Posts In Category Album Reviews
Blink 182/Blink 182
August 18, 2010 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (5)
Purely pointless power pop made all the more unberable by the fact that some people take this stuff seriously.
Avril Lavigne/Let Go
August 17, 2010 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (1)
Some record exec decided that punk rock princess avril lavigne should name her first album “Let Go”. My response . . . “immediately”.
Joss Stone/The Sould Sessions
August 16, 2010 by Kip Hooker, Section: Album Reviews, Comments (0)
Familiar vanilla pop from the likeliest of sources.
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 […]