Highly Evolved by The Vines

Pros: Two fine enough songs...
Cons: Otherwise forgettable, boring, and generally unoriginal...

In the past five or six years there have been good “the” bands and bad “the bands.” One of those that I’ve never properly warmed to is The Vines. Hailing from Sydney, Australia and having been dubbed something akin to the second ...

Pros: Sunshinin is an enjoyable enough pop song
Cons: see review

You know, I've held out on writing this review. No, honestly I have. I mean, I figured that if everyone else was "getting" what was so "great" about The Vines, I would too. After all, I'm the king of rock at Epinions, how can I NOT get it? But...

Pros: Great guitar work and vocals, some cool harmonies and arrangements
Cons: They show their influences just a little too much. But is that really that bad?

Perhaps record companies the world over have finally realized that they are never going to win the fight against music sharing if they keep: a) releasing music that isn’t worth the smell of my vomit, and b) charging ridiculously large amounts of...

Pros: A few good songs
Cons: A few let downs

There is very few things that get me more angry, than when I hear people compare The Vines to Nirvana. Yes they sound like Nirvana in some aspects.... but to compare them to Nirvana is just plain wrong! Nirvana was a band that revived rock and...

Pros: Some good songs
Cons: Just as many bad songs

The Vines, judging by this, their debut album, are one of the most annoying bands on the plan ...

Pros: A few good songs, decent sound.
Cons: Easy to tire of, nothing new.

Well, here it is, folks. The last stop on my "Bringing Back Rock Tour." It certainly has been interesting... we've been through boring bands like The Strokes, heart-pounding bands like The Hives, and '60s rock bands like The White ...

Pros: Rock n' roll with style, Craig Nicholls's vocals.
Cons: 1969.

A new Australian rock quartet has hit the waves. No, they don't wear Hurley or cover their faces in black make-up. No, no, no... I'm afraid they're a little more original than that! They're The Vines, and they've got a sound that can please any rocker...

Pros: Eager young rock n' rollers serving up tasty rock confections.
Cons: "In the Jungle," "Mary Jane," Craig Nicholl's incessant screams.

Ever feel like you're on the crux of something special?

As I'm sure most rock n' roll fans did in 1991, rock lovers have been rejoicing this past year--- the art of rock has begun slowly reverting away from doom n' gloom, nu-metal, rap-rock,...

Pros: Standout tracks, great vocals.
Cons: Recycled writing material, too much redundency.

This is The Vines debut effort. It will please you, disapoint you, and leave you left wondering about this band that calls themselves The Vines. It's obvious Nirvana was a large influence on them. They even sound a tad like The Beatles in some songs. Let' ...

Pros: Sounds so fresh after being drowned in nu-metal
Cons: On my promo, Mary Jane cuts out... Will be fine for official release!

If you follow the music industry to any degree, you will not have been able to have missed the vines over the past year. The quartet from Sydney, Australia (who originally formed in a McDonalds Restaurant playing Nirvana and Kinks covers while including...

Pros: It's fun music, and the album is very diverse
Cons: Their musical influences are too clearly visible in their songs.

First of all, I want to make clear that I'm only basing my opinion on the Vines regarding this album. I haven't heard their second album yet, so everything I say is ONLY about this album and the way the Vines were at the time they brought out this album. ...

Pros: Grunge isn't dead!
Cons: "Mary Jane" and "Factory"

By now it's a pretty good bet that you already know something about the Vines an "unknown band from Australia with lots of hype" in the words of singer Craig Nicholls. MTV and Rolling Stone have been licking the bands @$$ for the last few months now and...

Pros: Nothing beats a good tune
Cons: A little lacking lyrically

I first heard The Vines playing a three song set live on a late night UK music show. As I sank my second glass of wine (appropriate?), they launched into 'Get Free' - "Ah, here we go, another second rate Nirvana" I thought. But then, something happened...

Pros: The songs will amaze you, from the guitar to the bass to the lyrics.
Cons: Mary Jane is a pretty weak track.

I feel this CD wasn’t hyped that much (in Canada at least), but it should have been because it would have lived up to it. The Vines pulled off a great effort in their debut CD. They mix distorted rock with acoustic ballads. Diverse would describe this CD...

Pros: have their own sound, have an "it's rock and roll and I don't care" mentality
Cons: not the most musical band.

The Vines are loved and hated. They play sloppy, distorted, sometimes mellow songs which I happen to love.

The Vines are uniquely their own, and they make no apologies. They don't play to stuck-up indie listeners, who only like something...