I spent an entire week seeing way too may bands, not sleeping enough and drinking far too much.
As a result, these were the acts most deserving of Tone Deaf’s Completely Arbitrary Awards for CMJ 2015.
Have a read… and then listen to all of the bands, because they’re all legit pretty incredible.
(for tonedeaf.com.au)
Clutch are pretty great. Read my review of their one billionth album, Psychic Warfare, right damn here. (for Rolling Stone)
Eagles of Death Metal are fun. And Zipper Down is better than you, I or anybody probably expected. So read my review of it here. (for Rolling Stone)
To sum up my review of the new Parkway Drive record, Ire: ‘is good. v good’.
Read the much longer version here.
(for Rolling Stone)
Remember when, like, half the UK were dressing like Oliver Twist extras? 2002-2004 was a weird time, man.
Anyway. The fulcrum of the urchin Queen’s Guards costuming, The Libertines, grew up and realized that making lots of money was better than making no money. Hence, new album. Read what I think about it, here.
(For Rolling Stone)
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