Under Pressure
Come Clean
Escape Artist (2007)
Winnipeg's Under Pressure is a dirty 80's sounding hardcore band with a dude singing like he's trying to hold in his bong hit for the longest time while gargling glass. Saying he sounds a little gruff is like saying the people that have smoked Pall Mall Non-Filters for thirty plus years are a little raspy. Musically, the band either goes at a quick one, two pace, comparable to hearing one of those toy monkey drummers trying to keep up with a speed metal band or Under Pressure hit a sludge like pace that is almost maddening to listen to with its complete drone and snail's pace drudgery. Under Pressure, however, is at their best when they go for a mid-pace assault that is fueled with catchy little guitar leads that even have a small and tasteful little guitar solo. Needless to say, when Come Clean strays away from the petrol fueled speedy monotonous or the stuck in the slow soul sucking mire Under Pressure completely rips it up. Come Clean is a dirty nasty sounding hardcore album chock full of fist pumping angry anthems; it's thick and visceral and at the same time rocking and/or rolling. Come Clean is as … Read more
Foo Fighters
The Colour and the Shape (Reissue)
RCA (2007)
The Colour and the Shape was the Foo Fighters second full-length release, though it was the first album in which … Read more
Year of No Light
Nord
Crucial Blast (2007)
As our global society is brought closer and closer as a result of the Internet and other lightning fast communicative … Read more
Happy Mondays
Uncle Dysfunktional
Sanctuary (2007)
This review is dedicated to Anthony H. Wilson. Fuck Keith and Mick, Fuck the Toxic Twins of Aerosmith, and fuck … Read more
