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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 ( 5803 )
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Eutopia - Satellite Of Love EP
Novel and nostalgic. A chatter of unique sounds and unexpected accents provide background. The guitars, keyboards and vocals demand the foreground. It's classic... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; The Flying Eyes by The Flying Eyes
“…The Flying Eyes appeared and cast their hypnotic power over the crowd.” The Flying Eyes are a heavy, psychedelic rock band hailing from Baltimore, Maryland. Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ogre - Plague of the Planet
Due to a web address error, we're republishing Ogre. Coming at you with more ferocity than an army of orcs freshly borne from the muddy, stink-filled pits of... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Obscure - On Formaldehyde
Due to a web address error, we're republishing Obscure I love my job! Seriously. I love sifting through the desert sands of the Middle East, tipping back a... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Proto-metal Report - Poobah - Underground
Due to a web address error, we're republishing Poobah.Long one of the world’s great cult treasures, Poobah, led by its fearless fret-meister Jim Gustafson, has... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Proto-metal Report - May Blitz - May Blitz/The 2nd of May
Due to a Web address error, we're republishing May Blitz One of the things I like best about exploring this endless vein of gold that is proto-metal, is never... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Güacho: Psychedelic Rock from Argentina
Soooo.... Güacho. Dig this. I’ve been following these guys for a little bit now. Hailing from Argentina, Güacho (which roughly translates “cowboy” in... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Orchid - The Mouths of Madness
Allow me to address the nagging, unspoken eternal question: How does one begin to review Orchid? Review with irony, or without? No. Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Sucking The 70's, Back In The Saddle Again by Various...
This album is a staple in the stoner rock scene. It's the 2nd compilation album put out through Small Stone Records featuring current stoner rock bands (not jus... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
POWERWOLF - Preachers of the Night
O.k. Germany has produced some of the most powerful and revered metal acts. Bands like Accept and scorpions among others. Powerwolf is a band that is reaching... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Age of Taurus - Desperate Souls of Tortured Times
Okay, so... here's what happened: In some alternate universe, one very similar to our own, Candlemass lost their one and only singer, Messiah Marcolin. He died... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Desperation Blues by Zed
"Great Rock and Roll doesn’t just happen. It’s made. With sweat, swagger and alcohol. And ZED makes rock the way it should be made. Loud guitars, a shot of... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Folks Behind the Music - Spotlight on Pat Harrington - Electric Beard of Doom
Today's Spotlight is on Pat Harrington, Head Honcho Slave to the Sludge at Electric Beard Of Doom, Guitarist/Vocals at Geezer and Guitarist at :::KILLCODE:::... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Wrought Iron Hex - III
Below you will find excerpts from my journal. I use this journal to record the steps of my evolutionary path towards becoming a better warlock. Nothing has... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Junior Bruce - The Headless King
Life is hard, really hard. We are in the midst of a hurricane of energy. It is constantly sparking out and squeezing back to life. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; First Flight by Blue Falcon
"Blue Falcon is the new rock n' roll band consisting of former Filthy Funk members John Viviani and Devon Tramell, along with Ben Stephanus on bass. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Folks Behind the Music - Spotlight on Bryan Martin - MetalRising
CRY OF THE WOLF Next up in our series of folks behind the music, Bryan Martin, also known as MetalRising. You can find his missives at our own Ripple Effect... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Conversation with Butcher Babies - Mayhem Fest, Mansfield, Mass. July...
Having witnessed the awesome spectacle that is Butcher Babies, I found myself waiting to meet the band backstage. The humidity of the day equaled only by the... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Neon Warship by Neon Warship
Ohio's Neon Warship was one of the first albums released in 2013 that grabbed me by the collar and said "Listen here pal, you're going to listen and you're goin... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daily Bandcamp Album; Capricorn by Orchid
"Classic Heavy Rock is once again making an unstoppable advance onto the music scene. One of the greatest new acts of its kind is surely ORCHID. Read more
Posted on 12 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC