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The sheer awe of this album is no theory

Each week leading up to the release of Linkin Park’s fifth album, Living Things, I’ll be posting one review each week of each of their albums leading up to their fifth on June 22. Anyways, you’ll want me to begin reviewing their first album.

During the late 90′s and early 00′s, nu-metal was what ruled the radio-waves. Linkin Park was one of the most popular bands of this genre, and easily the most successful with this album having sold 24 million copies worldwide. It’s easy to see why. With the simplicity of Mike Shinoda’s rapping style and the growling of Chester Bennington, they were and still are, a force to be reckoned with.

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Indie music of epic proportions

Where can you start with a band such as Florence and the Machine…with Florence Welch’s killer voice, her nuanced songwriting, their wide range of instruments they play…well, you can start with Ceremonials, their follow-up album to Lungs. It doesn’t quite hit you in the same way Lungs does, but there is something rather special about this album nonetheless.

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She’s meant to fly, but she’s crashed and burned

This was the album that Nicki Minaj has been saying was set to change pop culture and music. The last pop songstress who boasted this much to promote her album was Lady Gaga with Born This Way, who claimed it was the album of a generation. Instead throwing all of her effort at the actual album like Gaga did, Minaj has believed in her own hype and made her lukewarm Pink Friday look like an Adele album.

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