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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 ( 5801 )
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Torso - Inside
Torso's Inside has all the vital organs needed in a healthy psychedelic rock album. At it's heart there's pumping rhythm section that constantly delivers vital... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kill Devil Hill - S/T
With this line-up you would expect to hear finely crafted metal songs that cut your speakers like a thin well placed razor. You would expect to be pummeled by... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Tech - Aluratek Bluetooth Receiver
Picture this my brothers and sisters. Your sitting quietly at your best mate’s backyard BBQ. Your enjoying a bottle of frosty hops pulled straight out of a... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2012 MUSIC -
LVCIFYRE – The Calling Depths
I had to take a quick trip so I thought I’d get some work done. Now, I’m a lazy bastard so my idea of work probably isn’t the same as yours. Read more
Posted on 15 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - Another Kind of Doom; Featurin Meddlesome,...
Meddlesome, Meddlesome, Meddlesome Bells - Worried Land Gotta be honest, I got no idea what to make of this album. Try and imagine Peter, Paul and Mary ingestin... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Single Life - 7" of Fun: Featuring My Plastic Sun
My Plastic Sun - Silicone Junkie (digital) A while back I espoused my love for the late '80's purveyors of darkened psychedelia, The Jet Black Berries. Read more
Posted on 14 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Earthen Grave - Earthen Grave
I’ll be the first to tell you that I have no idea who the band Trouble is. I’ve seen their name and logo floating around in conversation and press for... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Strage - The Fire in Hell
Formed last year by Brandon van Eeden (ex Crossingpoint) and Jono Harrison (Monkey Slutz), the cerebral South African instrumental rockers have arrived with a... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Ghost Maker
With the impending release of Philly’s own Rumpelstiltskin Grinder’s third full length offering on Candlelight Records, the listener will be glad they took the... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
King Washington - The Gears
I was tired. The last twelve hours were spent pulling G’s on, and driving to and from, the racetrack. All I wanted to do was take my shoes off, put on some... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society
Or: why the "change" pocket in cargo shorts is truly, genuinely great and useful: Said pocket holds an iPod nano nearly perfectly, which in turn holds the... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
RIPPLE MUSIC to Sponsor The 2012 Metroplex Heavy Fest, Featuring Headlining...
Ripple Music and Big Dude Productions are proud to announce that the California-based hard rock record label will be sponsoring the first annual 2012 Metroplex... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Frank Zappa: From Straight To Bizarre DVD
"Just what the world needs: Another record company." No, this is not the motto of Ripple Music, but the slogan that Frank Zappa used in 1968 to launch his recor... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Leiana - Lucky #3
I don’t know what to tell you. I cannot explain what happened without sounding like a crazy person. There I was Tuesday morning, minding my own business, when... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Malice - New Breed Of Godz
What? New Malice? New songs? New takes on old songs as well? O.k. before you read more please be aware that I was a malice fan from way back. I have the famed... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ancient Warlocks
So here I am. In the basement yet once again. The volume knob labeled "HEAVY" on my stereo, is cranked to 10. But look who walks in? My cat "Sir James Marshall... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Never To Arise – Hacked To Perfection
In my never humble opinion, one of the true joys of music is that no matter how many songs you’ve heard, no matter how many bands you’ve seen, no matter how muc... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Heidevolk - Batavi
I stood staring out the open door, watching the earth move 15,000 feet below me. I'd taken many a dive before, so I had no reason to be anxious, but as the... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Dead Sara - S/T
In the world of rock n' roll, there's a lot of crappy bands, a few good bands, and fewer great bands. However, every now and then there's those bands that come... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Nine Pound Gun - Twelve, Twelve
The first time I heard the phrase “Nine Pound Gun” was when I was partridge and pheasant hunting near the Madison River in Montana. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC