Music Reviews P through Z
last section of reviews...
Planes mistaken for stars - fuck with fire
worth it
Track Rating: 9/10
Overall: great
Genre: post emo
Official Site:
PmFs
Similar Bands: I hate myself, red animal war
Best Songs: "leveless, rhythm dies, end me in richmond"
Singles: nope
Extra Info: Good stuff, they drop the F bomb in the title... hehe
Planes mistaken for stars - (self titled) EP
passionate
Track Rating: 7/8
Overall: great
Genre: post emo
Official Site:
PmFs
Similar Bands: I hate myself, still life, red animal war
Best Songs: "copper and stars, past two, where the arrow went out""
Singles: nope
Extra Info: the intro to "copper and stars" is ridiculous!
Punchline - rewind EP
Fannnnntastic
Track Rating: 4/4
Overall: its good, not crazy upbeat, but upbeat none the less
Genre: jiggity pop punk
Official Site:
Punchline
Similar Bands: rufio, yellowcard
Best Song: "stop, play"
Singles: ...
Extra Info: if you still like a lil pop punk that doesn't suck, check these guys out!
Punchline - Major Motion Picture
good good good
Track Rating: 7/7
Overall: more upbeat than rewind
Genre: jiggity pop punk
Official Site:
Punchline
Similar Bands: rufio, yellowcard
Best Song: "weekends, here goes nothing, lights out"
Singles: ...
Extra Info: very good, i reccommend this as well!
Punchline - (self title)
Nice
Track Rating: 8/10
Overall: its good, not crazy upbeat, but upbeat none the less
Genre: jiggity pop punk
Official Site:
Punchline
Similar Bands: rufio, yellowcard
Best Song: "My turn (rachael), Much more"
Singles: ...
Extra Info: kinda sounds like my friend Joe's band!
PUnk Goes Acustic
Slow, light, but very good
Track Rating: 16/20
Overall: This cd has very good unplugged versions of some great songs
Genre: punk, all versions of
Best Bands: Open hand, thrice, yellowcard, finch, thursday, strung out, from autumn to ashes, rise against, rufio, strike anywhere
Best Song: "openhand - time to talk"
Extra Info: This cd cover looks like something i could do with adobe illustrator, but the cd is great!
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the way
One of their best albumns (yes, even better than sugar sex majik)
Track Rating: 16/16
Overall: Que Bueno!!!
Genre: Chili Pepper Style-no one can match it
Official Site:
RHCP
Similar Bands: Nothing really, but maybe: Dispatch/Sublime
Best Song: "Can't Stop" "By the Way" "the Zephyr Song" "venice queen"
Singles: "by the way" "the zephyr song" "can't stop"
Extra Info: They are in their 30s-40s but they still rock like back in the day!
Blood sugar sex magik
Early early early
Track Rating: 16/17
Overall: Uhhhhhhh oOOOOHhhh
Genre: Chili Pepper Style-no one can match it
Official Site:
RHCP
Similar Bands: Own category
Best Song: "blood sugar sex magik, power of the authority, Breaking the girl" "give it away"
Singles: "breaking the girl, suck my kiss, Give it away"
Extra Info: early albumn, 2nd best
What hits!
Very good covers and others
Track Rating: 15/15
Overall: good compilation
Genre: Chili Pepper Style-no one can match it
Official Site:
RHCP
Similar Bands: Own category
Best Song: "higher ground, fight like a brave, show me your soul, knock me down"
Singles: "under the bridge, higher ground"+
Extra Info: stevie wonder, jimmi hendrix covers, its all good, 3rd best
Californication
Frusciante is back!
Track Rating: 15/15
Overall: Very Good still
Genre: Chili Pepper Style-no one can match it
Official Site:
RHCP
Similar Bands: Own category
Best Song: "californication" "Scar tissue" "around the world"
Singles: "californication, scar tissue"
Extra Info: come back albumn, 4th best
One hot minute
Dave navarro takes Frusciante's place
Track Rating: 10/13
Overall: good still
Genre: Chili Pepper style, revised
Similar Bands: Hard rock...
Official Site: Rhcp
Best Song: "aeroplane"
Single: not too sure, email me
Extra Info: 5th best chili peppers albumn
Reggie and the Full Effect - Promotional CD
Currently i am enthralled with this
Track Rating: 12/14
Overall: so very random and amazing, wide range of music ability
Genre: INDIE/punk/emo/hardcore/techno...seriously
Official Site:
Reggie and the full effect
Similar Bands: The Anniversary
Best Song: "Thanks for staying, congrats matt and christine, from me 2
U, ode to manheim steamroller"
Singles: nope
Extra Info: Definately good stuff, some songs are constant and light,
some are crazy heavy techno, some are punk, some are 1:25 some are 5:00 its so
random! i love it
Rival Schools - United by Fate
Very Original
Track Rating: 7/13
Overall: Good change of pace
Genre: Hardcore/punkrock
Official Site:
Rival Schools
Similar Bands: Finch
Best Songs: "High Acetate" "Used for Glue" "Good things"
Singles: "Used for Glue" (brand new!)
