Archive for June, 2008

Alkaline Trio – Agony and Irony Review

They used to be fun. I swear that they used to be fun. Does anyone else remember the clever songwriting on From Here to Infirmary? The alcohol-metaphor drenched Take with Lots of Alcohol? There was definitely a time when Matt Skiba et al could write with the best in their (admittedly intrinsically cliché) genre of [...]

Lydia – Illuminate Review

Lydia’s This December was an album which dominated my listening habits for the best part of 2006: it was honest, it was dark and it was immediate whilst retaining subtle nuances which could only be appreciated with a copious amount of repetitious listening. It was that perfect balance of instant-gratification listening and longer term appreciation: [...]

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