Dookie, Insomniac, and Nimrod Review Roundup – Early (Green) Days

While Green Day may be failing to impress fans today, their 90s hits remain classics Green Day are indisputably one of the most prolific punk rock bands in the music industry today, with 30 years of experience. In that time, they generously gifted us with indie classics like “Kerplunk” (1991), mainstream hits such as “Dookie”

Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor Album Review

Paramore Front-woman Protects Herself With Vulnerability Though I was very much aware of Paramore since their second studio album, Riot!, it was not until my second year of university that I became bold enough to profess myself as a fan of their work. Of course, their power-pop ballads, punk aesthetic and attitude successfully converted me

Why “Futures” Is the Quintessential Breakup Album

It’s Not You, It’s You With Me I first encountered the music of Jimmy Eat World in the summer of 2018. It was through my girlfriend at the time that I discovered them as she had been to see the band live while we were together. One day, I simply typed their name into YouTube

The Strokes – The New Abnormal Album Review

A Coming-of-Age Musical Study Not unlike many of you, I would assume, my introduction to The Strokes came by way of their most popular single, “Reptilia”, taken from the 2003 album, “Room on Fire”. After excessive exposure to this track, I eventually grew accustomed to it. However, my ears yearned for more from the band.

Pearl Jam – Gigaton Album Review

Rock Is Dead… Or So We Thought Indeed, for a while it appeared that rock was well and truly six feet under. Bands such as Fall Out Boy and Green Day had fallen bitterly far from their former glory by abandoning their former sound in favour of safe, generic and softer tones. Meanwhile, Paramore’s most