Sequart Organization » Breton Campbell

The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love Review

Breton Campbell — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:00:19 +0000

The Hazards of Love Review" title="The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love Review" style="float:left;" />Prior to writing this review, I had only listened to one song by the Decemberists. It was a low-key, rustic sort of folk ballad, with a music video that featured a bunch of aging hipsters… [more]

Opeth’s Still Life: A Review

Breton Campbell — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:02 +0000

Still Life: A Review" title="Opeth’s Still Life: A Review" style="float:left;" />Despite Opeth’s relative popularity, they always seem to avoid widespread recognition when it comes to the modern progressive rock/metal scene in particular, often playing second fiddle to genre heavyweights such as Tool and Porcupine Tree.… [more]

Review of Devin Townsend’s Ziltoid the Omniscient

Breton Campbell — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:00:59 +0000

Ziltoid the Omniscient" title="Review of Devin Townsend’s Ziltoid the Omniscient" style="float:left;" />Devin Townsend has never been insular when it comes to his emotions. He formed his first major-label band, Strapping Young Lad, following his disillusionment with the music industry and its practices. Prior to this, he… [more]

Review of Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Breton Campbell — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:00:51 +0000

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" title="Review of Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" style="float:left;" />Many devout Flaming Lips fans might be already finding themselves casting doleful glances towards the cheeky antics of the group’s earlier albums, before the time of heated disagreements and middle-age-crisis tomfoolery from the band’s maverick… [more]

Review of Shining’s Halmstad

Breton Campbell — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:00:10 +0000

Halmstad" title="Review of Shining’s Halmstad" style="float:left;" />Reputations can be terrible for a band, especially when their music fails to live up to its unachievable billing. Shining are a metal band from Sweden who are most notable for their outspoken (and occasionally… [more]

Review of Kiss’s Music From “The Elder”

Breton Campbell — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:00:18 +0000

Music From “The Elder”" title="Review of Kiss’s Music From “The Elder”" style="float:left;" />While I was searching my brain this week, trying to think of a suitable concept album to review, a curious bit of trivia surfaced without warning: I suddenly remembered that Kiss had released a concept… [more]

Is Cromagnon’s Orgasm Worth Your Time?

Breton Campbell — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 17:00:06 +0000

Orgasm Worth Your Time?" title="Is Cromagnon’s Orgasm Worth Your Time?" style="float:left;" />Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot were successful pop producers in the mid 1960s. Despite their eminent reputations in the popular music industry, they wished to create a more experimental album, as a sort of hobby… [more]

Death Grips: Niggas on the Moon

Breton Campbell — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:00:44 +0000

Niggas on the Moon" title="Death Grips: Niggas on the Moon" style="float:left;" />Throughout their three year history, Death Grips thrived on confrontation. Their first record, 2011′s ExMillitary, was a messy, puzzling, and delightfully primal stew of industrial rap, featuring what sounded like a shouting hobo plastered on… [more]