See it Through
Breakthrough
Fierce Justice (2007)
I don't really know much of anything about Reno, Nevada other than it's like a smaller, less fun version of Las Vegas. The only other things that I have learned about Reno have come at the hands of Reno 911, even though the show isn't actually filmed there. And while I find that show to be quite entertaining, I doubt the supposed interactions that Lieutenant Dangle and his team have with the Reno inhabitants to be an accurate representation of what Reno is truly like. So what's this have to do with anything? See it Through are from Reno. But unlike the many criminals depicted on Reno 911, these kids like to keep their noses clean by having fun while playing hardcore shows. See it Through play fast-paced melodic hardcore that is rooted in the early Revelation Records catalog, but also draws from the D.C. scene of Dag Nasty and even Embrace. Breakthrough, their debut full-length, opens with "The Steps We Take." The song is a dynamic melodic hardcore tune with a good sequence of styles executed throughout: fast-paced two-step parts, build-ups/crescendos, gang vocals, and breakdowns. "Still Down" follows with a more focused approach - straight up fast hardcore with … Read more
Far From Finished
Living in the Fallout
Think Fast! (2007)
There's a big goddamn yellow sticker taking up most of the top half of this CD proclaiming that Far From … Read more
Amber Asylum
Still Point
Profound Lore (2007)
The first time I listened to Still Point I was riding to work on the top deck of a double-decker … Read more
Call it Arson
The Animal Strings Album
Kill Normal (2006)
Bob Dylan has an awful lot to answer for; without him literally thousands of terrible folk influenced bands would not … Read more
Ronen Kauffman
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye: Bands, Dirty Basements, and the Search for Self
Sub City/Hopeless (2007)
High fives to Ronen Kauffman for head stomping all over my pretentious attitude about what good literature should be. When … Read more
Angels of Light
We are Him
Young God (2007)
When Michael Gira disbanded Swans in 1997, he declared himself free of the connotations that came with being in that … Read more
