After 4 years since their last release, the long awaited third album from Sick Puppies is finally out. Connect is kind of a mix of both previous albums (as well as Polar Opposite), in which it varies from heavy to soft and demonstrates their versatility as a band. From the opening riff of “Die To Save You,” you know that Sick Puppies don’t mess around. Right from the start, Emma Anzai’s bass smacks you right in the face. The […]
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Monster Magnet, “The Duke:” The Singles Bar Review
…And like a psychedelic trip back into the ethers, Monster Magnet return with another rocket-fueled space rock jam on the album cut, ‘The Duke,’ from their forthcoming album Last Patrol. Following 2010’s Mastermind, this will be the band’s second album on Napalm Records. It’s a mostly acoustic ‘classic rock sounding,’ track with the signature rhythm section holding things together and Dave Wyndorf vocally setting the mood, gradually building the electric guitar solo ante with Phil Caivano and Garrett Sweeney along for the […]
City Of Fire, Trial Through Fire: Album Review
Trial Through Fire is an appropriate title for City Of Fire’s sophomore outing because what started out so pure and filled with so much hope became this lengthy ordeal that resulted in an album that quietly dropped with barely a whimper back in April of this year. The drama aside of a Pledgemusic campaign that launched in 2011 and only just came to fruition in 2013 aside, a whimper is definitely not the kind of sound you’ll be hearing from […]
Fiona Apple, “Hot Knife”: The Viewfinder
Video for Fiona Apple’s “Hot Knife,” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Pelican, “Immutable Dusk”: The Singles Bar Review
Four years is way too long between Pelican full-lengths but if “Immutable Dusk”, the raging seven minute first single off the upcoming Forever Becoming, is but an inkling of what fans can expect when the album drops in October then the wait was definitely worth it. Lurching along uncontrollably, the riff monster of “Immutable Dusk” lumbers along until the four minute forty five mark hits and then this chugging steamroller of riffs gets even more amazing. Seeing as this is […]
Remembering Amy Winehouse: Two Years After Her Death
When news broke two years ago today that Amy Winehouse had died at the age of 27 , it was less shocking than it was just sad . After all, Amy was a singer who burst on the scene in 2007 and created an immediate buzz with “ Rehab ,” a song that would later go on to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year (she won four other awards that year as well). That song seemed to tell you everything you needed to know about Amy, a troubled performer who had problems with drugs, drinking, and the law: “They tried to […]
Vista Chino, “Barcelonian”: The Singles Bar Review
Given the recent legal issues between the band that is now known as Vista Chino and Josh Homme, is it an insult to describe VC’s latest song, “Barcelonian”, off their upcoming Peace album as sounding like Queens of the Stone Age? Because it does. It’s that pure QOTSA that shared a split with Kyuss before their debut full-length. Comparisons aside, though, it’s awesome. Bruno Fevery definitely holds his own and it’s nice to see the young guitarist really let loose […]
New Release Report 7/23/13
I have now realized that to be posting this column weekly I need to be on top of what some of the new releases actually sound like. I’m not sure how I feel about this yet but I’ll take one for the team from time to time because I care about y’all. Selena Gomez is back and better than ever? I don’t know as I’ve never owned an album but I’m sure some Beliebers and non-Beliebers are anxious to pick […]
Metal Monday Volume 132 (7.22.13)
I knew this book was going to be fun when in the opening foreword, co-writer Jon Wiederhorn stated that Uncle Al’s trials and tribulations “makes Motley Crue’s The Dirt look like Goodnight Moon“. And it really, really does! Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen is a must-have for Ministry and rock bio fans because when it comes to Jourgensen, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll isn’t just a saying it’s a way of life. As a longtime fan […]
Pet Shop Boys, Electric: Album Review
It’s not always easy to be objective about a new album release by one of your favorite artists. And I preface this by saying Pet Shop Boys have been one of my favorites, really only second to Prince, since their debut Please in 1986. Don’t let their lack of airplay in the States since the 90’s fool you, PSB have sold over 50 million records worldwide, are the UK’s most successful duo ever, and still consistently make noise in the […]
The Carlton Shuffle, 7/20/13
Now that you’ve sweated through a sweltering mid-July week, let’s cool down with this week’s Carlton Shuffle! As is often the case we’re all over the musical map – new, old, metal, pop, soul, on down the line. Grab a snowcone, and groove!
a.f.i., “I Hope You Suffer:” The Singles Bar Review
So afireinside (known better under all sorts of spelling and capitalization of the letters AFI) are poised to return with their ninth studio album, Burials, out on October 22nd. Davey Havok and the boys have cooked up this dark little ditty called ‘I Hope You Suffer.’ I am digging it and hoping it’s a return to more hollowed ground (i.e. anything circa 2003’s Sing the Sorrow or prior). Tell us what you think in the comments below or on the Popblerd! Facebook page. […]
