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The Amplifier Heads Ready The Rawk On Mega Musical Masterpiece Super 8

We’re not sure there’s going to be another record that captures the spirit of the RAWK as much as Super 8 from Boston’s The Amplifier Heads does this Summer. One listen through Super 8 and Cheap Trick comes to mind. As does The Boss. And early Bryan Adams as well. If you want closer to […]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 3 (4.18.14)

Oh my, the riffs! It’s as if Karma To Burn finally found the right vocalist, added some Hermano soul and a touch of Clutch’s Southern fried rawk. That’s Pet The Preacher. They rule all and you’d be a fool not to sit up and pay attention. The Cave & The [...]

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“Destroy My Love” will not ‘destroy’ your love of Those Mockingbirds!

Didja get a chance to check out Those Mockingbirds when they hit New England last month? No? Then you missed one helluva show AND maybe a chance to catch this little number live. The song is “Destroy My Love” and if it’s even the slightest indicator of what the upcoming [...]

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Jokes! Episode 1: Jasper Redd Jazz Talk

I’m never really sure how to rate a comedy album. Do you judge it on the content? On the flow? Or do you go by how many times an album makes you laugh? How hard you laugh? Does a giggle get a lower grade? A chuckle a higher one? What [...]

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Chevelle, La Gargola: Album Review

  As I tackle listening to the new Chevelle – I mean really listening to it on a pair of headphones – I start to hear something worth talking about on album #7 from the Chicago trio. If one were to go back to 1999, when the band first dropped [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 2 (3.29.14)

At seven albums in, Lacuna Coil continue to grow so it should comes as no surprise that Broken Crown Halo pushes the band even further. Just when fans think they know who their beloved band is and what they’re capable of, a ferocious song like “Victims” comes along which sees [...]

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Band of Skulls, Himalayan: Album Review

The propulsive march of the lead track that takes charge of Southampton’s Band of Skulls third album is more proof that the U.K. still has some fantastic imports. ‘Asleep at the Wheel,’ is ripe with swagger, squeal, and bluesy abandon – reconciling 70’s power chords across the simplest of lines [...]

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