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Mastodon has released enough records to talk about the band in terms of its lifespan. It hasn’t gone through lineup changes or radically distinct stylistic shifts that might point out good markers to distinguish discrete “phases” of their career. It’sRead more…
Anyone remember that song “Flagpole Sitta” from the 90’s by Harvey Danger? Okay, that was an easy one. How about their critically acclaimed (but criminally overlooked) sophomore album “King James Version” that followed in 2000? Still with me? Do youRead more…
I caught The Bynars during their NXNE set at The Cameron House. I immediately found myself drawing comparisons between them and a fictitious east coast Can-Rock version of Weezer except with more outlandish guitar harmonies and an even nerdier appearanceRead more…
I first heard of Spooky Black aka Lil Spook from Blockhead’s Phat Friend blog in a post aptly titled “Ready to be confused?”. When I later posted the video for Without You to Facebook my brother asked me if myRead more…
Open Mike Eagle has been at it for a while but is relatively fresh to my ears. I had heard his name before but it was not until I picked up Hellfyre Club’s Dorner Vs Tookie mixtape that I heardRead more…
Sapient of the Oregon hip hop collective Sandpeople has a new release named Light Tiger, it is volume two in his Eaters series. Tusks, which was volume 1 was a beat tape, volume two does feature some rap and vocalsRead more…
Thousands of metal-heads’ jaws (including mine) hit the ground with a resounding thud back in March when it was announced that not only was longtime Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow stepping down from her duties, (though sticking around to manageRead more…
Pitch Black Prism is the new release from ever evolving musician Alias. It’s difficult to tie Alias to any one genre, while his early work would be classified as hip hop it was certainly never conventional hip hop, newer releasesRead more…
Whenever I tell a friend about The John Holmes Book Club I get one of two reactions: a hearty chuckle over the absurdity of the band’s name or a dumbfounded “who is John Holmes?” The Cameron Switzer-led quartet barged ontoRead more…
I got turned on to RVIVR from reading a Top 5 list from 2013. I think it was something like “The Return of Pop Punk.” Most of the bands on the list were pretty blah but one of them stuckRead more…