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Author: James Zahn

THE MUPPETS used to be real tough guys…

THE MUPPETS are on the verge of hitting theater screens after a long absence, and if you've been keeping your eyes on the small screen,...

COME AS YOU ARE: A 20th Anniversary Tribute to NIRVANA’s NEVERMIND (Review)

There have already been a lot of track-for-track ''tribute'' albums released to celebrate NEVERMIND, the landmark album by NIRVANA. At least four strike my mind as...

STEEL PANTHER – BALLS OUT (Album Review)

A lot of people have said that STEEL PANTHER ''would've been huge'' had they hit the scene within the mid-late 80's hair metal boom. While entirely possible,...

MIKE PATTON – THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS (Music From The Film and Inspired By the Book) Review

I am indeed one of ''those people.'' Yes, ''those people'' that rabidly look forward to the release of anything involving FAITH NO MORE/TOMAHAWK/FANTOMAS/MR. BUNGLE/LOVEAGE/MONDO CANE/PEEPING TOM/countless...

DUB TRIO – IV (Album Review)

DUB TRIO's IV is easily one of my favorite records of 2011. Packing 40-minutes of music into a 9-track package, IV is a freight train of sound that...

EVILE – FIVE SERPENT’S TEETH (Album Review)

I've been sitting on a copy of FIVE SERPENT'S TEETH, the third album from UK thrashers EVILE since early September and almost feel a bit bad that...

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – AMERICAN CAPITALIST (Album Review)

If they didn't make it clear on 2009's WAR IS THE ANSWER, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are a divisive outfit when it comes to their sonic merits....

Mattel buys HIT Entertainment – makers of THOMAS THE TRAIN, BOB THE BUILDER, more…

My daughter loves most of the shows put out by UK-based HIT Entertainment, and currently aired here in the U.S. on SPROUT. There's FIREMAN SAM, BOB THE...

Make your own PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE at home for Halloween…

As a big fan of Starbucks' Annual Pumpkin Spice Latte (or just about anything pumpkin this time of year), I've been hunting for the...

LOU REED & METALLICA – LULU (Album Review)

Unsettling and uneasy would be two words to describe LULU, the forthcoming collaborative effort between former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman LOU REED and ''Big 4'' topliners METALLICA. The...

FORREST DAY – Self-Titled (Album Review)

One of 2011's best albums arrived here completely unexpected and unsolicited a few weeks back. The self-titled debut from FORREST DAY was released this...

Jeffrey NOTHING – THE NEW PSYCHODALIA (Album Review)

With THE NEW PSYCHODALIA (out this week via Suburban Noize Records), MUSHROOMHEAD's JEFFREY NOTHING brings listeners his first full-length solo effort. A few years in the...

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