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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Skeletonwitch – Serpents Unleashed
(So good, it's worth reviewing twice. Before we had Pope's take. Today, we see what Odin thinks of the beast)I'm just going straight for the hyperbole on this... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Iron Tongue - Dogs Have Barked, Birds Have Flown
Crawling out from under a rock in Arkansas, Iron Tongue was formed as an outlet for the members to play music that doesn't fit the mold with their other bands. Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind
This isn’t going to be a standard review by format. Just thought I should let you know right off of the bat. I have been putting this review off for months (I... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Paul Kelly and the Messengers - Gossip
I'm probably the last person on earth who should be telling you about Paul Kelly and what he means to the Australian music scene. I'm not Australian. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
My Favorite Sunday Morning Listen; Tales to Terrify
Racer asked us to do Sunday morning album reviews. I groaned. I did this because I'm always driving to work if I'm up on a Sunday morning, and I don't like a... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Alligator Records - 40th Anniversary Collection
I recently visited Racer at the Ripple offices. As I sat down in his office amongst the jewel cases, vinyl and the odd bobblehead or two, Racer excitedly... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
All Them WItches - Lightning At The Door
All Them Witches dropped their latest record without warning. They just....released it. No bravado, no press releases, no Kickstarters (that I know... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Field Trip - The Fratellis @ The Fonda, Hollywood
Afficionados of quality indie music have a checkered relationship with mass pop culture to put it politely. How many hipster friends do you have who have... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kamchatka Announces Fifth Album "the Search Goes On" to Be Released in February...
"Tango Decadence" music video out next week SWEDEN - Swedish hard rock trio Kamchatka will release its fifth album entitled The Search Goes On in February on... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hopeless Records Celebrates 20 Years
DECEMBER 4, 2013 - LOS ANGELES, CA - On December 4th, 2013, Hopeless Records - the home to bands such as All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, The Wonder Years,... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Earth Rocker - Clutch
“I”m an Earth Rocker! Can you hear me now!?!?!” I’m late to the game on this one, but man-oh-man was it worth the wait. Clutch’s “Earth Rocker” is a return to... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Throbblehead Tuesday - Buy Two, Get One Free
Buy Two, Get One Free! Click HERESale Ends at Midnight ESTBlack Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday... Where the hell do we fit in?! That's why we... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Toxic Holocaust – Chemistry Of Consciousness
I listen to, and like, a lot of metal that is way out on the extreme edge of things. Stuff that even people who like metal find a little “out there”. Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Trucker Diablo Release New Charity Christmas Song!
Heard someone yesterday complain that there were no rocking Christmas songs. Trucker Diablo took the challenge seriously. Here's their original kick-ass... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Train to Dallas/Ft Worth - The Texas Heavy Scene, Featuring FTW, Cosmic Trigger...
It seems that every month or so I write about another Texan band. What can I say? It's something in the water, or the air, or the heat . . . something that make... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revelation - Inner Harbor
Oh yeah, a new Revelation album has seen the light of day. And man, I couldn't be happier. This amazing progressive doom band from Maryland have been going at i... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Soul Elevation by Turbomatt
"Hailing from Italy’s green heart of Abruzzi, cinematic garage desert rockers TURBOMATT have waged psychedelic peace on the world with their tales of astro... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Bad Afro Records Set to Release Baby Woodrose Compilation of Rare B-sides
In March 2014 Baby Woodrose will release a compilation album of vinyl 7” b-sides and rarities collected from various releases from the past 13 years. Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Manthra Dei - S/T
Mind-altering substances. They don't have to be drugs. It doesn't take acid, peyote, 'shrooms or pot to alter one's perception of reality. Books, the spoken wor... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Lightning Medicine by Wounded Giant
"They like all things psychedelic and heavy and it shows from the songs and riffs that they wield with the katana sword precision of a disciplined Samurai. Read more
Posted on 30 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC
