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37 Houses Present A Concept Within A Concept, Explore Relationship Lifestyle Shifts Through Song On When And How It Happened

Concept albums, when not expertly executed, can be a struggle not only to get through as a listener but also to interpret into an enthralling read as a reviewer. Add in for today’s struggle that the band in question, San Francisco’s 37 Houses, is in itself a concept band (More on that soon) and there’s […]

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Jokes! Episode 4: Marc Maron, Thinky Pain

Marc Maron is another comedian/artist that I should be into but never took the chance. Much like Hannibal Buress’ latest (That I recently reviewed here), I finally took the plunge and, boy, am I glad that I did. Besides Maron’s appearance in Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me and a friend [...]

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Slighter invite you to listen to the Science Of Noise on latest.

Like a mixture of cEvin Key’s Download project, The Prodigy, and Massive Attack infused with Front Line Assembly’s immense soundscape, Los Angeles’ Slighter take everything that’s great about electronic music in 2014 to another level on their latest. Drum ‘n’ bass is alive and well in 2014 as almost opener [...]

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King Buzzo goes solo on This Machine Kills Artists!

Worshipped by Nirvana (Thanked by both Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic at Nirvana’s recent HOF induction) and Isis among others, championed by Tool, The Melvins have followed their own rules since day one. Whether bucking trends by incessantly releasing albums whenever they want (Two last year, the trilogy between 1999 [...]

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What’s In A Name? Steak offer up some Corned Beef Colossus on latest EP!

John Garcia recently revealed that he recorded some vocals for a band called Steak. Being a Garcia/Kyuss/Vista Chino/Slo Burn/Hermano fan, the news piqued my interest and I am happy to report that the music world is about to explode once they get a taste of Steak. On their most recent [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 4 (Godflesh, Decline & Fall)

The news on the new Godflesh front was becoming increasingly quiet and I was wondering if A World Lit Only By Fire was ever going to see the light of day. I can only imagine that Godflesh must have sensed my concerns (Obviously!) because not only has their new album [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 3 (Prong, Ruining Lives)

Prong can do no wrong in my book and, to be honest, I’m just happy they still exist because there seemed to be a time where that might not be the case anymore (Happily, that reality is in the distant past). Not only is Prong reinvigorated after 2012’s jaw dropping [...]

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