Extra Info: Sorta New Band (they were underground...)
RUFiO - Perhaps... I suppose
One of my personal favorites!
Track Rating: 15/16
Overall: Excelente
Genre: Punk w/ insane guitar skill
Similar Bands: yellowcard, punchline
Official Site: RUFiO
Best Song: "Road to Recovery" "Dipshit" "Above Me" "road to recovery"
Single: Not on the radio yet
Extra Info: Still Underground
Rufio EP
The newest stuff since 2 years ago!
Track Rating: 3/3
Overall: they are keepin it up
Genre: insane guitarring punk
Official Site:
RUFiO
Similar Bands: Maybe riddlin off the riddlen... and yellowcard or punchline
Best Song: "don't hate me"
Singles: nope nope nope nope nope nope, still not
Extra Info: No change, which is what i wanted
RUFiO - 1985
equally good as the self title
Track Rating: 11/12
Overall: superb quality
Genre: Punk w/ insane guitar skill
Similar Bands: yellowcard or punchline
Official Site: RUFiO
Best Song: "we exist" "white lights"
Single: None
Extra Info: Still Underground
Saetia - A Retrospective
uh huh
Track Rating: 14/17
Overall: wow
Genre: emo/hardcore
Official Site:
Off Minor
Similar Bands: you and i, yaphet kotto, hot cross
Best Songs: "poet you never were, venus and bacchus, burden of reflecting"
Singles: nope
Extra Info: my friend says, "say-shia." i say, "say-tia." you pick, i don't know which is correct.
Saosin - Translating The Name
Very good.
Track Rating: 5/5
Overall: delicious
Genre: post hardcore
Official Site:
Saosin
Similar Bands: anatomy of a ghost, coheed and
cambria
Best Song: "lost symphonies"
Singles: nope
Extra Info: cool stuff, they have an unreleased
track you should tap: 'mookies last christmas'
Senses Fail - From the depths of dreams EP
good and eerie
Track Rating: 7/8
Overall: good
Genre: post hardcore
Official Site:
Senses fail
Similar Bands: Finch maybe?
Best Songs: "Bloody romance, dreaming a reality"
Singles: nope
Extra Info: These guys are fairly young. I am not sure of the avg age, but they are very, very talented for their age. I look forward to their new stuff.
Simple Plan - no helmet, not pads, just balls
simple plan? more like simple guitar chord progression
Track Rating: 0/12
Overall: it's the softest pop punk rock
Genre: crappypoprock
Official Site:
Simple Plan
Similar Bands: punchline, nsync - yes a sickening mix
Best Song: ...
Singles: i'm just a kid, addicted, i'd do anything"
Extra Info: slightly embarrassed to have listened to this albumn... but, i'll keep it up here to tell people to beware
Story of the Year - Page Avenue
generic
Track Rating: 6/12
Overall: it's alright, but not unique
Genre: alt rock
Official Site:
Story of the Year
Similar Bands: theUSED, falloutboy, senses fail
Best Song: "and the hero will drown, dive right in, swallow the knife"
Singles: 'until the day i die'
Extra Info: some licks sound very similar thursday, theUSED, and evanescence...
SUM41 - All killer no filler
hmmm
Track Rating: 1/13
Overall: Crap-tacular!
Genre: Punk
Similar Bands: Blink182... (::shudders::)
Official Site: Sum41
Best Song: "pain for pleasure"
Singles: "In2deep" "fatlip" "motivation"
Extra Info: Pretty Disappointed
Thrice - The Illusion of safety
Great albumn
Track Rating: 12/13
Overall: melodic hardcore punk
Official Site:
Thrice
Similar Bands: THursday, openhand
Best Song: "In the years to come, deadbolt, to awake and avenge the dead, the red death"
Singles: not this albumn
Extra Info: The drumming is amazing the vocalist can scream and sing so well and the heavy guitar riffs and twinkly riff combo can't be beat
Thrice - the artist in the ambulence
not as good as 'illusion of saftey'
Track Rating: 11/12
Overall: illusion of saftey was more moving, this has some killer tunes. As awesome as this one is, it is not even close to the talent they showed in the previous albumn
Genre: melodic hardcore punk
Official Site:
thrice
Similar Bands: open hand, thursday
Best Song: "all thats left, artist in the ambulance, blood clots and black holes, melting point of wax, stare at the sun"
Singles: all thats left
Extra Info: still full of thrice-y goodness!
