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Album Review: Morgoth - Ungod (7/10)
Following At the Gates’ 2014 first studio LP in 19 years, fellow European death-metallers Morgoth follow suit with a new record that’s the same number ... -
Album Review: The Sweetwater Hillbillies - On the Road (8/10)
This funky, playful and rambunctious all-star group of songwriters and first-call sidemen (guitarist Travis Wammack, fiddler Donny Carpenter, pianist S.E. Willis and singer/ multi-instrumentalist Shane ... -
Album: Swami John Reis,the Blind Shake - Modern Surf Classics
Score: 9 out of 10 Guitarmeister John Reis (Rocket From The Crypt and Drive Like Jehu) reinvents himself with an amazing set of surf-rockers. Ably ... -
KONGOS at the House of Blues San Diego, Lunatic Tour
KONGOS is finishing out their North American Headlining tour with a few dates throughout the southwest with a three show stop in Southern California, including ... -
Album Review: The Word - Soul Food (10/10)
Robert Randolph and John Medeski once again team up with the Mississippi All Stars for a New York meets Memphis throwdown. Imagine if Booker T. ... -
DIY Spotlight: Aradia
Long before she created her fresh, otherworldly and supremely infectious hybrid “roktronica,” Seattle-based singer/songwriter Aradia was a proud, self-confessed “biggest nerd ever.” She and her ... -
Album Review: Kate Pierson - Guitars and Microphones (Score: 7/10)
Known for her soaring, powerfully fun vocals with the B-52s, Pierson has finally crafted a solo release featuring her familiar, shiny happiness. Although Strokes guitarist ... -
Album Review: Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors (Score: 7/10)
Smoke + Mirrors, the second studio release for alternative rock band Imagine Dragons, is a solid venture into a fusion of several rock subgenres. Spanning ... -
Album Review: Anna Wilson - Jazzbird/Songbird (Score: 8/10)
A few years after her lively duets concept album Countrypolitan, jazz vocalist and renowned country/jazz songwriter Anna Wilson takes the graceful, intimate route on Jazzbird/Songbird, ... -
Album Review: Mark Ronson - Uptown Special (Score: 9/10)
Producer Ronson showcases ferocious juxtapositions, from the antiseptic Steely Dan vibe of “Summer Breaking,” through the nasty funk of “Feel Alright” featuring Mystikal, to the ...
