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The Ripple Effect
http://www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com/
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 ( 5805 )
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Boston - Life, Love & Hope
Boston has never failed to deliver and this album, "Life, Love Hope", is no exception. The incredibly crisp and superior attention that is paid to the... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Eryn Non Dae – Meliora
I remember listening to the first album from this band and being very impressed. I might have written a review of it, and if I was better organized I would... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hayseed Dixie - Killer Grass
Bluegrass interpretations of rock classics. I believe founding member, frontman, acoustic guitarist and violinist John "Barley Scotch" Wheeler probably came up... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Xiu Xiu - Angel Guts Red Classroom
I went into this not knowing anything about the record, or the band. I still don't know much about the band. That will serve as my prologue. I popped this baby... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Moon Tooth - Freaks EP
BLAM! After a twenty one second wind up Moon Tooth lashes out at the listener with a resonant blitzkrieg of metal that is nothing short of phenomenal! Read more
Posted on 16 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Midnite Hellion - Hour Of The Wolf
Old school thrash meets melodic metal here. Only two songs to wet your appetite. O.k. I like this release. Heavy enough to satisfy the metal thrasher inside me... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Strapped Down to the Operating Table, Oxygen Mask Over My...
Strapped down to the operating table, oxygen mask over my mouth, waiting for the anesthesia to kick in through the IV, my mind started to wander. Read more
Posted on 14 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Folks Behind the Muisc- Spotlight on Anthony Moore; Desert Highways and Heav...
Start at the beginning, how did you get started with this crazy idea of writing about music? I have always loved music, from as early as I can remember.... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kimi Kärki - The Bone Of My Bones
Guitarist Kimi Kärki is a man of many faces. He first came to prominence with super legends, Reverend Bizarre. After they laid down their sword and shield, he... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Herman Brood - 50 The Soundtrack
Ever have a track stick in your mind? One that took up residence in your sub-conscious and repeatedly percolated to the surface? An earworm? Read more
Posted on 11 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Mammoth Salmon- Call of the Mammoth
Mammoth Salmon is a 2 piece is a bare bones is your face doom band from Portland Oregon. Call of the Mammoth is the third Ep released from the band in 12 months. Read more
Posted on 10 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Social Media – A Necessary Evil? -- An Essay
The Good: today, October 29 2013 is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy making landfall on the East coast US, wrecking havoc on parts of New York city... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Conversation with Carmine Appice (Rocker Records)
"I Would Love to record with Led Zeppelin" One of the most iconic rock and roll drummers in the world. Carmine Appice has played with Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd,... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Pestilence – Obsideo
It's good to have things that are tried and true in your life. Good friends that are there for you, an old dog to blame your farts on, that favorite bar to... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Double Barrel of Heaviness - Featuring Junkyard Birds and :Twingiant
Junkyard Birds - Free Wheeling Free Will A white spinning vinyl slab of hard rockin' stoner rock via slab. Not a new album, guess it came out in 2012, but... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Reo Speedwagon - Live at the Moondance Jam
My best friend in junior high had an older brother who would always turn us on to new music. Most of it was classic rock we had never heard of. Reo Speedwagon... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
How I Acquired My First Copy Of Seventh Wave's Things To Come
In order to understand how Seventh Wave's album Things To Come first came into my hands we must travel back to 1974 when there was no medicinal or legal... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Huntress - Starbound Beast
A little hungover, a little tired, recovering from a great Sunday night show, let's do a review. My band opened for Huntress last night (12-1-13). First things... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
GRIT - Surge
GRIT from Heidelberg, Germany plays heavy psychedelic rock with a jam-based approach to songwriting and performance. They recently recorded an EP-sized demo,... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Blackfinger - S/T
Holy hell, you hear?! Holy hell! 2013 is not over yet and here we have a contender for album of the year 2014. I am not kidding you waveriders. Read more
Posted on 31 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC