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Vik Bansal

Vik Bansal’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 5 reviews, going back to 2006, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

What they review

  • Rock 40%
  • Indie & Alternative 40%
  • Metal & Punk 20%

Find Vik Bansal

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Their favorites

  1. AFICrash Love 80 musicOMH
  2. MastodonBlood Mountain 80 musicOMH
  3. AFIDecemberunderground 80 musicOMH
  4. Pearl JamPearl Jam 80 musicOMH
  5. Enter ShikariTake to the Skies 60 musicOMH

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

Every review

Outlet
AFICrash Love“In so many ways, AFI are the band that aspiring rockers dream of forming in their wistful, Utopian youth. An actual musical career rather than a temporary”musicOMH80 4/5672009
Enter ShikariTake to the Skies“Once in every blue moon, a band comes along to smash stereotypes, stamp across conventional boundary lines and tear down the invisible walls that divide”musicOMH60 3/5632007
MastodonBlood Mountain“The buzz surrounding Mastodon has grown unremittingly since their sophomore album Leviathan hit the racks in 2004, leading to the Georgian quartet signing”musicOMH80 4/5802006
AFIDecemberunderground“When AFI signed to a major label and released Sing The Sorrow back in 2003, it's fair to say not all their long-time fans went with them. However, to the”musicOMH80 4/5802006
Pearl JamPearl Jam“If and when Eddie Vedder and cohorts decide to retire from making music they should think about getting jobs at their local colleges teaching would-be”musicOMH80 4/5762006

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