I’ll take this final post on Gym Class Heroes polished, produced and insulting new record to give them the proverbial middle finger for such obvious buffoonery. It’s not the uninspired lackluster verses, backed by saccharine dimwitted choruses that really bum me out. It’s the fact that all of it is packaged and delivered under the [...]

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At this point it’s painfully obvious that Papercut Chronicles II seems more like a lousy attempt to get some of the band’s old fan base back rather than an honest journey back to their finest record. “Ass Back Home” showcases what I’m sure we’ll be getting instead: shallow radio-ready hip-hop made for the masses. I [...]

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Three songs in, I think it’s save to assume what we’ll be getting from Gym Class Heroes on The Papercut Chronicles II: Some inoffensive commercial hip-hop with some weak throwbacks to the GCH of old. So while we’re laying rest to that chapter in their career, can I just say I am really REALLY keen [...]

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Well, the verses aren’t THAT BAD but I’m not a huge fan of the chorus. I’ll definitely still be grabbing PCC2 out of sheer curiosity when it drops. In the meantime, take a go at Gym Class Heroes second single from it, awkwardly titled “Martyrial Girls$” MP3 // MARTYRIAL GIRL$

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On the heels of my recently posted best records of the decade, i’ve spent quite some time compiling what are, in my opinion, the top 50 songs released from 2000 to the end of 2009. as always, if you dig the song, support the artist! the picture is of my brother getting punched in the [...]

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I’ve often found that the albums that have stuck so close to me have always defined a specific time in my life.  The Papercut Chronicles was no exception to this rule. I specifically remember Warped Tour 05, in the heat of mid-day, sitting on the lawn killing some time in what little shade there was [...]

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