RIP Ray Manzarek, 1939-2013
Organist Ray Manzarek has died at the age of 74 following a years-long battle with cancer. Best known for his work with The Doors, Manzarek was a key component in shaping that group’s sound. The Doors are equally embraced and reviled. While certainly overrated in the grand scheme of pop music, they managed to produce a unique aesthetic in their four-year run, which yielded six studio LPs and one live album (supplemented by numerous studio and stage releases following Jim [...]
Metal Monday Volume 123 (5.20.13)
MA heavy rock is alive and well and Second Grave is definitive proof of that. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what bands the members of Second Grave used to be a part of. What matters is what they’re doing now which is completely and utterly fantastic. On their debut album/EP (It’s six songs but three of those hit the eight minute mark), the purveyors of true doom might come off as a female-fronted Sabbath (No, not Hand Of Doom) at first but they [...]
Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 10: Blerd Radio Goes to the Jersey Shore
A brand new, funny, potentially slightly offensive podcast? Yes, please!!
Songs in the Key of Life 34: “Fistful of Tears”
Ever stand in front of a mirror and just stare at yourself for a while? What happened? Did you check out your wonderful/flawed physical features? Did you begin to talk to yourself? Did you sing? I did it just a few days ago and the reflection lacked any type of humor. I realized that I am angry. For mother’s day, my family went to go pay a visit to my mother at her old South Carolina church’s backyard cemetery. My [...]
The Carlton Shuffle, 5/18/13
Better late than never, as they say. Rock out with us in this week’s Carlton Shuffle!
Lo-Pro, Disintegration Effect: Album Review
For a hot second I was tempted to base this review solely on the 30 second clips that were released via Amazon because my faith in Lo-Pro is that high but I felt it would ultimately be a disservice to the band and the body of work. I’m glad I waited though because while the teasers were epic in their own right, the finished product is absolutely jaw dropping. On their third album, the first thing longtime Lo-Pro fans are [...]
My Morning Jacket & Erykah Badu Hop On the Horn & Call “Tyrone”
My Morning Jacket. Erykah Badu. Two great tastes that taste great together.
Rock the Bells Announces 2013 Line Up: Holograms Abound
Eazy and ODB get resurrected for a hip-hop festival.
People Are Talking!