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SLIS’s 15 Best Rock Albums of 2015: the best metal and alternative rock albums of the year. Last week I covered the 25 best rock songs of 2015, and now it’s time to celebrate the best albums of the year. As always I pride myself on sticking to rock oriented releases in a sea of pop nonsense, […]
SLIS’s 25 Best Rock Songs of 2015: counting down the most rocking tunes of the year. It’s just a few weeks until we say goodbye to 2015 (really?), so that means its time to break our best-of lists, starting off with the best rock tracks of the year. Here’s my favorite 25 from the worlds of alternative, […]
Levitation 2016 Announces Official Lineup: the festival formerly known as Austin Psych Fest announces a sterling lineup for 2016. Today the organizers behind Austin, Texas Levitation Festival announced its official 2016 lineup, and its a impressive mix of classic psychedelia , shoegaze, drone metal and more. Headlining the bill will be Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson who will be performing […]
The SLIS 2015 Geek Holiday Gift Guide UPDATED with Cyber Monday Deals!! Welcome to the third and final installment of the SLIS 2015 Holiday Gift Guide: Geek Gift Edition! There’s a lot of amazing, geek-tastic Christmas offerings this year, and I’ve handpicked the best in sci-fi, superheroes and other nerdy holiday offerings from Amazon, Thinkgeek, Modcloth and Entertainment […]
SLIS Holiday Gift Guide: Best 2015 Blu-ray and DVD Box Sets: the must-have home movie and TV special edition X-mas presents. UPDATED: New Cyber Monday deals highlighted in red!! Hello and welcome to the second installment of the 2015 SLIS Holiday Gift Guide (click here for our music box set edition). Here I’ve assembled a list of […]
The Melvins ‘Across The USA in 51 Days: The Movie!’ Review: Sludge-lords document their (almost) record-breaking American tour. [rating=4] Back in 2012, Sludge-metal icons The Melvins attempted a Guinness World Record: to play 50 states in 51 days (+Washington DC). While the title apparently belongs to George Thorogood (who claims he did it first, others cite singer Kevin Montgomery), the group […]
SLIS Holiday Gift Guide: Best Music Box Sets of 2015-our picks for this year’s coolest music box sets and rock music specialty items. UPDATED: Cyber Monday deals highlighted in red! The holiday season is officially upon us, and there is no shortage of awesome gift choices for the rock music fan in our life. I’ve […]
Ween Reunite For 2016 Colorado Concerts: alt-rock’s finest musical mischief makers to reform for a pair of concerts in 2016. Millions of Ween fans prayers to Lord Boognish have finally been answered: Ween are officially reuniting. The unique musical duo of Dean and Gene Ween (aka Mickey Melchiondo, Jr and Aaron Freeman) will rejoin forces for a pair of concerts […]
Top 21 Best Alternative Rock Compilation Albums: the most essential greatest hits, B-side collection and rarities compilations in alt-rock. This month two classic 1985 compilation albums turn 30: ‘Catching up with Depeche Mode’ (on Nov.11th) and Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Songs to Learn and Sing’ (Nov. 15th). That got me thinking: in some cases, greatest hits collections, non-album single comps, and b-side/rarities albums […]
Hey all, if you see less output on my blog over the next seven days, it’s because I’m covering Fantastic Fest 2015 on Examiner.com (via my horror movie column.) I’ll be barraged by all the latest in sci-fi and horror, so if you’re into that, be sure to read my column for a ton of reviews, interviews and festival coverage. I’ll […]