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TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #10: SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS – AVIATION…
This year put an end to a long wait to hearing new music from what has been one of my favorite “best kept secret” bands, Semi Precious Weapons. In 2007, this band released one of my favorite albums of the entire decade, We Love You. With only one album between then and now, it was […]

REVIEW: SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS – AVIATION…
In the four years that have passed since the glam-glitter-trashy-fabulousness of You Love You, Semi Precious Weapons has gone through quite a metamorphosis. Anyone who has followed the band a while would know that change is definitely a constant. From the haunting torch ballads of frontman Justin Tranter’s two solo albums to the first couple […]

REVIEW: YOUNG THE GIANT – MIND OVER MATTER…
On their second full-length album, Young the Giant really tries to branch out. While their self-titled debut felt like it was carving out a certain sound, pace and guitar feel, Mind Over Matter attempts to shatter this mold. It kind of wants to be everything at once. And more often than not, it succeeds. “Slow […]