Best Music Review

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...

  Mark my words. When future music historians look back at the the career of Swiss sci-fi-toned stoner, heavy rockers, Feuerzeug , they'...

Folk music is just that - the music of common folk.  The life of the vagabond, wanderer, hobo, itinerant farm worker, equipped with an old a...

This is a column I've been wanting to start for a long time . . . and a very different column in the life of The Ripple Effect. In my of...

As usual, the latest EP from instrumental post-metal (whatever that means!) pros, Pelican, exhibits a vast harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary ...

“Did you talk to the guy Penfold?” “You mean the wizened old metal head who hangs out down by the arts district?” “Yeah, the old head.  Did ...

Every now and then the rock gods breathe a pleased sigh of satisfaction and bestow an absolute sonic gem on our collective earholes.  The la...

Living here in the great Pacific Northwest means that I live close by to some great music put out by some great bands.  Christian Mistress i...

Deep breathe now, mates, prepare yourselves. My name is Gorgeous Nightmare, and I......am a One Directioner. I do not deny it, I love One Di...

Entertaining. Mesmerizing. Awesome. These three words best describe one of the most entertaining musical artists to emerge in recent years, ...

“This is the soundtrack to your worst nightmare: Life”.  So says the press release accompanying this album from French black metallers H...

Mixing drums, piano, acoustic guitars and strings, And a bit of poetry and philosophy with emotion, Marc Robillard’s sophomore EP brings We...

The Vinyl Stitches - Beautiful Mistake, Panther Sex b/w I Said Alright, Runaway Baby Coming from Death Pop Records, those fine purveyors of ...