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LATEST ARTICLES ( 5802 )

• Josh Gilligan - Flesh and Blood

  

  This artist's name made me chuckle. Josh Gilligan, the last name I immediately associated with comedian Bob Denver's character in his 1960's "island-based"... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No. 3

  

  Hey! You!Are you a stoner?Do you truly and uniquely appreciate a "dank nug?" Do you love a pre-blaze snack? Are mangoes your favorite fruit? Is the "trees"... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Weekenders - Don't Plan On

  

  I have to admit it took me two listening sessions of Don't Plan On before I really "got" The Weekenders. Don't ask me why although my best guess is I didn't... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• It Came From ReverbNation #3

  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 15 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Murder Construct – Results

  

  From the moment you press play on this album, your ass is handed to you, over and over again. There is not time to prepare, no time to catch your breath,... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Single Life - 7" of Fun; Featuring Borracho, Out of Vogue, Exile, Normandie...

  

  Borracho - Concentric Circles b/w Circulos Concentricos Yeah, we've written about Borracho before. We loved the album Splitting Sky. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Danny Stoddard - Melinda Rose EP

  

  OK... for this young man, the review is as follows...Sample tracks are good, need a bit more to get if there are any changes, but it's not overdone and it's... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Nightchild A - Images

  

  Soundtracks, soundtracks, soundtracks. Be they from movies, TV shows or even just jingles for advertisements, there’s just no escaping them. Not that I’m... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Shawn Lee - Synthesizers In Space

  

  A digital library of virtually every instrumental sound can fit on a chip the size of a fingernail. Almost any sound can be synthesized, looped, balanced,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 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