Posts Tagged ‘oswald hobbes’
We Used To Wait #1: Intro
Oswald Hobbes stops downloading music. What will happen?
The Load (7/15/10)
After a brief hiatus, THE LOAD is back: capsule reviews of whatever showed up in our mailbox. This week: Eightfourseven, Campaign, The New Loud, Ape Machine, and We Were Skeletons. Let’s do this!
The Load (5/26/10)
It’s that time again, when we call ‘em like we see ‘em from our ivory tower. For those without the advantage of an ivory tower, consider this your closest possible brush with greatness. Save Your Breath — Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy Welsh pop-punkers Save Your Breath do pop-punk by the book, but they do [...]
The Load (5/19/10)
Consider this the Golden Corral of crushing insight: a mini-buffet of independent rock reviews, served warm.
The Load (5/12/10)
Your weekly buffet of independent rock ‘n’ roll reviews – consider this the Golden Corral of crushing insight.
Video: MGMT on SNL
Psych-rock weirdos tear it up on SNL.
Welcome To The Working Week (4/19/10)
Starting your week the right way, with shit-hot rock ‘n’ roll, this time with special guest host Oswald Hobbes!
Review: MGMT – Congratulations
Under certain conditions, MGMT‘s sophomore effort Congratulations is awesome, mind-blowing stuff — lots of psychedelic organs, jerky arrangements that spiral into giddy chaos, even a twelve minute song-suite that ends with almost three straight minutes of bubbly, percolating synths. Overall the boys have gotten weirder since their debut (Oracular Spectacular), and less inclined to temper [...]
Killer App?: Six String
Emo poster-boy Chris Carrabba test-drives Six String, right before we do.
Review: The Wonder Years – “The Upsides”
Philadelphia’s The Wonder Years create exuberant, joyful pop-punk with a distinctly bro-ish flavor.
Review: Kerretta – “Vilayer”
This New Zealand prog-metal band crafts artful, intricate noise.
Review: Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
Assault’s favorite band releases a new record; we shit our pants. Oswald Hobbes explains why.
Forbidden Love #1: Does This Look Infected?
Oswald Hobbes takes a moment to marvel at the sophisticated songcraft and deep insights of. . . Sum 41?
Video: The Swellers – “Fire Away”
Official Assault besties The Swellers rock “Fire Away” on the Motion City Soundtrack tour.
Go To This!: Cobalt & The Hired Guns @ Metro (2/19/10)
Chicago cow-punkers Cobalt & the Hired Guns open for State Radio at Metro this Friday. Go unless you’re deliberately avoiding awesome music this week!
Video: Rita J – “Body Rock”
We don’t write about hip-hop too much here at Assault, but it’s not a conscious decision — we just get so busy with our little pop-punk/heavy metal niche that we forget other music exists. But: I was recently alerted to this video by Chicago/Atlanta rapper Rita J, and it’s definitely something special. The beat sounds [...]
Video: Story Of The Year – “I’m Alive”
Story Of The Year release a wicked video for new single “I’m Alive.”
MGMT Unveil Face-Melting “Congratulations” Cover Art
Hope you’re not too attached to your mind, because the cover art for this new MGMT disc is about to blow it all over the wall.
Video: Paramore – “The Only Exception”
Paramore, our secret favorite band, debut the video for their new single “The Only Exception.” Yes, it’s hot.
Ten Track Ones That Explooj Your Brains!
Dr. Oswald Hobbes, Assault’s resident musicologist, examines ten cases of ultimate front-loading – opening tracks that force the finger to “repeat” and cast a long shadow on everything that follows.
