Goldfinger – Disconnection Notice – Review June 13, 2005 Disconnection Notice takes risks, but they’re worth it. A definite improvement from their last album (which was still decent). Goldfinger may be getting older, but they’re still rocking out, and doing it better than most of the young pop-punkers.
Frantic Bleep – The Sense Apparatus – Review June 13, 2005 Swirls of blackened psychedelia and flourishes of prog-metallic flair, melodic vocals, melancholic keyboards, eerie atmospheric chantings, the works.
Emanuel – Soundtrack to a Headrush – Review June 13, 2005 Emanuel write solid pop rock: Angsty and heavy without being screamo metal, melodic and catchy without being sissy whine.
Erasure – Nightbird – Review June 13, 2005 Their first album in seven years, Erasure have never been the critic’s darling that their contemporaries – Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode – are.
Extol – The Blueprint Dives -Review June 13, 2005 Once inside this maelstrom of a record, one finds an arcane cross between Peccatum, Arcturus, Neurosis, Killing Joke, and tour-mates Opeth.
Leviathan – Tentacles of Whorror – Review June 13, 2005 Ultra-fuzzy guitar, melodic bass lines, echo heavy banshee wails, and blastbeat drumming segue nicely to the more quiet, atmospheric compositions.
Drop the Fear – Review June 13, 2005 The songs seduce, urge, and prod until you can’t help but let go of your fears and find yourself lost in the electro/shoegazer/trip-hop.
Doves – Some Cities – Review June 13, 2005 Although Some Cities isn’t quite as euphorically all-conquering as their debut, Lost Souls, it’s still a slice of heaven sent from Manchester.