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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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Ufomammut - ORO: Opus Alter
It's no secret that I love this band and I'd love their music even if they weren't Italian. My paisanos in Ufomammut have come up with another winner and only... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Graviators - Evil Deeds
Oh yeah people! Listen up because you don't want to miss out on this. Evil Deeds is the second album from the Swedish band The Graviators and what can I say?... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #7
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 12 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Heretic – A Time Of Crisis
This is one of those releases that gives me a little trouble. The whole idea behind The Ripple Effect is that we write about music that we love. Read more
Posted on 11 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Strings of Atlas Cage - So Far From Home
Photo 0 The scene is a bit surreal. The theater is empty. Vendors languishing in slow motion, taking down tarps and laying out t-shirts, preparing for the... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Mister Loveless - Grow Up
Sometimes you just know it's gonna be good. Pulling a copy of Sparks, Big Beat out of the discount bin at Rasputins Records in Concord, the voice came from... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Thunderfist - S/T
Ok, where to start with this one?! First off, I gotta say something about that cover. I mean, come on! If that ugly beast with the fingerless leather gloves... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
My First Album: Suicidal Tendencies - Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit…Deja Vu
I love this record! I first bought this headbanger when I was maybe 12 years old - and, on cassette! (What's that?) This record spoke to all the pissed-off... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Jon Jonsson - Wait For Fate
It's 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning in June. My eyes slowly open as the first rays of sun reach through the slit in the drapes and the one made by my half... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Haarp - Husks
So, as you may know, I enjoy me some haarp. I've written about them multiple times and they were my no. 8 album in 2010.Here, we have their newest full length,... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Circle II Circle - Full Circle The Best of
AFM Records is releasing "A Best Of Circle II Circle" on two cds. This 32 track monument to one of hard rock/metal's most under rated act. Read more
Posted on 06 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
FEN Debut New Video for First Single, "A Long Line," from the Album That Power o...
Strutter 'Zine has called it "Stunning." The Power of Metal gave it a perfect "10/10." Hard n Heavy Webzine hailed it "Spectacular. Read more
Posted on 05 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Chowder - Passion Rift
5 years between two releases can be really damaging for a band especially if they are too dependent on ever-changing musical trends. For Baltimore's Chowder tha... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #6
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 05 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Wo Fat - The Black Code
Up until about a month ago, I had never heard Wo Fat. I was familiar with their name, and quite honestly, I was intimidated. I’ve already explained this to... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual
I know I have the reputation around these parts as they guy who hunts down the sickest, darkest, most extreme metal and then raves about how great it is, but I... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
A Ripple Road Trip - Featuring The Soft Bombs, Baby Woodrose, Papa Grows Funk,...
My Ripple partner lives about 463 miles due south of me, and with so much going on in Ripple World, we try to get together once a month or so to discuss, plan,... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Ripple 7" Subscription Club - Featuring The Havoks, We Are Augustines,...
Time for another installment of the 7" Subscription Club, my "warts and all" overview of the stacks of 7" vinyl covering nearly every flat surface in my office. Read more
Posted on 03 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Mystery Machine - Western Magnetics
Western Magnetics has been a LONG time coming. And by that, I don’t exactly mean that it’s the perfect album that I’ve been waiting for all of my life – I mean... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
It Came From ReverbNation #9; Featuring Prezident Brown, A Ton of Blues,...
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 02 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC