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Vampire Weekend/Self Titled

January 24, 2010 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (13)

Vampire Weekend . . . what a stupid stupid name. And it’s an especially stupid name for a band whose music seems fare more reminiscent of Elvis Costello practicing the […]

Greenday/21st Century Breakdown

July 10, 2009 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (2)

With their 8th studio album Greedday has gone off and proved something that really didn’t need any proving at all . . . aging punk rockers shouldn’t cash in on […]

3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun

July 9, 2009 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (0)

Faceless rockers avoiding the sophomore slump by releasing a second album just as awful as their first.

Joss Stone/The Soul Sessions

by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (0)

Familiar vanilla soul/pop from the likeliest of suspects.

LIMP BIZKIT/RESULTS MAY VARY

June 27, 2009 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (1)

Fred Durst covering Behind Blue Eyes is slightly akin to Dean Devlin remaking The Graduate and casting Stone Cold Steve Austin in the role of Mrs. Robinson. An atrocity so complete that […]

MAROON 5/SONGS ABOUT JANE

by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (0)

Misery love company . . . which is probably why this band will be around long enough to make a second album.

DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL/A MARK, A BRAND AND A SCAR

by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (0)

Don’t waste your time or money on this record. Instead hit yourself in the head with a hammer until you black out. The result will be the same but at […]