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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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

THE MISFITS – THE DEVIL’S RAIN (Album Review)

There's a segment of listeners loyal to the old-school lineup of THE MISFITS that are really going to hate THE DEVIL'S RAIN. It's definitely...

BLINK-182 – NEIGHBORHOODS (Album Review)

For those curious as to why I'm throwing down some thoughts on a high-profile album like BLINK-182's NEIGHBORHOODS a week after it's release -...

NEW FOUND GLORY – RADIOSURGERY (Album Review)

When I first called 2011 "The Year that Pop Punk Strikes Back!" this past February, there were some people that threw up a middle finger...

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS – ZOMBIFIED (Album Review)

Gather 'round boils and ghouls! The 1998 Australia-only EP from SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS has been expanded to a full album, and is now available...

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