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Eagles of Death Metal Release New Song ‘Complexity’: John Homme marks return to side project with new track ‘Complexity’. Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme surprised Eagles of Death Metal fans by popping up onstage at a gig in Paris last week. And now his return to his side project is complete: today the group […]
The Melvins with Le Butcherettes at The Mohawk Review: a grand evening of syrupy thick riffs and rhythmic whiplash on their Chaos As Usual tour. [rating=5] Those who like it loud, heavy and weird were in heaven at Austin’s The Mohawk last night. Sludge metal titans The Melvins’ heady, trippy riffage felt perfectly in tune […]
Flesh For Lulu’s Nick Marsh dead at 53: underrated rocker dies after cancer battle. Nick Marsh, frontman for 80’s new wave group Flesh For Lulu and world music group The Urban Voodoo Machine, passed away from a long bout with cancer on Friday. He was 53 years old. Marsh wasn’t a household name, but he […]
Faith No More Albums Ranked From Worst To Best: the ultimate ranking of an “epic” discography. Has there ever been a band as hard to categorize as Faith No More? While they’re best known for their rap-rock hit Epic, that song doesn’t even begin to cover all their other musical tastes. The band have mixed and matched […]
Royal Thunder Holy Mountain Concert Review: rockers turn in a sultry set on a mild Texas night. [rating=5] Just a few short months after their high-profile SXSW appearance, Atlanta hard rockers Royal Thunder returned to Austin for a set at Holy Mountain this past Sunday. Following the vintage 80’s NWOBHM riffage of Houston’s Venomous Maximus, […]
Faith No More’s long-awaited comeback album Sol Invictus has reached wide critical acclaim (including this site) and it’s clear their fan base has been receptive. The band’s first release since 1998 landed at #6 on the American Billboard charts (and $14 on their top 100, #1 on Billboard’s Hard Music and Independent Album charts and #2 on […]
The Melvins The Bulls & The Bees/Electroretard Review: dual release of band’s 2001/2012 efforts go swimmingly well together. [rating=5] Following on the heels of 2014’s excellent Butthole Surfers collaboration Hold It In, The Melvins have another treat in store for longtime fans. On June 2nd, 2015 Ipecac Recordings will be jointly reissuing the band’s 2001 […]
The Darkness ‘Last Of Our Kind’ Review: Hard rocking Brits return with their most diverse work to date. [rating=4] We should be doing things that are challenging in the sense that people can’t tell if we’re serious or not…there’s a line, and when we’re doing our best stuff, we’re walking directly along that line. So said […]
20 Best David Letterman Alternative Musical Performances: counting down the best alt-rock musical guests over The Late Show hosts’ 33 year career. On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, CBS’s The Late Show with David Letterman will be signing off. The veteran comic host may still be entertaining us in some form or fashion, but his retirement from the late night talk show […]
Faith No More ‘Sol Invictus’ Review: Alternative rock iconoclasts return proudly unbowed. [rating=4] To say Faith No More’s comeback album Sol Invictus is highly anticipated is an understatement. It’s their first album in nearly two decades. To put that into perspective, their previous release (1997’s Album of the Year) came out when people still used beepers, […]