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Our industrious scribe and master of metal, Odin, was tied up and couldn't get his list done earlier.  But we have it now, and wanted to...

What started out five years ago as a forum for two music lovers to share their obsession with obscure/little-heard rock music, has grown a...

It's way past time to give Lonely Kamel some Ripple love.  I was mesmerized by their last album, Blues for the Dead on Transubstans Re...

My Plastic Sun - Silicone Junkie (digital) A while back I espoused my love for the late '80's purveyors of darkened psychedelia, The...

Or: why the "change" pocket in cargo shorts is truly, genuinely great and useful: Said pocket holds an iPod nano nearly perfectly,...

What? New Malice? New songs? New takes on old songs as well? O.k. before you read more please be aware that I was a malice fan from way back...

I stood staring out the open door, watching the earth move 15,000 feet below me. I'd taken many a dive before, so I had no reason to be ...

In the world of rock n' roll, there's a lot of crappy bands, a few good bands, and fewer great bands. However, every now and then th...

The first time I heard the phrase “Nine Pound Gun” was when I was partridge and pheasant hunting near the Madison River in Montana.  As we p...

As of the date of my submission, there's no downloadable content available from Sleep. Which means I have to stream it to hear it at all...

This is one of the easiest reviews I'll ever get to write. Cortez is one of my favorite contemporary bands playing mid-tempo heavy rock...

Tenacity and perseverance…two of the most essential personality traits to have as a rock musician in this day and age. As the old saying goe...

Teramaze sound like dream theater with some balls. True to thrash form they unleash plenty of staccato riffing but temper that steel with so...

I’ve been a fan of Michael Amott for a while now.  He certainly has all the death metal cred he needs, having formed Arch Enemy back in 1996...

Acephalix' last full-length, Interminable Night, was my no. 7 album of last year, so I was excited to hear this one. It's very simil...

Only a real friend will send you Pussy in the mail. Thankfully I have such a friend in Racer. He could have been greedy and kept the Pussy...

 Great news waveriders.  This amazing album, and the entire Freak Kitchen catalog, is being reissued by Lasers Edge.  Land of Freaks is rele...

  Black Earth.  Dwell on the words for a second.  Imagine it.  Inhale it.  Feel it in your hands. Black.  Rich.  Pungent.  Dirty.  Fertile. ...

Different column today, but I wanna share something pretty darn cool. If you're like me and travel quite a bit and listen to a lot of m...

Hailing from the Midwest, (I’ve seen that they are from Kansas and Kansas City, and there is a Kansas City, Kansas, so both could be right),...