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LATEST ARTICLES ( 5797 )

• Monobrow - S/T

  

  Regardless of where you live, if you walk the streets of your city/town/village with the sun up or the sun down you will inevitably find something interesting.... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ripple Music to Invade Europe for the Festival Season; Trucker Diablo, Grifter,...

  

  Building upon a year that found Ripple Music garnering accolades across the board and album of the year releases by Grifter,Iron Claw, and Trucker Diablo, Rippl... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Mario Lanza - Mario Lanza Icons Boxset

  

  Goosebumps cover my body every time I hear his voice. He is the only singer who has ever made me cry when I hear him sing. Arguably one of the greatest singers... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Illinois Speed Press - S/T

  

  Man, sometimes you find the craziest things.OK, stay with me on this one. I’d been on a tear recently, trying to get all my vinyl cataloged into a mobile... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Shovel's Latest Finds - Treasures from the Underground, Featuring Toad,...

  

  TOAD - Rotten Tide A blistering set of short but very sweet heavy duty melodic tracks. Hard to put a label on this one but rest assured your ears will be happy. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• A Sunday Conversation with John Kirby

  

  When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, and Simon and Garfunkel, the first time I ever heard Kiss's "Detroit Rock City," it was ... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Virgin Steele - Age of Consent

  

  Ah, eighties metal. Fun, fun stuff. Virgin Steele takes all that was good from the eighties metal pool and mixed it up to spit out a great record. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Old Wives' Tale - Late Night Paraphernalia

  

  Mini albums are certainly interesting. The more frequently I use the term, the further I enjoy saying “mini album.” Lately albums are becoming more difficult... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Cryptopsy - None So Vile

  

  Why is None So Vile, a 16-year-old release from Qubecois death metal outfit Cryptopsy, indispensible? I will elucidate this in that most classic and festive of... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 MUSIC

• Sigiriya - Return to Earth

  

  Way back in the mists of time…the mid 90’s…the term stoner rock was only just starting to surface, in fact stoner rock itself was only just starting to make... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 2 Albums from Alone Records; Featuring Damo Suzuki with Cuzo, and Orthodox

  

  I love getting weird stuff in the mail. And these 2 CD's that Racer sent me from Alone Records are pretty damn weird. I'd never heard of the label before but... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Matt Ebert - Hard Work

  

  I walked into the weekly wrap-up meeting with my chin lowered and a defeatist attitude. My boss, I was absolutely certain, was going to publicly browbeat me ove... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Animals As Leaders – Weightless

  

  So this is that djent music that all the kids are talking about, huh? I have to admit, I like it better than I thought I would. I like Meshuggah, the band tha... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Queen - Days Of Our Lives

  

  THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTARY ON THE WORLD’S GREATEST ROCK BAND IS COMING TO DVD AND BLU-RAY ~On January 31~ To Be Released by Eagle Rock Entertainment through... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Yob - Live 1/23/12 - The Bourbon Theater, Lincoln, Nebraska

  

  Yeah, I may be getting old but I can still rock out the hell out. I certainly don't feel 42 most of the time and I still get excited when a band I love comes... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Astral Doors -Jerusalem

  

  "Yeah...right," I remember muttering as I read their press kit. I may have giggled a little bit, too. Ronnie James Dio (rest in peace) was one of the greatest... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Doom On! - Featuring Leather Nun (America), and Orchid

  

  Raining. Wind whipping the scattered leaves into a violent frenzy of attacking dead foliage. Lightning cracks the sky. Time to get some doom on. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Thrice - Major Minor

  

  There are a lot of bands out there who only get one perfect album in their career. Thrice is not one of those bands. Like a fine wine , Thrice seems to get... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Sharks - Everybody Just Rapes Me

  

  December in Pennsylvania is a fickle and confused month. Mother Nature goes bi-polar all over our asses and people's behavior starts to mimic. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Stratovarius - Intermission

  

  “I’ll take Metal Bands for one thousand,” The card slipped away and there it was, “Daily Double!” Alex Trebek said, “You have $5,100, Frank, how much do you wis... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC