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The Ripple Effect
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The best music you're not listening to.™ Reviews of lost classics and obscure titles. Unheralded bands and songwriters. New bands deserving of greater attention. The site for the music omnivore. It's all here, on the Ripple Effect
LATEST ARTICLES ( 5589 )
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Daily Bandcamp Album; Smoke It Off by Hail Dale
Something just reeked of "redneck" when I came across this. First off, the album cover looks like a cigarette pack, Smoke It Off is the title, their Bandcamp... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
My Favorite Sunday AM Album - Wes Montgomery - Full House
I hate being mellow. So on Sunday morning the thought of "relaxing" with the New York Times and brunching to the sounds of some laid back singer-songwriter... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Albm; Dodge The Arrow by The Broadcast
"The Broadcast are a ground shaking, soul-driven powerhouse. Forming in NYC during 2010, the group relocated to the emerging cultural mecca of Asheville, NC to... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Days Between Stations - In Extremis
Are you a musician? Ever fantasize calling up the creme de la creme of musicians in your genre to ask them to come record with you? In your fantasy, do they eve... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Field Trip: Fuzz & Fire - Midwest Stoner - Doom Fest at The Aftershock...
In the middle of the plains on August, 24 2013, light from a hundred roaches fill the smoke infused clouds and rise like a swarm of fireflies set adrift in the... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Denim Armageddon by Musk
This hard and heavy hitting rock band from Sydney, Australia play that dirty, bluesy rock and roll. They seem to follow in AC/DC's footsteps which is a good... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Larman Clamor - Alligator Heart
It has to be said that Alexander Von Wieding is a pretty prolific kind of guy. As well as providing instantly recognisable cover artwork for several luminaries... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Beelzefuzz - S/T
At last! Beelzefuzz's highly anitcipated debut is finally here. For anyone who has followed them from their first trembling steps back in 2009 via two demos to... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Conversation with Eddie Trunk - Eddie Trunk s Essential Hard Rock and...
Abrams image publishing 9/24/2013 Eddie Trunk is a stalwart proponent of the metal genre. He is well respected within the metal community as a man of knowledge... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Roanoke - Beautiful People
Much like the 2012 release of Jowls album Cursed, Roanoke’s Beautiful People creates an incredibly heavy atmosphere while still weaving incredibly beautiful... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
dUg Pinnick - Naked
Professor Penfold steps in front of an auditorium full of his students. He looks slightly disheveled. "Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?"... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; IV by Sasquatch
"A decade is a significant length of time by any measure, whether you’re talking about accelerating divorce rates or playing in a rock and roll band. Read more
Posted on 24 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Borracho - Oculus
The birth of a star. There are moments that those who watch the skies live for. The observation of a star going supernova. The creation of a Red Dwarf. The... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; The Legendary Goodtimes by The Legendary Goodtimes
"We believe in powerful, groovy, balls out rock and roll, the way it used to be done. Rock aint dead, but it damn sure needs a revival. Do you believe? Three... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Conversation with Vicolo Inferno
Excellent hard rock sound, who are the influences? M MARCO: We don't have a main influence, we like to listen to a lot of music mainly from the eighties and... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; From The West by From The West
"From The West crafts songs of temptation, blasted out in that dirty rock sound that could only be born from the great Midwest, nasty loose grooves and high-gai... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Conversation with Crankshaft - How to Make It on Your Own in the Music...
Some months ago, by chance I was introduced to a band I probably would ignore if I had seen their latest release, What You Gonna Do? in a record store. Read more
Posted on 21 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ashes Of Chaos - Eye
When bands combine genres the end result is either salad or soup. Salads mix all of the styles, but, you can still identify the parts. You can see and separatel... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Revolutions by Castero
"Castero are a 4 piece Heavy Rock band from Ireland, New album Revolutions released in June 2013. We have toured with bands such as Diamond Head, O/D Saxon and... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Album Review; Self Titled by American Sharks
If there's one thing I can really get into is a good old fashioned rock and roll album. In what is a seemingly crowded market, it's nice when something fresh an... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC