The much anticipated release of The Damned Things’ first LP, Ironiclast, has had many diehard metal fans stoked and I would venture to say it won’t disappoint. This somewhat unlikely collaboration includes Anthrax’s guitarists Rob Caggiano and Scott...
Remember back about ten years ago when on didn't have to look very hard to find a really good punk rock compilation? It was actually a really cool phenomenon; for the price of just one CD, listeners got the opportunity to sample a bunch of different bands –...
The beauty of the Christmas season is that it is an exciting time of year of course, but it's also right there at the end of the calendar year – so it's almost like the exciting prelude to a whole new beginning. It's the last great party before...
So we're gettin' down to the wire now folks, You know what I'm sayin' – we're comin' up on Christmas. Howzat make ya feel? It's a big time o' year inna music business an' I got a couple of things planned for dis column between...
In 1969, the Doors decided to release a live album, and started recording all their concerts for it. The results were whittled down to the 1970 double album Absolutely Live. Other cuts were eventually released in the 1980s as Alive She Cried. Twenty years later, as the...
Duffy is one of those distinctive voices you either love or hate. She does sound somewhat like a squeak toy, but her vocal style manages to come across as being refreshingly uncommon and full of character. She is identifiable by her voice’s higher pitch, although...
Listening to Flyleaf’s EP, Remember To Live, is a little like sleeping with someone who has an amazing body, but the experience sucks unless you are able to throw a bag over their head. Flyleaf is treading right around the outer edge of the genre that has come to...
Atomic Tom’s second LP, The Moment, is not the sort of record I would expect to hear great things from, but it turned out to be quite good. This Brooklyn-based band has a sound that is substantially influenced by Eighties British pop-rock with a dash of...
Ah, Christmas time. It's a magical time of year when the hearts of children light up in excitement at the possibility of receiving gifts from Santa. It's a magical time of year when the hearts (and pants) of teenagers swell at the thought of spending their...
Jason Bonham brought his Led Zeppelin Experience to the Warfield Theater late last month, and proved that although it's been thirty years since the passing of John Bonham, his music still runs deep in his sons blood, and that this may be the closest those too young...