Category: Rock
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Back in 2014 ex-L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns played at a Keith Moon and Jon Entwistle tribute show alongside Poison drummer Rikki Rocket and Cinderella bassist Eric Brittingham. The three had great chemistry and decided to start a band together. Rikki suggests they check out his singer friend Brandon Gibbs, who Eric previously played with…
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If you want to avoid a headache, you should probably avoid reading this review. You see, this is the most confusing — if not even slightly controversial — album Bon Jovi has ever released. First of all, Jon Bon Jovi and camp keep calling it a “fan album,” stating that their next album will be…
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The band Dead Letter Circus immediately reminds me of is Silverchair — and not just because they’re both from Australia. And I’m not talking about Silverchair’s early work when they were more or less a Nirvana clone. I’m talking about Silverchair’s last three albums (Neon Ballroom, Diorama and Young Modern), all truly brilliant and eclectic…
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Meliora is the third full-length album by Swedish rockers Ghost. The title is the Latin adjective meaning “better,” so it should come as no surprise that this is Ghost’s best album to date. Recently, Ghost unveiled their new frontman Papa Emeritus III, who just so happens to sound like Papa Emeritus II and Papa Emeritus…
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The first time I heard Dead Lord from Sweden I was mighty perplexed. This was largely because they’re on Century Media Records, who typically release music that’s extremely heavy and entirely modern, two things you couldn’t exactly accuse Dead Lord of being. But by the time I finished listening to their new album, Heads Held…
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Since releasing their debut single, “Zoo Fly,” back in June, Sydney’s Green Buzzard have been lighting up the blogosphere like a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, they’ve received accolades from the likes of The Guardian and NME. Recently, their cover of Tobias Jesso Jr’s “Hollywood” was our #songoftheday and Tobias himself took to social…
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MAXIMUM GIRL POWER!
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If you liked Rilo Kiley, you’ll fall deeply in love with this one…
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THE BATTLE FOR PHILADELPHIA… THE CITY OF “BROTHERLY LOVE” GHOST RESCHEDULE CONCERT IN WAKE OF COINCIDING PHILADELPHIA PAPAL VISIT [MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY] We wish to inform you that due to Frankie’s visit next month in Philadelphia, we received a letter informing us that Ghost fans would not be able to use public transportation or…
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There’s upbeat and then there’s UPBEAT. Bleachers’ “Like a River Runs” is definitely the latter with its ferocious, hard-hitting drums that gallop along like wild horses. But it’s not horses but the “rhythm of a wild heart” that drives this indie/pop rock gem, which sounds like it could’ve been on Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the…
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If you were only a fan of “I Believe In A Thing Called Love,” the mega-hit single from Permission To Land, the debut album by The Darkness, then all I can say is that you’ve missed some incredible hard rock ‘n’ roll since then. To that end, their new album, Last of Our Kind, would…
