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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 ( 5593 )
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Nachtmystium - Black Meddles I and II
I've been on a real, genuine, phenomenologically-valid, where-the-fuck-did-this-come-from-but-I-kinda-dig-it Nachtmystium kick lately. I saw them live in June o... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Night Terrain - American Dream
Instrumental music has appealed to me for a long time but I willingly admit it is a forum easy to fail within and get lost in a mess of self-indulgent twaddle.... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Stuff People Give Me at Shows - Featuring The Mess Around, Strange Haze, The...
Playing in an unpopular rock band has a lot of drawbacks that I won't bore you with but there are some nice perks every now and then. Making a profit would be... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #2
From April 4th to June 4th The Ripple Effect ran a campaign on the excellent online music website ReverbNation (www.reverbnation.com). Read more
Posted on 08 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Marty Friedman - The Reissues
Loudspeaker Future Addict Bad DNA Prosthetic records is about to re-issue 3 albums recorded by Marty Friedman. Friedman you may recall had a little band called... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Humangled – Odd Ethics
This EP is short and sweet, probably not more than 15 or 16 minutes, so I’ll just cut to the chase as well. I really, really dig this. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Overlord - S/T EP
Newly-formed Oxford UK riff warriors, Overlord, deliver an unbending demo that rocks like early Fireball Ministry.From the start, Overlord makes it clear what... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
In the Haze - Psychedelic Jams; Featuring Amber, The Machine, and The Crystal...
Amber - Pearls of Amber Amber are certainly a band I'd never heard of til this disc was dropped on my desk by Postman Sal, and it appears I'm not alone. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
February 5th - Let Me Show You What It Means To Be Reborn
What does it mean to be reborn? That is the question posed to the listener on February 5th’s album Let Me Show You What It Means To Be Reborn. Read more
Posted on 05 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Samothrace - Reverence to Stone
Samothrace have regrouped from their last release in 2008 to cultivate a crushing two song release…Yes, two = 2 tracks that are very impressive from start to... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
No Blitz - Never Satisfied EP
Look, I’ve heard it all.or so I have thought on occasion. I was there when Jimi lit his guitar on fire; when Alice cut the heads off chickens, and when Johnny... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Sons of Otis - Seismic
Don't know Otis but I'd like to. I'm guessing he's bad-ass - just like his boys.I'm gonna go ahead and say right now that Sons Of Otis have one of my favorite... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple News - Announcing the Arrival of the Ultimate Vinyl Collecting Aide -...
Vinyl Collectors take note. A while back we post about a site called vinylrecordsearch.com, designed to help you scour the net looking for records and finding... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Two from Woody ; Poison Idea and Primate
Poison Idea - The Fatal Erection Years (Pick Your King) So it appears that the mighty Poison Idea will rise again. Despite the fact that guitarist Pig Champion... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Effect Unleashes 5 Year Anniversary Free Download Compilation
What started out five years ago as a forum for two music lovers to share their obsession with obscure/little-heard rock music, has grown and evolved into a... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Check out the Ripple Effect Contributing Regularly to Planet Corey Podcasts
You love music. You love discovering new music (or else you wouldn't be reading the Ripple Effect). We wanted to share with you Planet Corey, and Corey... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Dragony - Legends
Intro here is powerful. Very large and foreboding keys and drum work. So far, so good. Closing my eyes and picturing hordes of elves swarming over some distant... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kraanium – Post Mortal Coital Fixation
So I received this album to review and I was pretty excited about it, because I had heard a few things about this band and this release in particular, and I... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - the Rock Edition; Featuring Alunah, Paisty...
Alunah - Call of Avernus Doom purveyors Alunah are well-known around the Ripple halls, their previous EP Fall to Earth having made it's way onto our Ripple... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Earthrise - Eras Lost
Eathrise, from the Twin Cities, will crush you with a down tuned, down tempo, post Doom assault!!! Period!!! No, this is NOT your typical “Doom” or, “Metal”... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC