Condemn O.R. Condone

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  • My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991) Review

    So that shoegaze band (you know, THAT shoegaze band) is apparently going to release their follow-up to the classic 1991 album, Loveless. 20 years is a pretty quick turnaround time, so I hope the album doesn’t feel rushed, as I’m sure nobody would have minded another decade in the mixing room. With all of the…

  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Review

    When everyone heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed in 2011, the U.S. breathed a huge sigh of relief. We were finally able to find the man responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent American citizens after a decade-long manhunt. At the same time, Kathryn Bigelow, who was just coming off the huge…

  • Animal Collective – Centipede Hz (2012) Review

    If one term could to be used to describe Animal Collective, it would be “acquired taste”. Throughout the bands strange and boundary-pushing career they have prided themselves on releasing music that is just as shocking and difficult as it is catchy and inviting. The band honed all of their most accessible intricacies in and came…

  • The Bourne Legacy (2012) Review

    The Bourne trilogy contains some of the best action / espionage films ever created. They are extremely well scripted, acted and executed, and really raised the bar for what is possible for these types of movies. When that trilogy came to an end, many people were still thirsty for more (especially considering how fantastic the…

  • House at the End of the Street (2012) Review

    With a movie that has such a generic title, you might expect that it would be a red herring. The Cabin in the Woods was a similar situation, and it ended up being one of my favorite horror satires of all-time. House at the End of the Street is not horror satire; in fact, it…

  • Alt-J – An Awesome Wave (2012) Review

    Hype is a dangerous thing. It’s something that can either propel a band to immediate stardom and success or it can present them with a brick wall that they will repeatedly smash into. Alt-J has the unfortunate hype of being called “the next Radiohead”, which is just about as high of praise any band could…

  • The Killers – Battle Born (2012) Review

    If there’s one thing that comebacks usually prove, it’s that the band should have stayed where they were. Leading back to The Killers’ 2008 album, Day & Age, the band had released an album that was their worst reviewed yet. Couple this with the fact that some in the band were tired of the constant…

  • The Cabin in the Woods (2012) Review

    A horror film that is clever and original is something that you seldom see in this day and age. The genre is overflowing with films that have paper-thin plots that are buried with gore, nudity and cheap scares as a way to cover up the shortcomings. With the vast majority of these films being panned…

  • The Black Keys to release Tour Rehearsal Tapes EP

    After many years of climbing up the ladder to rock and roll fame, The Black Keys have finally made it big. Their last two albums were both critical and financial successes, spawning big hits (for rock anyways) and big tours, so it’s safe to say that they are one of the most successful rock bands…

  • Tame Impala – Lonerism (2012) Review

    It’s tough to be a band that finds immediate success with their debut album. When you storm out of the gate with the bar raised so high, often times most bands aren’t able to live up to it on the next release. Tame Impala had the best chance of letting me down this year, because…

  • Condemn OR Condone is live! I’m still figuring out exactly how to work this and deciding what to review / talk about, but expect much more to come!

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