Album Reviews

Adam Sherman Band Fuse Elements Of Blues, Soul, Alternative And More On Solid Sorrows and Smiles

Anyone sick of the “We’ve said this before but we’re saying it again…” kind of intro? Well, it’s happening again so if it’s not your bag then kindly skip to the next blurb and we’ll meet you there in a sec? Some of you still here? Great! Anywho, we love [...]

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bad//verb Get Especially Rambunctious, A Little Experimental On Violent Year

Violent Year, the latest release from bad//verb, just might be our favorite release from the Boston Gen X Cringe trio yet! And here’s why…

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A Metal AOTY Contender Already? If We’re Talking Glasgow Grin From Full House Brew Crew Then That’d Be A Huge “Hells Yes!”

Let it be known that we had high hopes for this one the instant lead single “No Gods, No Chains” came across ye olde digital desk last Fall. We hyped it even more in our just released 2026 preview (Read it here!) after hearing only a few singles to the [...]

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Next Up! The Rock And Roll Fables Guide To 26 Artists, 26 New Works Of Art. In 2026.

We do this to ourselves every year! When will we learn?!?! The “this” in question is procrastinate which ALWAYS results in a) releases we initially put on here being irrelevant and b) new releases coming to light and oftentimes resulting in some list restructuring. Regarding this particular post, there were [...]

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SkyTigers Combine All The Heavy Things (Punk! Thrash! Hardcore! METAL!) For The Chaotic Catharsis Of …Injustice For All

What are they putting in the Lowell water??? If we don’t say it enough already, what a scene! And the latest release from SkyTigers will not do anything to dissuade the constant glaze out of us at least as they deliver a ferocious new LP that’s concise, crushing and oddly [...]

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KMFDM Rediscover Their Inner Industrial, Deliver Dynamic 24th LP ENEMY

Never count KMFDM out, okay? For example, even as longtime fans we found ourselves a tad wary when it came to the upcoming ENEMY release as that usual excitement that accompanied an unexpected announcement of new music from one of our favorite Electro/Industrial artists yielded nothing more than a whimper [...]

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