty hellbent on making sure people know that he is sorry for his previous work, Relapse.  While Relapse was a long-awaited comeback full of nostalgic vulgarity, it ultimately left the listener unsatisfied and disappointed.  The songs were ok, but for them to be coming from Eminem, they didn’t seem to meet the bar [...]