Quicksand – “Slip”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: PolydorRELEASED: 1993 9.3 By the early 1990s, Walter Schreifels had already cemented himself as a hardcore icon through
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Album Reviews
At the Drive-In – “Relationship of Command”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: Grand Royal/Fearless RecordsRELEASED: 2000 9.5 At the Drive-In’s Relationship of Command is a chaotic, cathartic masterpiece that redefined
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Sum 41 – “All Killer No Filler”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: IslandRELEASED: 2001 8.3 Sum 41’s All Killer No Filler was Canada’s brash, witty answer to the American
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T.I. – “Paper Trail”
GENRE: Hip-HopLABEL: Grand Hustle/AtlanticRELEASED: 2008 8.1 T.I.’s Paper Trail is an album steeped in fear, anger and guilt, written while
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Backstreet Boys – “Backstreet Boys”
GENRE: PopLABEL: JiveRELEASED: 1998 7.8 The Backstreet Boys’ self-titled American debut is one of the most confusing pop releases of
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Third Eye Blind – “Third Eye Blind”
GENRE: Alternative RockLABEL: ElektraRELEASED: 1997 8.6 Few debuts capture the sound and contradictions of an era quite like Third Eye
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Turnstile – “Never Enough”
GENRE: HardcoreLABEL: RoadrunnerRELEASED: 2025 7.0 Never Enough arrives with high expectations. Following the genre-bending brilliance of Glow On, Turnstile had
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Alkaline Trio – “From Here to Infirmary”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: VagrantRELEASED: 2001 8.0 From Here to Infirmary marked a turning point for Alkaline Trio, both creatively and
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Thrice – “The Artist in the Ambulance”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: IslandRELEASED: 2003 8.6 When Thrice released The Artist in the Ambulance in 2003, it marked both a creative
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Finch – “Back to Oblivion”
GENRE: Alternative RockLABEL: Razor & TieRELEASED: 2014 7.3 When Back to Oblivion arrived in 2014, it felt like a miracle.
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