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• Tongue - A Night You'll Never Remember Vol 1-3

  

  The Serbian band Tongue is an interesting proposition. Originally formed as a solo project for singer and multi-instrumentalist Vladimir Bizic it turned into a... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Volume IV - Long In The Tooth

  

  Ever since I first heard Volume IV's self-titled EP, which I love, midway through 2013 and at the same time found out they were recording their debut album, I'v... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bone Man - II

  

  I was driving to a rugby match in Sacramento. Early morning, up by five. Coffee in hand, iPod blasting out the latest batch of submissions to the Ripple. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Free – Fire And Water

  

  Gather ‘round, boys and girls. I want to tell you of a different time. It was a time when the music business was still somewhat taken with the idea that... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Paco De Lucia - Castro Marin

  

  It was 1981. I got off the last train from Paris with my backpack and now sweltered in the stifling heat and humidity of summertime Madrid. Thermal waves rose... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ripple Doubleshot! - Featuring Strings of Atlas Cage and Trippy Wicked & the...

  

  Strings of Atlas Cage - Ground Zero, TX I've written about Atlas Cage before and his first long-player under the "band" name, Strings of Atlas Cage. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ocean Chief - Sten

  

  'Sten', Swedish for stone, is doomsters Ocean Chief's fourth full-length album but only the second sung in their native tongue...and man, my fellow Swedes are... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ancient Crypts – Devoured By Serpents

  

  How badass is Ancient Crypts? This release came out on tape. Yes, you read that correctly. A release on cassette tape. Talk about a band where no fucks are... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Deap Vally - Sistronix

  

  I threw this in the player, and thought to myself, "oh, oh yes, this is good." Deap Vally is a two piece group. Pretty new on the scene, these girls are making... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Ripple Conversation with Dave Meniketti of Y&T

  

  Dave Meniketti has seen and done it all. A true guitar icon, his band Y T, has been a nonstop juggernaut of rock and roll. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Ripple Conversation with Ross the Boss

  

  Ross The Boss has always been one of my favorite guitar players and I've been lucky enough to see him play in many different bands over the years here in New... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Vintage Trouble - The Bomb Shelter Sessions Encore Edition

  

  I'm going to break almost every writer guideline at The Ripple Effect with this review. Vintage Trouble did not produce a lost classic, although every Blues... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• It Was 40 Years Ago Today: Jethro Tull - WarChild

  

  1974...this is a year I don't have any recollections of, after all I was only three years old at the time. However, looking back in music history I would have... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Musical Martyrs- The Vilified Albums: Judas Priest – Turbo

  

  Judas Priest – Turbo To fully appreciate the Turbo album, one needs to put it in perspective. The year was 1986, a rough time for “Traditional” metal bands. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Nada Surf - High/Low

  

  My parents had this friend named Ian; he went to prison and left a box of his crap at my parent's place. Among the junk were some CDs. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Ripple Conversation with John Mortimer of Holocaust

  

  Holocaust were one of the fore-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. With anthems like “Heavy Metal Mania” - their music became the soundtrack for a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ripple Editorial: Why I Don't Like The Beatles

  

  We don't all have to like the same things. Not everyone likes the Beatles.I will never understand why people get so bent out of shape when I say I don't like th... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - Featurning Astralnaut and Jowls

  

  Astralnaut - In the Gaze of Gods EP I've been derelict in my duties. With the Ripple Music Record Label going full-bore and Heavy Ripples Distro making big wave... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Eddie Brnabic & The Cosmic Fellowship - Subtle Realms

  

  I landed at Sky Harbor in Phoenix, Arizona for a change in flights. That is when I first listened to the instrumental album Subtle Realms by Eddie Brnabi The... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy

  

  VERTIGO 1976Popular opinion is a strange beast. On the one hand you can lie back and allow yourself to be caught up in the stream and follow suit or you can hau... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC