Ripplemusic
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The Ripple Effect
http://www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com/
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 ( 5820 )
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Rainbow - Rising
You know you’re old school or just plain old if you’re into this album. I’ve known and loved it for years but recently picked up the excellent LP reissue on... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Elemental Zazen - Nothing To Lose But Change
It’s a rare occurrence for me to get excited about a hip-hop record. Over the past few years (decades?), hip-hop has come across more about the glorification... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Heavy Glow - Midnight Moan
With her long red dreadlocks wrapped high up on her head, my hippy neighbor from across the street stops by for a visit. "Who's that? Read more
Posted on 25 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen - Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E...
This shred metal Johan pulled a Bach. Pull out your best headphones, turn down the lights, close the door and sit in your most comfortable chair. We are going o... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Peter Gabriel ~New Blood Live In London Multi-format DVD Release
Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the October 25, 2011 release of the stunning Peter Gabriel concert film New Blood Live In London. Read more
Posted on 25 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Revenge of the Quick Ripple Bursts; Featuring Old Californio, Fuck Knights, The...
Old Californio - Sunburst Angels Employing the same rootsy-bluegrass-desert-vibe post-Dead psychedelia that made Westering Again so charming, Old Californio com... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Nick 13 – Nick 13
This week was good show week, in town beginning on Friday we had Hank 3, City and Colour, Bright Eyes and Nick 13 with Brett Detar. I must say it was an... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Principe Valiente - S/T
As my friends well know, I have a soft spot for late ‘70’s and ‘80’s rock, particularly the bands who first delved into the darker, more atmospheric soundscapes... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Shovel's Free Music Ripple Treasures - Featuring Engine, Kadavar, Wiht, and...
Engine Quality sludge heftiness from Olympia WA. Stream the whole demo from their bandcamp page. http://engine1.bandcamp.com/album/engine-demo-album Kadavar... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Black Cobra - Invernal
There are, in my mind, two Black Cobras: the radically-detuned, guitar-way-louder-than-vocals-and-drums sludge/doom masterpiece of Bestial, and... the rest of... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Miles Davis - LIVE in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
Just when you think all the best stuff has been released, remastered, repackaged a zillion times, every now and then a surprise comes along that really blows th... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Opeth - Heritage
Polarizing. That’s the first word that comes to mind when I think back on my initial spinning of the new Opeth magnus opus, Heritage. Read more
Posted on 19 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Restoring Vision - Featuring En Stereo and One Eyed Kings
Years of hard work and diligent study elevated me to the top of my chosen profession. My contributions to the field of medicine have been recognized with severa... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Might Could
I'm hangin' with my hound dog and sippin' moonshine on the back deck. A cool October breeze is blowing - the leaves are falling - and I'm rockin' out to the... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Kasey Anderson And The Honkies - Heart Of A Dog
I’ve had four dogs in my lifetime, actually six if you count the two my father gave me and then took away when I was five and when I was twelve, respectively. H... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Corsair – Ghosts of Proxima Centauri
England. 1979. Something was bubbling in the underground. A reaction against punk’s denial of rock and roll, but keeping the punk ethos of D.I.Y energy and... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Crosses ††† - Crosses (EP †)
Crosses (also stylized as †††) is the brainchild of Chino Moreno (Deftones), Shaun Lopez (Far) and Scott Chuck. They bring us their deput EP entitled, Crosses... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Bones - S/T
Growing up around metal as a child with my parents listening to Judas Priest, Motorhead, Sepultura and Mötley Crüe, it was a no-brainer that I was going to be... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Blackened Hardcore Vs. Hardcored Black Metal: Is There a Difference? What YOU...
Did the headline work? Did you read it and immediately think, without logically evaluating anything, "Holy Christ! Why the goddamn hell do I not know the crucia... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Sweet – Live In Denmark 1976
When Ripple mainman Racer and Tony from Stone Axe/Mos Generator both say an album is worth checking out then that’s all the incentive I need to buy. Read more
Posted on 13 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE, MUSIC
