Album Reviews

For over 35 years, Killing Joke has constantly managed to reinvent their sound without losing their identity. Once a pivotal figure in the late 70s English post-punk underground, their influence later took on a life of its own, proving just as resonant with My Bloody Valentine as it was with …

Score: 9/10 URLs: Website | Facebook | Twitter Coming back to the hard rock scene after a long hiatus, NoMara released their new EP …And So It Begins earlier this year. The five-track EP is just enough to whet the appetite of patient fans and ensnare the attention of new listeners. NoMara is a …

Episode IV is the title of the newest EP of Nashville’s own The Hollywood Kills and contains five songs that encompass various rock types. The Hollywood Kills is a four piece band that started in 2006 and comprises Brent Powelson as vocalist and guitarist, Cody Wilson also on guitar, Preston …

The band Spill have released their self-titled EP through indie label Broken World Media. listening to these songs it’s immediately obvious  that this group’s sound can not be pinned down to one specific genre. Spill plays what they like without the pretence to fit into one style. Originating from Pennsylvania, …

  It’s a very rare thing to find an album that is start to finish a musical masterpiece, but Jeremy and the Harlequins debut LP American Dreamer checks off all the boxes. Catchy, cool, retro inspired, and quality musicianship all help to make it one of the best releases of …

Score: 10/10 URLs: MySpace | Facebook | Twitter Get ready for the no-holds-barred New Years Day album, Malevolence, available now through Another Century Records. This album is sure to climb into the top ranks of any hard rock fan’s “most repeated CDs” list with undeniably high-octane riffs and powerful raw vocals. New …

A retrospective covering the Sunset Strip music scene of mid 1980s Los Angeles would feel incomplete without inclusion of W.A.S.P. Best known for such hits as “Wild Child,” “I Wanna Be Somebody,” and “L.O.V.E. Machine,” the band exuded an identity that kept them in a league all their own. While …

  Nonsense, the solo E.P. from Texas native Grace Castañeda, under the name Leave the Former, is dark and rich and captures the emotional and physical turmoil she experienced working in Germany for three years at an international record label. A once dream job turned nightmare fueled Castañeda to focus …

After twenty years, ten albums and a lifetime worth of travel; Clutch show no signs of slowing down in Psychic Warfare.

Children of Bodom is one of the prototypical bands of the Finnish extreme metal collective. Formed in 1993, the band has long championed some of the distinct sounds of the region’s more extreme musical side. Despite some moderate shifts in tone over their career, as well as the loss of …

  It has been four years since David Cook released an album, but now he’s back with Digital Vein, an LP that allows Cook to explore some new sounds while staying true to his pop/rock self, full of lush ballads and a “wicked” cover. The leading single “Criminals” starts off …

Jeremy Porter and the Tucos – Above the Sweet Tea Line URL: http://www.thetucos.com/ There is nothing subtle about the second full-length album from Jeremy Porter and the Tucos. The urban cowboy assault of Above the Sweet Tea Line rarely lets up off the throttle or the listener’s throat, keeping the …