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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 ( 5797 )
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Ripple Field Trip - Live Review: Goatwhore, 2-6-12
The Vernon Club, just off the interstate in Louisville, Kentucky, is about the space of a really spacious apartment. It's under a bowling alley. A double Jack... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Amy Hart - Congratulations
Ever taste something when you were younger and forever thereafter pursue another taste of it? Maybe a permanent supply? Like a certain type of jeans, a... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Grouplove- Never Trust A Happy Song
A hidden gem lies within Grouplove, the latest LA band worth discovering. Like Black Kids and Local Natives before them, Grouplove emerged as the next big band... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Stanley Turrentine - Up at Minton's
Unlike most classic/ famous tenor sax players, I have over a dozen "setups," or mouthpiece and reed combinations; my mood changes so much, and so often (family... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Stone Axe/Mos Generator Main Man Signs Endorsement Deal With Lace Music Products
As the early days of 2012 rolled on by, Tony Reed, guitarist for both the heavy hitting, stoner-fied trio, Mos Generator, and the classic rock... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Ripple Library - Glenn Hughes - The Autobiography
Glenn Hughes HATES cocaine, but he LOOOOOVES the smell of it. Poor guy is playing bass and singing his ass off in a band called Trapeze during the early 1970's... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Terrordome – We’ll Show You Mosh, Bitch!
I would think the purpose of sending out a blanket blast of promos is to get someone’s attention, get your album reviewed, and use that press to build up more... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
What Cheer? Brigade - We Blow You Suck
My producer gives me a countdown inside my earpiece. “Three, two, one. We’re live.” “Greetings fellow waveriders. My name is Penfold. Thank you for joining me... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Loincloth - Iron Balls Of Steel
Only one month into the year and I already have my #1 album of 2012. What's a heavy music fan to do? Enjoy it for the rest of my life, that's what. Read more
Posted on 07 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - Featuring Baby Woodrose, Voice of Addiction...
Baby Woodrose - Love Comes Down Any one who knows me, knows that one way to get me happy in the midst of a monster of a traffic jam is to drop some thing raw an... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Rock's Come Back of the Year - Interview With Jimmy Ronnie From Iron Claw
Here's an interview conducted by fearless Ripple Scribe, Boogeyman, that originally ran on his own blog, Long Live Rock N Roll. Pop over there for more... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Eagle Rock Entertainment to Release Styx: the Grand Illusion/pieces of Eight Liv...
Two of the most beloved albums in the Styx catalog are 1977’s The Grand Illusion and 1978’s Pieces Of Eight. Now, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Styx: Th... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Brutal Truth - Walking Corpse 2112 (Digital EP)
Coming off the heels of one of if not the best grindcore album of 2011, End Time; the men in Brutal Truth are at it again. This time giving us a small taste of... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Andy Poxon Band - Red Roots
Child prodigies. Most don’t measure up to Mozart. Then, again, how many kids do you know were composing and performing before royalty at five years old?... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Single Life - Fun, Butch Walker, The Dirty Pearls and General Fiasco
Now normally I’m not a fan of writing reviews about singles, but lately several cool songs have come across my desk. Although the majority of them can be... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2012 MUSIC -
Waveriders - Here's What the Ripple Has in Store for You
Waveriders! First of all, thank you all so much for popping in with us and checking out reviews on the "best music you're not listening to. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Shear - In Solitude
I don't normally like female fronted metal bands. I don't know why, but besides Joan Jett, and Lzzy Hale, it's just not my cup of tea. Shear has changed my... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Goatwhore - Carving out the Eyes of God
What with their (as of this writing) upcoming album Blood For the Master, I revisited Goatwhore's previous LP, Carving Out the Eyes of God, playing it on... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hawkwind - Leave No Star Unturned
Easy Action Records in the UK have released some pretty incredible live recordings of The Stooges, Iggy Pop, MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band the past few years... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Stormzone – Zero To Rage
Man, I love power metal. It’s a sub-genre that really doesn’t seem to go over too well here in America, and I don’t know why. I’ve heard people say its cheesy,... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC