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Baroness ‘Stone’ Review: stalwart metallers get expansive and reflective on latest release recorded during the pandemic. Baroness return with Stone (Sept 15, Abraxan Hymns), their first album since 2019’s Gold and Grey, and the group’s first effort without a color in the album title. Recorded at the height of the pandemic, the album sees frontman/primary […]
Valkyrie ‘Fear’ Review: Virginia rockers hit hard rock bravura on latest release. Featuring the brother duo of Mike (vocalist guitarist) and Pete Adams (guitarist, formerly of Baroness), Valkyrie have been forging a sturdy mix of hard rock with elements of southern rock and stoner metal ever since the early aughts. The group return with Fear, […]
The 19 Best Rock and Metal Albums of 2019: saying farewell to a great year for music as this decade comes to a close. Welp, it’s hard to believe that we’re not only about to say goodbye to 2019, but also to the decade. It has been a very strange, stressful year (and let’s face […]
Baroness ‘Gold and Grey’ Review: southern act sheds its metal skin in exchange of emotive anthems and experimental textures. Baroness have slowly made an arc from a band associated with Southern sludge metal to something more vast and harder to define. Beginning with 2012’s double album Yellow and Green, they’ve embraced elements of 90s alternative […]
Red Fang ‘Only Ghosts’ Review: West coast metal act rock with refined fury on new Ross Robinson produced release. [rating=4] Portland, Oregon’s Red Fang have carved their own distinct hybrid of metal: a healthy mix of sludge and stoner with a dash of heavy 90s-era alternative rock thrown in for good measure. And their latest release, […]
Baroness ‘Purple’ Review: Band reemerge three years after a harrowing bus crash, renewed with a razor-sharp focus. [rating=5] Back in 2012, Baroness were ready to take on the world thanks to their acclaimed double album Yellow and Green. But their promotional tour was derailed by a near fatal bus crash. The injuries took their toll: drummer […]
Well the wait is over! The official 2013 Lollapalooza lineup has been announced and it’s making me itch to head back to Chicago. The announcement came earlier than expected due to a leak, but it appears this has been confirmed as the real deal. Headliners include New Order (read my recent album review), the newly […]
The 2013 lineup for Bonnaroo, the annual music festival has been announced. It looks a typically diverse, all-encompassing bill for the summer music festival held in Manchester, Tennessee. Some of the headliners include Paul McCartney and Tom Petty , recent Grammy winners Mumford and Sons, Bjork, The XX and comedian Daniel Tosh. Other acts that […]
*New Baroness release “Yellow and Green” adds elements of 90’s alternative rock to their sludge metal sound [rating=4] If you’ve read my blog for a while now, you know that I think most modern music sucks, and lament the lack of heavy rock with a bit of melody. It’s either anemic pop or cookie […]
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 Lineup Announced After weeks of speculation, the Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 lineup has been announced, and like years past it looks like a good one. With a diverse bill that includes everyone from iconic hip hop acts like Run DMC and De La Soul, post punk stalwarts PiL (let’s hope […]