Thursday - Full Collapse
'standing on the edge of summer' was in the movie THEY
Track Rating: 13/13
Overall: Very interesting style
Genre: melodic hardcore
Official Site: Thursday
Similar Bands: thrice
Best Song: "Cross out the Eyes, Paris in Flames, wind up"
Singles: "Cross out the eyes, Understanding of a car crash"
Extra Info:I always get chills listenin to "Paris in flames" the talking parts add a lil eerie-ness-ness.
Thursday - waiting
good good
Track Rating: 8/9
overall: amazing style
Genre: melodic hardcore
Official Site:
Thursday
Similar Bands: thrice
Best Song: "This side of brightness, Porcelain, dying in new brunswick, WHere the circle ends"
Singles: nah
Extra Info: This is real good, i like Full Collapse a lil better, but this is a close 2nd
Thursday - war all the time
gets better each listen
Track Rating: 10/11
Overall: if you loved full collapse and waiting, you will enjoy this. it's certainly not as good though!
Genre: melodic hardcore
Official Site:
Thurz
Similar Bands: open hand, thrice
Best Song: "division street, signals over the air, m. shepard, asleep in the chapel, between rupture and rapture"
Singles: signals over the air
Extra Info: i love the watermark cd, its white with everything watermarked!
Tool - Aenima
Satisfying
Track Rating: 12/15
Overall: heavy and varied vocals
Genre: metal
Official Site:
Tool
Similar Bands:
Best Song: "aenema, stinkfist"
Singles: Aenema
Extra Info: i got this cd from my manager, hes a cool guy
TRUSTcompany - The Lonely Position of Neutral
Good Stuff
Track Rating: 8/12
Overall: Good Drivin music
Genre: Alternative
Official Site: TRUSTcompany
Similar Bands: Papa Roach
Best Song: "Downfall, running from me"
Singles: "Downfall, running from me"
Extra Info:...
USED, the
good, but a crazy mug for a lead singer
Track Rating: 12/12
Overall: Good good good good
Genre: Alternative
Official Site:
theUSED
Similar Bands: Mix of: Finch, Rufio, and OZZy!! maybe?
Best Songs: "Taste of Ink" "Blue and Yellow"
Singles: "Taste of Ink" "buried myself alive", "box of sharp objects"
Extra Info: They are morman, 3 of em and the lead singer is dating kelly ozborne
Vanessa Mae - The Violin Player
ohh yea!
Track Rating: 10/10
Overall: phew!
Genre: modern classical
Official Site:
Vanessa Mae
Similar Bands: hmmm... bach? hehe
Best Songs: "Classical gas" (cover)
Singles: nope
Extra Info: the classical gas cover will blow you away. fully orchestrated and such. wow.
Watashi Wa - The love of life
uplifting and cheerful
Track Rating: 11/12
Overall: the piano solos are amazing! on tracks 7 and 12
Genre: indie
Official Site:
Watashi Wa
Similar Bands: jimmy eat world, juliana theory
Best Song: "all of me, with love from me to you, joanna"
Singles: nope
Extra Info: great stuff with bright sounds and beautiful lyrics
Yaphet Kotto - The killer was in the government blankets
sex on a cd!
Track Rating: 10/10
Overall: very good
Genre: emotional hardcore (emo)
Official Site:
Yaphet Kotto
Similar Bands: you and i, planes mistaken for stars, yage
Best Songs: "the killer was in the government blankets (symbol), first meetings agreement, reserved for speaker, driving through natchez"
Singles: wow, if this were mainstream, more people would have good taste in music AND ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT EMO MUSIC IS!!!
Extra Info: even if you don't like emo, "the killer was in the government blankets track is worth checking out" it is very impressive.
Yaphet Kotto - Syncopated synthetic laments for love
round 2
Track Rating: 10/10
Overall: wow
Genre: emotional hardcore (emo)
Official Site:
Yaphet Kotto
Similar Bands: you and i, planes mistaken for stars, yage
Best Songs: "fact nor fiction, circumstancial evidence, status symbol, driving through natchez"
Singles: wow, if this were mainstream, more people would have good taste in music AND ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT EMO MUSIC IS!!!
Extra Info: that "fact nor fiction" track has some powerful testimony from a woman speaking of how 'easy' it is to assimilate to become an American... check it out.
Yaphet Kotto - we bury our dead alive
ohh yea! this is their newest
Track Rating: 8/10 (2 tracks are a not-so-impressive instrumental)
Overall: holy moly!
Genre: emotional hardcore (emo)
Official Site:
Yaphet Kotto
Similar Bands: you and i, planes mistaken for stars, yage
Best Songs: "paths, the constant ringing, the lurker"
Singles: wow, if this were mainstream, more people would have good taste in music.
Extra Info: best new true-blue emo band around. giddy up! plus, their website sucks and they don't care!
Email: chunkzzz@aol.com
