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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 ( 5802 )
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The Heavy Eyes - S/T EP
An onslaught is coming. It rides a wave of massive, blood-hungry fuzz and a rhythm section that is dead set on force-feeding that bass and drums right down... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Library: Dee Snider - Shut Up and Give Me the Mic
Since record sales have been in the toilet for years now, more and more rock musicians are publishing memoirs. It makes sense. Read more
Posted on 27 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Alunah - White Hoarhound
psycheDOOMelic has a gem on their hands here and they are doing the world a huge favour by releasing Alunah's second full-length album White Hoarhound. Read more
Posted on 27 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #13: Featuring LB Collective, Sue Quigley, Faire...
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 26 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Samothrace – Reverence To Stone
The Riff is our master. The Riff will guide and protect us. All will be well if we but follow the Riff and allow its goodness to wash over us. Read more
Posted on 25 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Roadtrip - The Way Back - Featuring Joey Ramone, the Bombay Royale,...
Not quite 30 hours after arrival - time spent taking Ripple inventory, eating burritos, doughnuts, and watching way too much bad sci-fi with my recuperating... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #11: Featuring Attacca, The Stacy Jones Band, Cameron...
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 23 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Brad Hammonds Group - Greene Street
I was eleven. It was Sunday. We picked up Grandma and we were on our way to listen to chamber music in the dome of the Palace of the Legion of Honor. I had... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Lord Fowl - Moon Queen
Hey waveriders, call me Headshot. I'll be your pilot for the next few paragraphs. I'm sitting in a chair on my back porch watching the evening sun bathe itself... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Proto-Metal Report: Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
I've been totally negligent in listening to new music lately. In about 2 weeks my schedule is going to allow me to listen to more of the great stuff that I've... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Alaric/Atriarch - Split
This is a first for me since I have never reviewed a split before, but when given this proposition it was too good to neglect. So without further ado here's... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Holy Knights - Between Daylight and Pain
End of the Light RecordsLineup:Dario Di Matteo - Vocals / KeyboardsSimone Campione - Guitars / BassClaudio Florio – DrumsMetalRising Now this is symphonic... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #8
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 19 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Bullet Belts and Bandanas – the Story of One Girl's Obsession with Fast Eddie...
I'm not going to lie. When I first starting writing this article it was a straight up OG retrospective of Fast Eddie Clarke's career. Read more
Posted on 18 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
Pandora's Piñata has been one of the most difficult albums that I’ve ever had to review. On one hand, I could simply say, ‘You just have to sit down and listen.... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Arrow Haze - Music Factory
Beautiful, aggressive, and thoughtful, the Belgium-based rock band Arrow Haze’s new album “Music Factory” takes multiple genres and brings them together in a... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #10; Featuring The Relative Strangers, NewPilot, Good...
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 16 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Black Cadillacs - Run
I was one of the few that went to the 1982 Knoxville, Tennessee World's Fair. There was nothing there then as good as today's band The Black Cadillacs. Read more
Posted on 15 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Grave - Endless Procession of Souls
I won't bother to do a track-by-track here; I'll just hit on the great tracks and why I consider them so. Sound good? Sure it does. You've got shit to do. Read more
Posted on 14 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ProgSphere Releases Their Free Progstravaganza Compilation for Your Earthly...
ProgSphere, one of the leading purveyors of all that's prog and mighty have just unleashed their latest opus, the free compilation aptly titled, Progstravaganza... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC