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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 ( 5604 )
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Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee PartTwo
Hey Waiveriders! Normally I'm not known for reviewing Hip Hop albums but hell, I'm probably the only one who is gonna review the new Beastie Boys album. I'm sur... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Y LUV- How Chill Can You Let Go
Did you know PR companies remind me a lot of foxes? Not the real foxes with the bushy tails, but the cunning ones that are portrayed in cartoons. Read more
Posted on 30 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts -
Sinem Saniye- I'll Confide This. Is. Fabulous. I must admit, before I go on about how you need to locate this woman's music if it is the last thing you do,... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Backwoods Payback – Momantha
For many years I thought I was the only one who remembered Kinghorse, the obnoxious band from Louisville who blended Black Flag/Misfits hardcore with Black... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
I Just Want To Sing! - Featuring Redefine and Brandon Jarod
Waveriders, Penfold here. As you may or may not know I love me some experimental, genre-blending, wild music performed by experimental, genre-blending, wild... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Eric Lindell - Gulf Coast Highway
There was very little change in my pocket. The jingle jangle of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters had been replaced by the swish swish of the inner cotton... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Cars – Move Like This
“Captain, we have flux moderator ready.” “The time is near. Engineering, are you prepared.” “Yes.” “Dimensional Shift inducer armed?” “Yes.” “Einstein-ian... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Toxic Holocaust - Conjure and Command
Portland, Oregon’s Thrash Masters, Toxic Holocaust are at it again! For three years I have been waiting for the follow up to 2008's An Overdose of Death. I... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Sarah Fimm- Near Infinite Possibility
It is July 19th 1848. First women's rights convention. What do women want? The right to choose, the right to vote, equal opportunity! Read more
Posted on 23 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Hail! Hornet - Disperse the Curse
If swamp metal (like, say, Black Tusk) is punk, thrash, southern rock, sludge and grunge in a musical stew, then Hail! Hornet are swamp n' roll. Fitting too,... Read more
Posted on 22 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Deep Purple – Phoenix Rising
It’s too bad this country is so damn big. My first viewing of this should have been with Racer and Pope since one of the reasons I started Rippling is because... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Black Metal Butterfly Effect Featuring Ghostfog - Hear Them Whisper
The year is 2150 AD. Yes, the human race still exists after 2012. Historians finally realized the Mayan calendar ended simply because they ran out of building... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Steve Cradock - Peace City West
On August 22, 1969, the Beatles held their last photo shoot at John and Yoko’s British home Tittenhurst Park before the band disbanded. As the last Beatles’... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Y’know, it’s funny to me that I can have albums sitting in my collection for months, nay . . . years, before I recognize their brilliance. Read more
Posted on 18 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
More Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - Featuring Joan of Arc, Occult Detectiv...
Joan of Arc – Life Like Has it really been a year since Joan of Arc released Flowers? And Boo Human a year before that? Has Ripple really been around that long? Read more
Posted on 18 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Despise You / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - And On And On... - Split
It's been a long time since a split CD has really caught my attention and made me want to continue to listen to it over and over. Read more
Posted on 17 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Cain Marko- At Sea
The last person on that planet someone should be talking to about punk is me. Mainly because although I like the genre, I know very little of it. I do have... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Charlie Simpson- Down Down Down EP
“Girl I have seen your dreams and they were filled with darkness but your eyes turn wide in the bright light I know there is torment in your heart Ooooh, and it... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
More Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts - Featuring Peter Case, Paul Collins,...
Peter Case - The Case Files From The Breakaways to The Nerves to The Plimsouls to his solo career, Peter Case has always weaved a web of quality, roots based... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Mountain – Climbing!
As I write this, Mountain’s legendary guitarist Leslie West is recuperating in the hospital following leg amputation surgery due to his long term diabetes. Read more
Posted on 14 July 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC