Portland doom-metal duo Fox Medicine craft a very unique and eclectic sound. Combining the harsh, distorted riffs of sludge metal with the bubblegum-sweet vocals that BABYMETAL have made famous creates combination. Their newest album, Procédures Mystiques creates the strange and terrific soundtrack to a pastel apocalypse. The album opens with …
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The last time Detroit rapper Danny Brown released an album (2016’s Atrocity Exhibition), the rap’s funniest star chronicled his downward spiral with drug and alcohol addiction. Three years later, Brown gets a chance to show listeners his growth with uknowhatimsayin¿. The album, full of eclectic beats from executive producer Q-Tip, …
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The last time Iggy Pop released an album (2016’s Post Pop Depression), it was promoted as the punk rock godfather’s last studio album. After nearly fifty years of recording, performing, and touring, Iggy was throwing in the towel and calling it a career. So the context of the previous album …
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The Goo Goo Dolls have been a consistent player in the pop rock game since their formation in 1986. Their 1998 single “Iris” catapulted the band into the mainstream, and alternative rock radio will play that song till the end of time. Unfortunately, twelve albums into their career, Johnny Rzeznik …
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Sweet and sour; the balance of these two conflicting flavors are what Boston alternative rock legends Pixies have been perfecting since frontman Black Francis and guitarist Joey Santiago formed the band back in 1986. The band’s blend of metal, punk, and pop resulted in the band becoming one of the …
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John 5 (aka John Lowery) has been around the block a few times, from touring with cock-rock legend David Lee Roth to playing with late ’90s hard rock kings Marylin Manson and Rob Zombie. John 5 has been a consistent player in the hard rock scene for the past two …
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