Sick City Nightlife

2007, Some music makes you want to dance. Some music makes you want to shake your fist in the air and sing along. Some music does both. Sick City's debut full-length, Nightlife, does neither. While the Winnipeg band's first effort is certainly a well-polished effort, no amount of gloss would be able to cover up a lack of creativity which, at its best, is nothing more than a checklist of various flavors of the month. Check it out. Stadium rock guitar peppered with metal/hardcore moments -- check. Look no further than "In the Millions." The band can throw in as much metal influence as they want, but Josh Youngston's emo crooning is going to make it as forgettable as it is brief.