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• Fire Apes- A Life In Letters

  When I describe a band how I feel they are, I am always a little concerned they will get offended if I say something like “very sugar pop” and it wasn't the... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Revocation - Chaos of Forms

  

  Holy. Shit. When's the last time an album made you say that while you're hearing it? I can't remember, myself. I remember loving albums, or thinking riffs were... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Black Country Communion 2

  

  I had absolutely no intention of ever trying to hear this album let alone review it, but for some reason Glenn Hughes is playing a recurring role in my life... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Mr. J. Medeiros - Saudade

  

  It was morning. There was nothing spectacular about the day ahead, or the day that had passed for that matter. One day bled into the next in an endless... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Jeff Golub Band Featuring: Henry Butler - The Three Kings

  

  Albert, B.B. and Freddie. The trinity forms the foundation of modern day guitar-based blues and rock. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winters,... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• John Martyn - Heaven and Earth

  

  Strange how it happens. Strange how an artist can have such a big impact in the U.K. yet barely transfer across the big pond to American audiences. Rory... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 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