Ripplemusic
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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 ( 5820 )
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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 -
The Grime Weighs in on the Year in Music That Was 2013
Sooo.....I’m notoriously hard to please when it comes to listening to music. Shocker. Turns out, I’m not real shy about it either. I listen to a bunch of it. I... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Year End Best - The Kiddies in the Pool Weigh In
The Swedebeast's top eleven list of 2013 1. Black Star Riders - All Hell Breaks Loose 2. Beelzefuzz - Beelzefuzz 3. Admiral Browning - Give No Quarter 4. Iron... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
On the Ripple Desk - Vinyl Overload; Featuring Haggard, Three Man Cannon & Lee...
So much vinyl coming in, so little time. Let's catch up. Haggard - Various Stages of Ice Wow! Where'd this come from? Self-described as "a cult rock outfit of... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Arrison Kirby - The Micro Jackson EP
So I’m going through my Ripple Effect email and I come across this EP called ‘The Micro Jackson EP’ by Arrison Kirby released on El Death Records. It just looke... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Rocket and the Ghost – S/T EP
Brooklyn based Rocket and the Ghost describe themselves as having all the elements of a rock and roll band according to their bio however after listening to... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC
