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NOTAR – DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND (Album Review)

It was nearly a year ago that I first took to this space to share my thoughts on the self-titled debut EP from NOTAR. We've welcomed...

9/11: The Music of September 11, 2001 – A Massive Day for Music, yet one with eerie elements…

September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday - the day that new releases traditionally hit the streets for public consumption. It also happened to be...

DRIVE – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album Review)

There's an early-80's disco feel to the handful of songs provided to accompany the score to Filmdistrict's DRIVE. Having not yet viewed the film...

HANK3 – ATTENTION DEFICIT DOMINATION (Album Review)

It would be easy to imagine a mid-1970's van with some sweet landscape painted on the side, sitting ominously alone in a parking lot...

HANK3 – 3 BAR RANCH CATTLE CALLIN’ (Album Review)

There's beauty in the fact that sometimes you get to do certain things just because you can. For Shelton Hank Williams III, that means...

HANK3 – GHOST TO A GHOST/GUTTERTOWN (Double Album Review)

I'd imagine it would be hard to entirely avoid making country music if your name was HANK WILLIAMS III. But, with more than 50% of the...

MonstrO – Self-titled (Archive Album Review)

On the surface it's easy to see why so many people are considering Atlanta's MonstrO to be just another solider in an army of classic rock...

FANTOMAS – THE DIRECTOR’S CUT LIVE: A NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION (DVD Review)

My unabashed love of FANTOMAS has made its way into the virtual pages of my writing on more than a few occasions, specifically for that of...

Anthrax – WORSHIP MUSIC (Archive Album Review)

Choosing the words with which to describe my feelings about WORSHIP MUSIC (order now on iTunes), the long-awaited and severely-overdue new album from ANTHRAX has proved challenging....

Gardening Project: Grandparents’ Antique Washtubs become Fall Planters

For the past two years I've been telling people that my first job is that of being a a father - The Rock Father - to...

PUDDLE OF MUDD – RE:(DISC)OVERED (Album Review)

Cover sets are a great way for bands to fill the gap between studio albums while connecting with listeners to and old to bond...

COUNTING CROWS – AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER: LIVE AT TOWN HALL (Blu-Ray/CD Review)

It's been nearly 18 years since COUNTING CROWS released their wildly-successful Geffen Records debut, AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER. While the album would go platinum...

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