Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun!?

We the Kings	So Wrong, It's Right	Metro Station If one was to make a musical time capsule of 2007 a collection of sounds and lyrics reflecting the energy of our moment it might be a good idea to drop in a copy of METRO STATION's eponymous debut record. Sure, the band is young (OK, still in fake ID territory), but Metro Station...	If You Could Only Keep Me Alive Recent high school graduates The Dangerous Summer gained quite a buzz with the help of Baltimore hometown friends All Time Low and a devoted online fanbase after self-releasing the EP "There Is No Such Thing As Science," in January of 2007. After attracting the attention of in...	Stay Inside Sound the Alarm are products of their environment. They formed at the age of 12 in a small town east of Allentown, PA, and were raised on an older brother's record collection: Factor healthy doses of Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin with a steady diet of modern rock bands including ...
Shh. Just Go with It	Pretty. Odd. The title gives it away instantly- Pretty.Odd. (don't forget the periods) is not exactly the album that affirmed admirers of Panic At The Disco will have expected. The quartet, then teenagers, hit big in 2005 when A Fever You Can't Sweat Out rode its hit single "I Write Sins Not ...	Underdog Alma Mater Success in the music business requires a magical combination of talent, perseverance and opportunity. The six young rockers in Dallas, Texas band Forever the Sickest Kids easily possess all this and more. They're unquestionably gifted, ambitious and hard working, and in the eight...	No Really, I'm Fine Featured on this summer's Warped Tour and one of the 100 Bands To Watch for 2007, according to Alternative Press, The Spill Canvas makes its full-length major-label debut with an alternative pop album produced by Neal Avron (Fall Out Boy, New Found Glory, The Wallflowers, Yellowc...	A Lesson in Romantics 1. Jamie All Over 2. Black Cat 3. When I Get Home You're So Dead 4. Jersey 5. If You Wanted a Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask 6. Miserable At Best 7. Walk on Water or Drown 8. Ocean and Atlantic 9. I'd Hate to Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About ...

Some Tight Hooks, But This is a Carbon Copy....
of Fall Out Boy's "Take this to your Grave." And again, not that this is a bad thing. The best song by far on this album is "First one on the Blog," which sounds great, but it is VERY, VERY, VERY similar to Midtown's "Get it Together." As a matter of fact, the vocalist in this group is an exact hybrid between Gabe Saporta (Midtown, Cobra Starship) and Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy). Again, this is not a bad thing. But Farewell really needs to distinguish themselves on their next release. With this genre of music, it is best to do so by dropping a devastating set of hooks (like "All Time Low" did on their latest release), rather than drastically altering their sound, and falling off the face of the earth, like Wakefield, Starting Line, Midtown, Something Corporate, MEST, The Ataris......get my point?