Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio play emo/post-grunge radio rock that goes just as well with breaking up as it does with driving around really fast on a Friday night.(But the best way to hear it is probably driving around really fast after a breakup.) Big guitars and big choruses balance seriousness and a good-time feel.

On its fine 2003 album, "Good Mourning," Alkaline Trio mixed up classic punk and classic
noir, revving the tempos and indulging in lyrics such as "Step one: Slit my throat/Step two:
Play in my blood." Its sixth LP is nearly as morbid, but on Crimson, Alkaline Trio again
manage to make bloodletting sound like hot fun on a Saturday night. Crimson finds these
Chicago boys delivering action-packed guitar grooves and hooky, harmonized c... More >