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SIN-ATRA – The metal tribute to FRANK SINATRA (Album Review)

Music Reviews
What a shame. A concept with vast potential is met with poor execution to equal a sonic travesty... When I first mentioned back in January that there...

Exclusive: Embracing life with THE BLACK DOTS OF DEATH – a conversation with M. SHAWN CRAHAN (SLIPKNOT)

Music
One of the most daunting tasks for any artist is the inevitable media rounds prior to the release of an album. Pre-release interviews, conversations...

YELLOWCARD – WHEN YOU’RE THROUGH THINKING, SAY YES (Album Review)

Music Reviews
Nearly a decade ago, I recall seeing a private performance by YELLOWCARD in a non-descript ballroom hidden deep within the bowels of Caesar's Palace in Las...

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – THE BEST OF (Album Review)

Music Reviews
It's always awkward when a beloved band switches labels mid-career, only to see their former label release a greatest hits set on or about the same...

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA (Album Review)

Music Reviews
It would be impossible to discuss the collective works of the Brothers Cavalera without making comparisons to their vast, yet very similar other works....

BLACKGUARD – FIREFIGHT (Album Review)

Music Reviews
When a melodic death metal band chooses a name that could represent a character from either DUNGEONS & DRAGONS or WARHAMMER, you have a...

THE STROKES – ANGLES (Album Review)

Music Reviews
I was working for the now-defunct Sam Goody a decade ago when THE STROKES burst onto the scene with their now-classic album IS THIS...

ANTHONY JESELNIK – SHAKESPEARE (Archive Comedy Review)

Comedy Reviews
Originally Published March 21, 2011For those that caught the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump last week, many were wondering just who the hell ANTHONY JESELNIK was when...

TRUSTcompany – DREAMING IN BLACK AND WHITE (Album Review)

Music Reviews
With a quick rise and fall marked by a pair of Geffen-released albums, Alabama'sTRUSTcompany quickly dropped off the mainstream radar, announcing a hiatus in the...

AMON AMARTH – SURTUR RISING (Album Review)

Music Reviews
AMON AMARTH have had the Viking corner of the death metal world on lock for years, and with the release of SURTUR RISING (out March 29th via Metal Blade),...

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE – CELESTIAL COMPLETION (Album Review)

Music Reviews
Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Nuclear meltdowns. If the Mayans were correct in ending their calendar with the presumption that the world will end in 2012, then...

SOUNDGARDEN – LIVE ON I-5 (Album Review)

Music Reviews
When the Seattle titans from SOUNDGARDEN reunited in 2010 for a string of live dates that included a stop at Lollapalooza in Chicago, many...
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