Hot Cross
Risk Revival
Equal Vision/Hope Division (2007)
Contemporary hardcore is beginning to swing toward a repetitive joke. If drop-d jun jun's and massive amounts of double bass explosions followed by 2-step drum beats sounds familiar, then you know what I mean. Hardcore is not about the breakdown, well not in the common sense of the word anyway. Hardcore is about aggressiveness and honesty. Unfortunately, many upcoming artists have failed to see past the blinders and are worrying more about whether or not the crowd is going to dance to their music in opposition to creating self-expression. Luckily, however, there always seems to be a light at the end of a tunnel. A breath of fresh air from all the same melodies. Hot Cross has been that breath of fresh air for quite some time now and Risk Revival is their windstorm. The band as a whole has had quite the past of band experience (Interpol, Saetia, Off Minor). And it is astonishing to know that after all of their beating experience they still continue. They do admit "it wouldn't be Hot Cross if everything went smoothly or easily." The band recently has gone through an arrangement change, leaving behind Josh Jakubowski, well sort of. Originally Hot Cross … Read more
LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
DFA (2007)
This is the LCD Soundsystem experience; the more you test it and the more you take a sip, the more … Read more
