Fall Out Boy
Take This to Your Grave
Fueled By Ramen (2003)
Breathing new life into an otherwise stale genre is a difficult task to undertake, but on Fall Out Boy's first proper full length, Take This to Your Grave, they have done just that. For the past few years, pop-punk, while constantly growing in popularity, has been steadily declining in numbers of bands willing to think and play outside the seemingly limited path that genre champions like Blink 182, New Found Glory, Jawbreaker, and Lifetime amongst others have forged. Fall Out Boy is one of those bands willing to set themselves apart from their contemporaries. Take This to Your Grave is an exercise in creative growth. Upon their beginning, they were just another band in the pack of Saves the Day and New Found Glory clones, but with this record they have come into their own sound both lyrically and musically. A constant presence of hardcore urgency permeates throughout the record with frequent group back up vocals and Andy Hurley's technical drumming. This same energy is seen in their live show, which in addition to the distribution of this record is the main factor responsible for the bands rapidly growing popularity. Influences of past bands are obvious in songs like "Saturday" … Read more
Les Savy Fav
Inches
French Kiss (2004)
Dear Tim Harrington, I don't know if you remember, but when you played at the Great American Music Hall the … Read more
Snow Patrol
Final Straw
A&M (2004)
They are from Scotland. They have two other releases titled Songs for Polar Bears, and When it's All Over We … Read more
The Kiss of Death
The Kiss of Death
Tribunal (2004)
It wasn't that long ago that I was greeted with the news that hardcore act Turmoil had decided to call … Read more
