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All content by Chad Snowden

Architect’s CD ‘thinking man’s metal’

Chad Snowden
For a successful debut record, there is a formula to ensure the best first impression. You want to give the full-scope of who you are and what you do musically, as well as the listener's interest by keeping your songs short, sweet and to the point. Dayton, Ohio's Mouth of the Architect broke those rules and walked away from the standard for their stellar 40-minute, four-song debut, "Time and Withering.
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The Mars Volta puts out ‘sexy’ CD

Chad Snowden
If art is the personal journal of the artist, then interpretation is where translation meets no boundaries. For The Mars Volta this translator is rock music. It is their vessel for which they transfuse elements of jazz, salsa, classical and experimental.
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Tom Waits ‘Real Gone’ CD review

Chad Snowden
Say what you will about Tom Waits; he's been slugging it out for decades. Love him or hate him, he has one thing that most music lacks today: soul. His album "Real Gone" is no exception to this rule. The truth is Waits connects with a very wide, yet selective audience.
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Welcome the Plague Year review

Chad Snowden
Few bands in the hardcore scene today possess more than squealing guitars, machine-gun drums and some guy screaming about his ex-girlfriend. Even fewer would allot moderate tempos and beautiful melodies within the chaos. Welcome The Plague Year has no qualms with defying conventional hardcore pigeonholes.
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Prog rock band scores with eclectic release

Chad Snowden
Random lost souls have asked me, 'What's the future of rock n' roll?' I say, 'I don't know. Does it matter?' Those words echo from the And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead's title track off its new album "Worlds Apart," and clearly the members play like it matters.
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Synthesizers and horns fuse punk, jazz on Cougars EP

Chad Snowden
Eight-piece, Chicago rock band, Cougars, have only been around a short time, releasing their debut LP Nice, Nice in 2003. Rigorous touring and word-of-mouth spread by the sonic brilliance of Nice, Nice, helped prove Cougars point against those that think rock n' roll is dead.
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Isis delivers fans chaotic diversity

Chad Snowden
Isis once again challenges listeners on their new album Panopticon with on-a-dime time changes and beautiful atmospheres. The song "Backlit" starts with the trademark Isis hypnotic riff and explodes into a mass of guitar chaos, cuddled by warm bass, concrete rhythm guitar and thunderously precise percussion.
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Indie rockers mature with new album

Chad Snowden
Mind Is Not Brain is another large step in Mock Orange's evolution. The guitars are reminiscent of Led Zeppelin, and the song structures scream Sunny Day Real Estate; all while keeping that Mock Orange sensibility.
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