After high school graduation, most teens tend to have an abundance of thoughts floating through their head.  They face long internal battles over questions of what they might want to major in, how it’s going to feel to be away from home or if they are even considering going to college.  Breaking away from this stereotypical mold, 18-year-old Garet Camella had other things going across his mind.  Of course he was conce…

After a 3 year hiatus from releasing a studio album, John Mayer returns with his 4th major label release Battle Studies in hand and does not disappoint his eagerly awaiting fanbase.  A self described CD that “you put on before you go to sleep”, Battle Studies is a sampler plate pulling references from some of classic rock’s biggest names.  Heartbreak Warefare opens the album with the mid temp feel…

If there is any music group who has made a complete transformation from the recording of their first EP to the release of their first studio album it is A Rocket To The Moon. The group, consisting of members Nick Santino, Justin Richards, Andrew Cook and Eric Halvorsen, completed their musical metamorphosis with the recording of their new record titled On Your Side, which was released October 13, 2009 with Fueled By Ra…

In the midst of starting on tour on AP Magazine’s Fall Ball along with acts such as The Academy Is… and Set Your Goals, Mayday Parade released their third, much anticipated, studio album.  Compared to their previous albums Tales Told By Dead Friends and A Lesson In Romantics it is obvious that the band took a new approach to making music in Anywhere But Here.  Members Derek Sanders, Jeremy Lenzo, Alex Garc…

For only being together two years, The Maine has done something that many would have thought impossible or improbable in such a short amount of time.  Members John O’Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Patrick Kirch and Garrett Nickelsen started making music together right after high school.  Using Myspace, the pop-punk group from Tempe, Arizona released their first self-produced EP entitled Stay U…

Following the success of “Buckle In The Bible Belt”, Southern Missouri rockers Ha Ha Tonka recently released their sophomore follow up titled “Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South”.  Keeping their southern gospel harmonies and dropping stagnant power chords for memorable licks, Ha Ha Tonka successfully evolved their previous poppy melodies into a mature sound that sits with any adult c…

New Surrender, I thought it was a great album title.  Very fitting for Stephen Christian, Anberlin’s very intelligent and passionate front man.  Leading up to the release of New Surrender, I quickly devoured any tidbit of information or clip I could find regarding the new record.  What I especially enjoyed, was Christian’s explanation of the new album.  Even the title sounded different, like a solid maturation an…

After parting ways with Ben Folds Five in 1999, lead singer/songwriter Ben Folds has a number of EP’s as well three full length studio albums under his belt.  His 2001 record Rocking The Suburbs climbed to #42 on the US Billboard charts, while his 2005 follow-up Songs for Silverman made its way to #13 (#9 AUS).  Lacking stand out hits as Brick, Rockin’ The Suburbs, and Landed, Ben Fold’s new album ti…