Banner Pilot – “Collapser”
GENRE: Punk RockLABEL: Fat Wreck ChordsRELEASED: 2009 7.7 Collapser is one of the great under-the-radar punk albums of the late
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Album Reviews
Dr. Dre – “The Chronic”
GENRE: West Coast Hip-HopLABEL: Death RowRELEASED: 1992 9.6 The Chronic arrived after a turbulent and very public fracture within N.W.A.
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Against Me! – “New Wave”
GENRE: Punk RockLABEL: SireRELEASED: 2007 8.1 New Wave arrived with controversy baked into its release. Against Me! had been a
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Hot Rod Circuit – “Sorry About Tomorrow”
GENRE: EmoLABEL: VagrantRELEASED: 2002 7.6 Hot Rod Circuit’s Sorry About Tomorrow arrived at a moment when early 2000s emo was
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D12 – “Devil’s Night”
GENRE: Hip-HopLABEL: Shady RecordsRELEASED: 2001 6.7 D12’s Devil’s Night arrived at a moment when Eminem had become one of the
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The Starting Line – “Say It Like You Mean It”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: Drive ThruRELEASED: 2002 7.9 The Starting Line’s Say It Like You Mean It arrived during the height
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Alexisonfire – “Alexisonfire”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: Distort/Equal VisionRELEASED: 2002 8.5 Alexisonfire’s self-titled debut hit like a lightning strike when it arrived in 2002. The
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Lauryn Hill – “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
GENRE: Neo SoulLABEL: RuffhouseRELEASED: 1998 9.6 Lauryn Hill’s first and only studio album arrived at a time of major change
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Bayside – “Bayside”
GENRE: EmoLABEL: VictoryRELEASED: 2005 8.1 By 2005, Bayside had already built a dedicated underground following through constant touring and an
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Huey Lewis & The News – “Sports”
GENRE: Pop RockLABEL: Chrysalis RecordsRELEASED: 1983 8.7 Huey Lewis & the News’ Sports was built with one goal in mind:
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