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Royal Thunder ‘Crooked Doors’ Review: rocky breakup = hard rock bliss. [rating=5] I don’t why some songs can induce the chills. All I can say is that it’s a rare occurrence, but when it happens you know you’ve heard something special. That was my visceral reaction to Time Machine, the powerful opening track to Royal Thunder’s new album […]
The Prodigy ‘The Day Is My Enemy’ Review: veteran dance act brings the noise in grand fashion…but some variety would have been nice. [rating=3] The Prodigy have always been the punks of electronica. Aggressive, brattish and abrasive, they created a carefully tailored sonic assault that has won them millions of fans and made them one of the few […]
Stream The Prodigy’s New Album ‘The Day Is My Enemy’: band is streaming aggressive new release on iTunes Radio. Techno titans The Prodigy will be releasing their new album The Day is My Enemy on March 30th. The band is giving fans a free preview of the material all this week via iTunes radio. Click here […]
Albums Revisited: Depeche Mode’s Violator Turns 25: a look at back the 25th anniversary of an album that turned a synth-pop group into an arena rock band. Depeche Mode’s Violator celebrates its 25th anniversary on March 19th. And to fully understand that 1990 album’s definitive impact, one has to rewind the clock back to 1988. The […]
Well time flies when you’re having fun they say…which is why it seems crazy that Smells Like Infinite Sadness celebrates its third birthday today! This blog has been a labor of love, a bit of trial and error, and a sounding board for all my pop culture obsessions…and it appears to be paying off. When […]
Torche’s Steve Brooks Talks New Album ‘Restarter’: Torche frontman discusses intense new album and 2015 tour in our exclusive interview. One of the beautiful aspects of Torche is their lack of easy classification. Sure they’re heavy, but they’re not exactly metal. Yes they’re catchy, but in quirky hard to define ways. It’s this indefinable quality that has […]
Albums Revisited: Radiohead’s The Bends Turns 20: a look back at one of the most revered sophomore albums of all time. On March 13th, Radiohead’s sophomore album The Bends will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Besides making me feel ancient, it’s also a time to reflect on that album’s legacy, and how it stacks up against Radiohead’s […]
Faith No More are set to release their new single Superhero this month on vinyl and digital. And the band just debuted the track via YouTube. Check it out below: Bassist Billy Gould discussed the new track’s meaning on Marvel Comics official website: “Superhero” actually just started from the sound of the song, where it has […]
Listen to Thom Yorke’s UK Gold Soundtrack featuring Massive Attack and Elbow: film chronicles British tax evasion scandal. UK Gold is a controversial film diving into the hot button issue of tax evasion in Great Britain. And it has a vocal advocate: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, who has scored the project with assistance from Massive Attack’s […]
Torche ‘Restarter’ Review: band takes their sweet, stoner sound to new heights. [rating=5] When describing the sound of Miami metallers Torche, the main conceit is that the band varies effortlessly between sugary upbeat rockers and stoner sludge anthems, sounding at times like two different bands with competing approaches. But as the band’s sound has evolved, those two […]