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WITHIN THE RUINS – OMEN (EP Review)

EP's are back in vogue as a tool to keep thirsty listeners' attention in between full length albums, and WITHIN THE RUINS have successfully...

THE PRODIGY – WORLD’S ON FIRE (Live DVD/CD Review)

For the uninitiated, the thought of a live album and concert film from an electronica act might seem to be a dry affair capturing...

THE MELVINS – SUGAR DADDY LIVE (Album Review)

THE MELVINS won't be picking up any new listeners with the release of SUGAR DADDY LIVE (out May 31, 2011 via Ipecac), but at...

FACE TO FACE – LAUGH NOW, LAUGH LATER (Album Review)

Having first discovered FACE TO FACE in while browsing the bins at countless now-deceased independent record stores in Iowa during my early-90's high school years, I...

LOSING SCARLET – LEARNING TO BLEED (Review)

LOSING SCARLET is one of those musical head-scratchers around these parts. Performing regularly throughout Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, this quartet falls into that catch-all...

FALL OF THE ALBATROSS – ENTANGLEMENT (EP Review)

There's a terrible thing that happens to those like myself that are known for spouting often sarcastic opinions regarding musical entertainment on the internet......

HUGO – OLD TYME RELIGION (Album Review)

In stating that he's "trying to make rock & roll in the age of hip-hop," British-born, Thailand-raised, NYC-based gangsta rocker HUGO could be interpreted as insinuating that...

OTEP – ATAVIST (Album Review)

At first listen, something that becomes very apparent about the new album from OTEPis that it sounds a bit different than the recent recorded output from musical auteur OTEP SHAMAYA and...

BOWLING FOR SOUP – FISHIN’ FOR WOOS (Album Review)

One of the bands mentioned back in February during my 2011: The Year that Pop Punk Strikes Back feature, BOWLING FOR SOUP have positioned themselves as a unique...

MOVITS! – OUT OF MY HEAD (Album Review)

A couple of weeks ago I joked on Facebook that the Swedish Government had officially announced that from here on out, their sole products...

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – THE PARALLAX: HYPERSLEEP DIALOGUES (EP Review)

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has been one of my favorite bands ever since THE SILENT CIRCUS first came to town in 2003. Now, after nearly a...

VOLBEAT – BEYOND HELL/ABOVE HEAVEN (Album Review)

From the stuff we missed for review department comes BEYOND HELL/ABOVE HEAVEN (out now via Universal/Republic), the latest album from Danish rockers VOLBEAT. The follow-up to their 2008 album GUITAR...

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