By Lauren Hartnett Staff Writer Augustana, an alternative rock band from San Diego, CA, just released their new self-titled album. The band’s fourth full-length album consists of calm melodies and meaningful lyrics. But in general, the album winded up being mediocre. Augustana is most known for their hit song Boston, which was popular 6 years ago when their first album [...]

By Kyle Auger Staff Writer Lupe Fiasco’s new CD Lasers is a great album that was just released March 8th and I instantly enjoyed the new style. On the album, my personal favorite was “Words I Never Said” and “ State Run Radio” although their styles are deeply contrasting; I love the beat and pace of “State Run Radio”. The [...]

by Nick DiNatale Music Editor February’s largest success: Bayside’s Killing Time Killing Time is the next jump forward for Queens-based Bayside, following 2008’s Shudder. With a new label to back them up (Wind-up Records), Bayside returns with yet another memorable alt-rock release to accompany them.

by Andy Dunn Staff Writer The artist formerly known as Sean Combs, Puffy, Puff Daddy, and P. Diddy is back with a new name and a new album-Last Train to Paris by Diddy and Dirty Money. Diddy makes his comeback from his last album which got mixed reviews, Press Play in 2006. He co-stars in the album with the group [...]

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor November’s largest success: My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys With a four year wait since the release of their previous album, The Black Parade, one of the main questions that alt-rock band My Chemical Romance faced with the release of their new album Danger Days: The True Lives of [...]

by Leah Bowness Staff Writer Possibly the dirtiest album to hit the shelves this year is Ke$ha’s newly released album Cannibal. Has she gone too far? The nine songs reflect a similar sound to her last album, a catchy beat with an unforgettable chorus, along with a lot of unmistakable computer generated sound. Party songs from start to finish; some will [...]

By Ethan Walshe Staff Writer A Day To Remember are back and as good as ever with the release of their fourth studio album What Separates Me From You, which is set to drop on November 16th through Victory Records. The album is the follow-up to 2009’s highly acclaimed Homesick. ADTR is a pop-punk/post-hardcore band hailing from Ocala, Florida. The [...]

by Brian Prato Staff Writer Although hip hop was near abandoned by Kanye in 2008 with the auto-tune engulfed “808s & Heartbreak”, Yeezy has come crawling back into the game with the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which is already shaping up to be a classic. Kanye West is back with his 5th studio album in his on-and-off [...]

By Bjorn Burk Staff Writer After selling 6.5 million copies of their album Only by the Night, the now popular band Kings of Leon put out another solid record this Tuesday with Come Around Sundown. Since establishing themselves as an up and coming band with well known hits including “Use Somebody” and “Sex on Fire”, Kings of Leon needed another [...]

By Nick DiNatale Music Editor Septembers largest successes: Amely’s Hello World EP and I Am Alpha And Omega’s The Roar And The Whisper September brought two very memorable releases, both coming from very young bands that have a great deal ahead of themselves. With contrasting styles, Amely and I Am Alpha And Omega both brought convincing recordings from their respective [...]

By: Nicholas DiNatale Staff Writer Post-hardcore band The Word Alive was originally started as a new project by Craig Mabbit, after he left blessthefall. However, after he created Escape The Fate as a side project, the members of The Word Alive decided that he wasn’t paying equal attention to both bands and decided to replace him. The result was Tyler [...]

By Nick DiNatale Staff Writer Seeing that we’ve been rather busy for the last few months, I’ve sort of lost track of what’s been coming out for new music. However, I still managed to develop a strong liking for Call The Cops, a young band from Long Beach, California with a heavily pop-influenced sound. Their debut album, which is self [...]