ARTIST: ITEM 9 ALBUM: “HALF SICK OF SHADOWS” LABEL: LEVERAGE RECORDS RELEASE DATE: MAY 31, 2013 RATING: 7/10 Item 9 provides listeners with a fun album that is chock full of solid riffs, catchy choruses, and nice musicianship on Half Sick of Shadows.
ARTIST: CROSS CHECK ALBUM: OVER ANYALYZED LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 16, 2013 GENRE: HARDCORE RATING: 8.5/10 Anyone familiar with Pennsylvania and East Coast hardcore knows that Philadelphia and its surrounding areas deliver some of the hardest hitting, consistently solid albums time and time again. Following in that vein, Cross Check comes out of…
