Faith No More is one of the most influential rock or heavy metal bands. That much is clear! But the group’s wackiness and musical proficiency didn’t always receive the praise it deserved.
Yeah, sure, “Epic” was a gigantic hit. And the…
Motörhead and its leader, Lemmy Kilmister, were created for just one purpose – to celebrate all that was good, nasty and vital about rock n’ roll. Some bands don’t make the same album twice. Motorhead, arguably, never made more than one kind of…
Our Escape and Múnro Reviewed
February 3, 2025
Our Escape – Thoughts and Prey
War is the most abhorrent thing that humans have ever invented. And, boy, didn’t we work hard to perfect our atrocities? We’re so used to it that you’ll find people saying that it’s inevitable. And, once every few years…
I See Ghøsts - “Goddamn Fine” Reviewed
January 26, 2025
Who would’ve thought that rock would become one of the few styles of modern music to talk to you on the level of how things actually are? To say that rock has always been a soundtrack for protest is to narrow its importance. But it’s not completely untrue.
The…
VIDA and Stale Reviewed
January 22, 2025
VIDA – Jump in Whole
There’s a kid right now in a bedroom somewhere that’s just created a barricade around the front door. Whenever that kid’s able to keep the mom and dad from entering by brute force, whenever they’re able to avoid doing homework, eating…
KIllJoy and Burning Leaf Reviewed
December 13, 2024
KIllJoy – Violence Cookie
Rock n’ roll has been cleaning up its image for years. Its biggest stars are no longer on the back pages of greasy news rags being photographed stumbling through the streets at four in the morning. Nowadays, the biggest stars are…
Raised on Candy and Alexx Artificial Reviewed
November 26, 2024
Raised on Candy – Nishuane Park
Apart from bar brawls and black metal, nothing grows out of noise. In fact, everything develops from silence and through it. Nowhere is that more obvious than in good music. In fact, the very best songs, modern or classics, have…
Deer Fang and The Cause Of Depression Reviewed
November 11, 2024
Deer Fang – Low Tide
Not all the stereotypes about people who listen to rock music are true. Your typical middle-of-the-road movie, as most of them are these days, will have no shame in showing a scene in which a rocker with long, dirty hair and bizarre opinions…
Goro and INTERCONTINEN7AL Reviewed
September 21, 2024
Goro – Emperor Prophet
Most of the bands that try to do too much end up doing much at all. The idea of crafting songs that go from one musical style to another sounds appealing. But in reality, other than The Beatles and Ween, it’s not something that too many…