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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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PSYCHOSTICK Posts New Music Video “Dogs Like Socks”
deo “Dogs Like Socks” (L- R) – Alex “Shmalex” Dontre – Drums | Rob “Rawrb” Kersey – We'd commented before on the madcap antics of punk/pranksters, Psychostick. Read more
Posted on 17 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Road Trip: Drivin' N' Cryin' Live At 3rd And Lindsley, Nashville TN 123012
How much more appropriate can it be to end the year to finally getting to see a band I have followed since 1991? Got hooked on Drivin' N' Cryin' the year Fly... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Royal Headache - S/T
Provided below is an excerpt from the completely fabricated, incredibly unofficial biography of the band Royal Headache. While it is utterly ludicrous to believ... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Maveth – Coils Of The Black Earth
In my life, music is a powerful thing. It is an important thing. Music is not something that just happens in the background. I plan around music and going to se... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Bargain Bin Treasure - Snail - S/T 1978
For some reason, I'd been avoiding buying this album, despite finding it in my dollar bin dives nearly every week. See, when I was a neophyte dumpster diver,... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL To Celebrate 15th Anniversary 2013...
MassConcerts proudly presents the first details for NEW ENGLAND METAL HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2013, today confirming the dates and preliminary list of bands for thi... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Free Stoner Rock - Introducing Annimal Machine from Mexico
Dig in. It's heavy. It's fuzzy. It's free. Let us know what you think . . . Read more
Posted on 12 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Blue Magic Church - You'll Feel Better In The Morning
I’m not one for organized religion. Like Groucho Marx “I don’t care to belong to any club that would have me as a member”. I try to avoid places of worship... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Old School To Report From Winter NAMM 2013
Get ready for more music and music-related equipment than you have ever seen in one place at one time. From January 24 through 26, 2013, Old School will bring... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Anthrax Announces Shadows Fall Guitarist Jon Donais to Fill in on Upcoming Tour...
Grammy-nominated rockers Anthrax - Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Frank Bello and Joey Belladonna - have announced that Shadows Fall guitarist Jon Donais will... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
NEUROSIS Prepares To Engage Brooklyn and Philadelphia Audiences Next Week
The next round of live performances from the mighty NEUROSIS draws near, as the outfit prepares to invade the Northeast for shows in Brooklyn and Philadelphia... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
New Trucker Diablo Video Featured at Classic Rock Magazine!
Northern Irish rising stars Trucker Diablo have released a video for their single The Rebel, and it's featured at Classic Rock Magazine.The track is taken from... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Final Best of 2012 Top 10 List!!
Our industrious scribe and master of metal, Odin, was tied up and couldn't get his list done earlier. But we have it now, and wanted to shed some light on the... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Road Trip:
After a 10-hour drive "back home" to Maryland from Tennessee my wife - On the road to Frederick, MD December 15 2012: Featuring Pale Divine, Nitroseed, Admiral... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Katatonia to Support Opeth on "North American Heritage Tour 2013"
Sweden's ultimate dark rock/metal band, Katatonia, has announced an extensive North American tour with headliner and fellow Swedish elite, Opeth. Read more
Posted on 09 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Muse - The 2nd Law
“Dean Penfold, the three members of the band Muse have arrived. Can you meet with them at this time?” “By all means Mary. Send them right in.” My office door... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Pony Trash - S/T
Pony Trash are one of my favourite new bands for one very good reason – they made me aware of a genre I had no idea actually existed – post shoegaze. Read more
Posted on 08 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Death of Paris - S/T
“Give yourself a hand ‘cause you gave up on this. It was dying wish and still you called it quits”. With the first few notes sung by Jayna Doyle over the notes... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen-Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Fla...
This shred metal Johan pulled a Bach. Pull out your best headphones, turn down the lights, close the door and sit in your most comfortable chair. We are going o... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Royal Thunder Premiere "blue" Video Via Pitchfork; Announce North American and...
Royal Thunder, the Atlanta-based co-ed quartet whose debut album (CVI) landed on Best of 2012 lists from Decibel, Pitchfork, Spin, Revolver and the Village... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC