By: Maggie Pehanick, Staff Writer

The newest album by Magnetic Fields cements its unfortunate position as the most fascinating artist rarely talked about on even the most alternative-happy college campuses.   Continuing his grand tradition of alternative sounds and technical beats, o...

By: Sandy Chase, Staff Writer

Nondescript and riddled with clichés, The Napoleon Complex’s album “How Does Salt Water Mix With Tea?” uses simplistic limericks and Rodrigo Espinosa’s whiny, thin falsetto to channel the Soma crowd that outgrew Soma. Even i...

By: Drew Scoggins, Contributor

From the layered vocal opening of “In Venere Veritas,” which translates loosely into “In lover there is truth,” it is incredibly apparent that the Finnish love-metal band HIM has given up its rougher edge in favor of a more commerc...

By: Katy McCreery, Staff Writer

Soulful, classic, melodic and poetic: These terms all come to mind when listening to the greatest hits album of the one and only Seal. Although his name is short and simple, his talents as an artist range greatly, from rock to soul and sometimes a combina...

By: Kaitin Trataris, Staff Writer

Mutemath is another band with a style of music difficult to categorize as any one genre. Its most recent album “Armistice,” released August of last year, is a testament to Mutemath’s versatility, because it combines numerous music genres...

By: Kaitlin Trataris, Staff Writer

The ninth volume of  “Take Action!,” presented by SubCity and Hopeless Records, Inc., is a two-disk volume filled with multiple styles of songs that range from acoustic remakes to pop songs commonly heard on the radio. The album’s f...

By: Tim Draut, Senior Staff Writer & Paul Hernandez, Staff Writer

Surfer Blood Astro Coast Kanine Records STS9 Ad Explorata 1320 Records...

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

After releasing an independent EP, the six-piece band We Came As Romans dropped its first full album on Equal Vision Records early last month....

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

Change is good. But when it comes to music, it’s sometimes better to not mess with a good thing....

By: Tim Draut, Staff Writer

It’s been quite a year for Brooklyn-based indie band Animal Collective. While the band is no stranger to receiving glowing reviews from critics, its most successful and accessible album to date, “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” was released...

By: Tanya Dracolakis, Managing Editor

Venezuelan-American singer and songwriter Devendra Banhart serves up yet another bilingual album with “What Will We Be.”  ...

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

It’s not often a band that plays in the U.S. has its roots in the United Arab Emirates; let alone one that hails from the metalcore genre....

By: Anya Moberly, Tempo Editor

United Kingdom shoegaze duo The Big Pink recently released its debut album, “A Brief History of Love,” on Sept. 14 to much worldwide admiration and intrigue. The performing pair is Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell, who take the synthesized guitar...

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

For Texas-based metal band, The Destro, its years of relentless touring may have finally paid off....

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

Fort Worth, Texas metalcore band Oh, Sleeper is steadily climbing the ranks of its music category. The band released its sophomore album, a follow up to 2007’s “When I Am God,” on Aug. 25. It’s latest album, “Son of the Morni...

By: Kaitlin Trataris, Staff Writer

Taking Back Sunday attempts to lay claim to a new sound in its latest album “New Again.” In the three-year gap between “New Again” and its 2006 album “Louder Now,” new lead guitarist Matt Fazzi shifted the band’s ...

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

San Diego-based band We Shot the Moon is primed and ready to ride the success its new album, “A Silver Lining,” promises to provide....

By: Lindsey Martin, Staff Writer

Eye-catching lights and soaring sounds from an unbeatable music troupe recreates one of the most memorable acts from the ‘60s: Pink Floyd. Since its 1988 formation in Adelaide, Australia, The Australian Pink Floyd Show proves it has other things in ...

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

The hardcore punk rock scene has a new mainstream hero in the U.K. band Gallows. And with the recent release of the band’s second full-length album “Grey Britain,” the band is continuing its tradition of brutal tone and lyrics....

By: Aleesha Harris, Managing Editor

It’s not often that a band can successfully mesh two seemingly unmarriageable music genres such as post-hardcore and electronic. But in the case of British newcomer Enter Shikari and its recently dropped album, “Common Dreads,” the union...