Jonathan Coulton Artificial Heart By: Lisa Rating: “Ladies please, there’s room for everyone, Who wants a try, no one dares deny the stache”   Since 2006 nerd icon Jonathan Coulton has been in a bit of a musical hibernation.  Perhaps after his infamous ‘Thing a Week’ project he needed a break, 52 songs in one year is quite a feat for any musician.  Perhaps he was playing the video game series...

Knight Area – Nine Paths Rating: Prog for the thinking man. Imagine, if you will, a time when people played music just for the fun of it. A time when using LSD, acid, and marijuana was socially acceptable. I am, of course, talking about the 1960s and 70s. Those times may have been highlighted by craziness, but there also happened to be a lot of good music at the time. In fact, a whole lot of music on the radio now comes from back...

Collide – Counting To Zero Rating: Collide have finally released an album that matches their abilities. Collide haven’t made a noticeably excellent album in quite some time. In fact, ever since their debut album, Chasing The Ghost, they’ve been chasing the ghost of their former greatness, always attempting, but never succeeding. This has resulted in two forgettable albums (Two Headed Monster and Some Kind of Strange), and a...

Girls’ Generation – The Boys Rating: “Girls’ Generation” was great, but “The Boys” is fantastic. Korea is centuries ahead of us in terms of pop music, and it’s no surprise. Like the arduous process of becoming a full-fledged Jedi, Koreans develop their skill sets at a very early age, and continue to work on them for the rest of their lives. Taken in by star making companies, the path to becoming...

This Time Next Year – Drop Out Of Life Rating: Simple, enjoyable pop-punk. No matter how many times I’ve tried, I have almost never enjoyed pop-punk music. I often find that pop-punk albums are either too sketchy, or the complete opposite, so overproduced and glossy that it has little lasting impact. Likewise, I find their singers to either be to awful, or to have too squeaky clean vocals to merit listening. I’m pretty picky...

                                            New York Rivals           By: Lisa                           Rating: “I’m a sinner at my best cause there aint no time to rest” On August 29, 2011 the future of four local New York boys forever changed; it was that day that the New York rivals were born.  Now less than three months later this band is taking the alternative...