It’s almost impossible for the deftones to make a bad album at this stage of their almost 20-year recorded career. However, it’s not impossible for them to continually raise the bar in heaviness with each album. On the bands seventh album, they have made the most solid and, quite possibly, best album of their career so far. Deftones albums don’t necessarily fall into the metal category all the time. Their benchmark album, White Pony (Which I still think is just […]
Album Reviews
Spin Cycle: Shiny Toy Guns III
Reunited and it feels so good, Shiny Toy Guns are back with their third album, III. See what we have to say!
Metal Monday Volume 95 (11.5.12)
Five songs is all it takes for one to completely fall under the spell of North Carolina’s Irata. On their latest EP, produced by Kylesa’s Phillip Cope, the duo masterfully create a sonic maelstrom of tribal beats and intricate riffs that lay siege to listeners senses. Harkening back to grunge greats like Alice In Chains and Soundgarden (Think Dirt and Badmotorfinger in particular) yet filled with the stuff modern duo’s like Death From Above 1979 and Middle Class Rut bring […]
Spin Cycle: The Coup, Sorry to Bother You
Boots Riley is just as pissed off as ever on “Sorry to Bother You”. Check out our review.
Spin Cycle: Brandy, Two Eleven
Former teen queen Brandy makes a case for adult relevance with her sixth album, “Two Eleven.”
Spin Cycle: Taylor Swift, Red
The patron saint of heartbroken tweens returns with – comparatively – her most adult album yet, “Red”. Popblerd has the review!
Metal Monday Volume 94 (10.29.12)
I don’t have a lot of regrets in my life but one of them is missing the last show that Isis played in Boston due to unforeseen circumstances. Regardless, I still love the band to this day and wear my Isis/Pelican/Tombs limited edition Shirts And Destroy tee from the last show I had the honor of witnessing proudly on a regular basis. Classifying the band as merely “metal” is often a disservice because once you hear them, it’s oh so […]
Spin Cycle: Blood Command, Funeral Beach
It’s rare that albums still come out that make the listener step back and say “Wow!” but that’s exactly the response Blood Command um, command, on their latest Funeral Beach. “Pissed Off And Slightly Offended!” is the perfect start to Funeral Beach. Angry, in your face and very anthemic, it’s a refresher for longtime fans and an awakening for new ones. With three EP’s and one full-length already under their collective belts, Blood Command are by no means novices but with Funeral […]
Spin Cycle: Dwele, Greater Than One
I’m not sure if it would be right to call Dwele an R&B journeyman. Unknown to the average pop fan (a small handful are aware that it’s him singing the hook on Kanye’s “Flashing Lights,”) the Detroit native has nevertheless amassed a solid catalog of albums in nearly a decade of recording. Greater Than One is the singer/songwriter’s sixth effort, and it’s one of the stronger albums in his oeuvre-truthfully, it’s one of the stronger R&B releases of a year […]
Spin Cycle: Concordia, Clarity Of Perception
We’re gonna tell you why Concordia’s Clarity Of Perception is essential to your hard rock collection!
Spin Cycle: The D.O.T., And That
Mike Skinner. The Streets. Rob Harvey. The Music. Together=The D.O.T.