Music Reviews

Review: BARENAKED LADIES – GRINNING STREAK

Music ReviewsJune 4, 2013

Nearly ten years ago (it was October of 2003), I stood inside a dimly-lit ballroom at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas amongst a group...

CLUTCH – EARTH ROCKER (Album Review)

Music ReviewsApril 13, 2013

I'm late on this one. In fact, I think it's the first time in several album cycles that there's been a new CLUTCH record...

OTEP – “Hydra” (Album Review)

Music ReviewsJanuary 23, 2013

In one of my past lives as a music writer, I might've spent a great deal of time breaking down the sonic content of...

The Company Band – Pros & Cons EP (Review)

Music ReviewsJuly 31, 2012

When the members of a band come from such groovalistic heavy rockers as CLUTCH, FU MANCHU, CKY, and FIREBALL MINISTRY, it's a safe bet...

The Dirty Heads – Cabin by the Sea (Album Review)

Music ReviewsJuly 26, 2012

Having covered THE DIRTY HEADS at length on the last site I worked for, I've long-respected the band while not necessarily getting into them....

Celldweller – WISH UPON A BLACKSTAR (Album Mini-Review)

Music ReviewsJune 12, 2012

Through seemingly countless mini-releases and live configurations over the past few years, Klayton - the multi-hyphenate musician/performer best known as CELLDWELLER - has been...

MAROON 5 – SONGS ABOUT JANE 10th Anniversary Edition (Album Review)

Music ReviewsJune 5, 2012

Has it been 10 years already? It's hard to imagine, but I guess it has. When MAROON 5 first burst onto the scene with...

Melvins Lite – FREAK PUKE (Album Review)

Music ReviewsJune 4, 2012

It's not the thunderous twin-drummer assault that the MELVINS have been bringing for the past few years, but MELVINS LITE (Guitarist Buzz Osborne, Drummer...

ROCK OF AGES (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review)

Music ReviewsJune 4, 2012

It's jarring to hear a shortened arrangement of GUNS N' ROSES ''Paradise City'' with vocals performed by Tom Cruise without visual accompaniment. That was...