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Spooky SZN Sounds: Sacred Skin, Born In Fire

We had to do it. We had to! You listen to the kind Darkwave-tinged Electro that Sacred Skin is making and tell us it doesn’t somewhat fit under the “Spooky SZN Sounds” banner! Also, we were already late to the Sacred Skin party when we came across them early in 2025 and have procrastinated enough […]

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Pleasure Wheel Mix ’70’s-Style Doom And Psychedelia With AlternaGrunge On The World Tour Is Ruined

We will never say “No!” to adding some new Rawk to the accumulated oeuvre that takes up so much digital space across multiple devices in the RNRF offices. And what’s that? New Rawk that’s local to boot?!? Sign. Us. Up. Especially when it comes in the form of The World [...]

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Singles! Tysk Tysk Task, “Toadstool”

Tysk Tysk Task make the kind of music that you long for. From the moment we first dove into sophomore LP You’re Sorry More we heard the kind of music that hits in such a way so that when it finished we couldn’t help but restart from the beginning to [...]

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Singles! The Chelsea Curve, “Rally ‘Round”

Let’s make a deal with y’all: We will stop covering The Chelsea Curve in these pages when The Chelsea Curve stops making music worth covering. Which, we guess, is kind of a rigged deal as we don’t foresee that happening anytime soon (Or ever?) especially if their latest single, “Rally [...]

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Friendship Commanders Get Bigger, Bolder, Fuzzed Out And Furious On Emotionally Charged BEAR

Honestly? We have no idea why we procrastinated on this review as much as we did. Actually, scratch that. We do have an idea. It’s because sometimes, with a very select few records, we want to make sure we get what we’re trying to convey just right. Because the music [...]

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The Fool’s Agenda Conjure A Musical Potpourri Throughout The Wondrous Whimsy Of Fool’s Gold

If you thought you knew what The Fool’s Agenda had to offer based off recent singles “Dumb (Take Me Out)” or “Feel So High” then prepare for a revelation when full-length Fool’s Gold comes calling boasting an aural arsenal that’s not only a potpourri of genres but also a celebration [...]

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Testament Bring A Fiery Metal Fury To Epic 14th Full-Length Para Bellum

There’s always only been one Thrash band for us. Sure, we love Slayer and respect the hell out of Metallica. Megadeth tends to be uneven but still a’ight and while we initially got into the band during the John Bush era (We know!), we’ve grown to love all there is [...]

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