Trending Single Reviews: Strangers in Daylight, Abandon Kansas, Jimmy Eat World
Strangers in Daylight – “How Do You Do That”: The quartet from Columbus has been receiving some airplay on local alternative station CD1025. This sound is catchy and toned down a bit from the sound established on their debut Letters in Transit release. The Britpop/rock influence is undeniable and appeals to several demographics. I challenge...
Trending Single Reviews: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Father Sculptor, Hawk Nelson
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Sacrilege”: Karen O and company are back and more out there than ever. The shrill distorted vocals will probably catch some by surprise and maybe even turn some people off to the song completely before the first verse is finished. It is on the third or fourth listen, or possibly even...
Trending Single Reviews: The Postal Service, The Mast, Fall Out Boy, The xx
The Postal Service – “A Tattered Line”: No doubt the internet is buzzing with the reuinion of the supposedly one time electronic project of Ben Gibbard. With festival performances lined up, of course a new track is going to emerge – and it’s classic Postal Service in every sense of the phrase. A whimsical backing...
Trending Single Reviews: The Almost, Muse, RED
The Almost – “Ghost”: Underoath fans have something fall back on in light of the breakup with the return of Aaron Gillespie’s band The Almost. This is the first track released off of the third album from the rockers, titled Fear Inside Our Bones. Fans are heralding as some of the best work of Gillespie...
Trending Single Reviews: House of Heroes, Metric, Ocean is Theory, Twenty One Pilots
House of Heroes – “Remember the Empire”: The Columbus, OH band is now pushing the follow-up radio single to “Touch this Light” with a tune that’s as equally infectious. The huge chorus will leave you wondering why you haven’t heard this song before, and a faux-ending with Muse-inspired bass licks breaks the silence. The backdrop...
Trending Single Reviews: RED, Underoath double feature
RED – “Release the Panic”: RED released the lead and title track to it’s upcoming Release the Panic album. The song finds the band trading in the epic symphonic feel of previous hits for pure grit and angst. I applaud the band’s deviation from the norm set by their previous three records, which show little...
Trending Single Reviews: Audio Adrenaline, M83, Disciple
Audio Adrenaline – “Kings and Queens”: OK, I like this song. I really do. But do not call this Audio Adrenaline. A supergroup this is, and a darn prolific one at that (Will McGuiness from Audio A? Kevin Max? ex-Superchic(k) guitarist?). I would be shocked if this string-laden anthem for the marginalized doesn’t rule over...
Trending Single Reviews: twenty | one | pilots, Tegan and Sara, Local Natives
twenty | one | pilots: “Holding Onto You”: The first single off of Vessel (album cover above) is probably already familiar to a lot of fans of the band, but this is a reworked (read: better) version of the sound. Harmonies are brought out a bit more, drums sound real this time (because they are),...
Trending Single Reviews: Adele, Two Door Cinema Club, Purity Ring
Adele – “Skyfall”: The class act from Britain has, in one of the least shocking yet most widely applauded moves in show business, helped to pen and performed the theme for the new 007 flick, Skyfall. The tone of the song is the quintessential prelude to a James Bond movie. Sultry, epic, and foreboding. It...
Trending Single Reviews: Sleeping at Last, The Devil Wears Prada, Morning Parade
Sleeping at Last – “We’re Still Here”: Not one to keep fans waiting, Ryan O’Neal brings us this song to tide us over until the announcement of his next major project with Sleeping at Last. The song is classic Sleeping at Last, hearkening to the Storyboards era. Some may find the lyrical depth lacking, but...
Trending Single Reviews: Linkin Park, Matt and Toby, Liam Shachar
Linkin Park – “Lost in the Echo”: The follow up to smash single “Burn It Down” from Living Things has been released and is starting to impact alternative rock radio. This is everything we love about classic Linkin Park with a tad of freshness thrown in. Positivity reigns here, and I would venture that this...
Trending Single Reviews: Further Seems Forever, Inhale Exhale, The Secret State
Further Seems Forever – “So Cold”: The emo-rock quartet is back with their original line-up – remarkable considering vocalist Chris Carabba is primarily known now for his far more successful project Dashboard Confessional. As someone who was late joining the FSF party (I only knew songs well from their latter two vocalists) I wondered what...
