Review: Umbrella Bed “Rotate”
This is Minneapolis Paul based Umbrella Bed. Let’s just get this part of out of the way… they are a ska band. Were you alive and aware in 1995? Then you may recall what has now been labeled as the…
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Halfwait pre-release single, “Stand Alone” with lyric video
This is Halfwait. The 3-piece hails from Sydney, Australia and delivers the tightly wound pop punk with a slight Aussie sneer. The band has been honing their take on the Green Day / Blink 182 formula of punk rocks since…
Review: Staring Into Nothing “Power”
This is the dramatic prog-rock trio Staring Into Nothing. The Orange County, California threesome crafts expert level music that is heavily cinematic and often atmospheric with grand sweeping melodies awash in layered guitars, deep piano/synthesizers, and tricky solid beats. At times,…
Random kid gets to shred ‘Monkey Wrench’ with Foo Fighters
There are good days. And then there are GREAT days. And then… there are days when the Foo Fighters call you up on stage to jam a song with them in front of 40,000 people and you just crush it.…
Review: Andrew Reed “If All The World Were Right”
This happy mellow fellow is Andrew Reed. He is a traveler of life. He has labored on the farms of his youth in Iowa. He has worked as a fisherman in Alaska. He has wandered through Australia avoiding death and…
Review: Green Knuckle Material “Renaissance”
This is Green Knuckle Material. They hail from Bergen County, New Jersey. According to their press release, they are a time traveling entity who was split into five people by their arch enemy. Ok… “In the year 4000 George Kilroy…
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds releases on Xbox (full review)
This is a screenshot from the ‘it’ game of 2017, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds… or PUBG for short. The previously PC-only game was released exclusively on the Xbox on Dec. 12, 2017. Within the first three days, the game has already seen…
Review: NYDTyson “If You’re So Smart, Why Are You So Sad?”
This is Los Angeles band NYDTyson. In long form, their name is Neil Young deGrasse Tyson. This irreverent, hipster smirk of a name matches up well with their quirky, off-beat approach to indie rock. The band is relatively new to the…
Check out new Corrosion of Conformity song, “Wolf Named Crow”
This is Corrosion of Conformity… or COC if you are down. They’ve been churning out a dangerous breed of metallic rock and roll longer than most… I mean, look at those grizzly bastards. They fucking BLEED rock and roll, man,…
Review: Zeistencroix “Gemini” EP
This is Orlando Draven, creator, founder, master-mind of Zeistencroix. Born in Venezuela, now residing in Los Angeles, the goth-inspired musician wallows in the industrial spectrum of dark, moody, and often abrasively confrontational electronica. If you don’t understand the name, then you…