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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 ( 5802 )
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Thousand Year War – Kingdom Of America
Ho-lee fuck!! That was my initial reaction to opener and title track “Kingdom Of America”. I actually said it out loud. Then I played the track 2 more times... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - Featuring Harvester, Juggernaught,...
Harvester - The Blind Summit Recordings When I hear the word harvester, images come to mind of some monstrous mechanical demon scouring across the fields,... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA Unleashes FREE DOWNLOAD Compilation of Competing Bands
Wacken Metal Battle Canada has unleashed a FREE DOWNLOAD compilation to promote some of the top Canadian metal talents competing in this year's largest metal... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
MAJALIS Signs With Pulverised Records
Swedish abjection horde MAJALIS is now in league with Pulverised Records! With this project group suspended for several years and ultimately resurrected by the... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
White Dynomite - S/T
I love it when a review is so easy to write! Lately I've been doing a lot of band interviews, which is fun, but transcribing and editing them is a pain in the... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hello Lazarus - Moving Forward Over the Next Financial Quarter EP
A while back Old School spouted profoundly about this EP. Now The Professor has taken chalk to the chalkboard and added his words . . . Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Crankshaft And The Gear Grinders - What You Gonna Do?
You want to go on a trip with me? Are you sure? Cool because we're heading down through Mississippi into Louisiana with New Orleans being our destination. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Single Life- 7" of Fun Featuring, Katla, Male Bondage, Bel Argosy, and Ex...
Katla - I Will Hunt You Down When I was a kid, I used to watch the Saturday afternoon Hammer horror flicks with a particular duality. I wasfascinated and... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Toarn – Brood Of Vipers
Metalcore, as a sub-genre, has been around a while now and I think for the most part it's gotten very played out. A lot of metal fans never liked it to begin... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Bevar Sea - S/T
When I think of great stoner/doom capitals in the world, many names come to mind. Birmingham, the home of Sabbath. The California desert, home of Kyuss, and... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Field Report - The Specials/Little Hurricane Fox Pomona 3/20
What would it be like to see a band that truly defines a particular genre? Imagine the possibilities: dodging spitballs and projectile beer at some bowling alle... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hello Lazarus - Moving Forward Over The Next Financial Quarter EP
I helped close down a pub in Bristol. I met two Australian women on Holiday, a guy from North Carolina (who had trouble holding onto his passport), two nurses... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Dust - Hard Attack/Dust RSD 2xLP
Around Ripple, we just couldn't be more excited about the pending remastered/reissue of the two seminal Dust albums, Dust and Hard Attack. Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Daylight Dies - A Frail Becoming
For a band that has been around since 1996, Daylight Dies from North Carolina cannot be accused of oversaturating the market with releases. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Gift Of Gab - The Next Logical Progression
It Begins: Penfold is born. Behold; the universal starting point. Progression #1: Penfold listens to the music his parents play in his family’s home. It is clea... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hessian - Manegarmr
Belgium’s Hessian Is Going to Kick You In the Teeth, And You’re Going To Like It As I sit here listening to Hessian’s new LP, Manegarmr, I’m thankful that my do... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Single Life - Seven Inches of Fun; Featuring The Well and Devil to Pay,
The Well - Seven EP act II b/w trespass To be honest, at the Ripple, we're rarely the first site to hear a new band. I think we ahead of the curve with Black... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Archers and Arrows - Review Alone Together
Archers and Arrows new album Alone Together is an incredibly passionate piece of art. Combining raw punk vocals with high energy guitar and hooks, this band... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Larry Coryell and Steve Khan - Two For The Road
It was 1975. By then I had played guitar for about six years, four of them with various cover and progressive rock bands. I was playing all over Los Angeles,... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
CHOSEN Comments On Over 5,000 FREE Downloads of Debut Album ‘Resolution’ And You...
Chosen Line Up | David McCann (Drums Percussion) | Paul Shields (Vocals/Guitars) – Photo Credit – Fiaz Farrelly Today's digital age has made metal more... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC