Music
A Portrait of a Punk Rock Powerhouse
The early ‘90s in Berkeley, California has become a special time in music history. For Marian Anderson, lead singer of The Insaints and the subject of Lilly Scourtis Ayers’ upcoming documentary, Last Fast Ride, the community of 924 Gilman Street offered temporary comfort, support and a place to play. “Marian was the most extreme example of a troubled kid who found a family through music. The band’s sound was definitely a product of its place and time,” says Ayers. … read more
Localized Righteous Audio Werks, Seven Feathers Rainwater
This month’s Localized features the dub reggae band Righteous Audio Werks and the exploratory soundscapes of Seven Feathers Rainwater, along with openers It Foot, It Ears. Come check it out on Friday, Jan. 14 at Urban Lounge for only $5. … read more
Napalm Flesh – Local Spotlight: Ravings of a Madman
This week the blog features an interview with local metal group Ravings of a Madman. Read on for a review of their self-titled album and to find out when and where the band is playing this week and for some blog exclusive CD reviews. … read more
Napalm Flesh – Merry Metalmas!!!
Straight from the bowels of the Underworld, a poem to curse you a Merry Metalmas! … read more
How the Grouch Stole X-mas @ Urban Lounge 12/07
On Dec. 7, Danksquad put it down for a sold out crowd of hip hop heads at Urban Lounge—all eager to see some of hip hop’s living legends and possible future legends. Los Raka’s took the stage first and began their set. These dudes were pretty sick despite a language barrier
Napalm Flesh: Local metal band spotlight: Reveeler
This week’s blog marks the start of a new journey showcasing local metal bands. I post every local metal show I know about on here every week, so why not get to know some of the local talent. Ogden, UT’s heavy metal crew, Reveeler, are the first of many local spotlights to come. Reveeler’s singer, Brad Losito, answered the questions on behalf of Reveeler. Also included are the usual blog exclusive CD reviews, featuring sluge/doom metal crew, Sons of Tonatiuh, death/grind super group Murder Construct’s debut EP, Kamelot and Mr. Death. … read more
Napalm Flesh – Hammering the Hate Down: Label Spotlight
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }This week we have another mostly review based blog, with reviews from Finnish black metal record label, Hammer of Hate Records. Definitely all killer, no filler, no frills or fancy keyboard crap either. Hammer of Hate offers straight forward pure black metal atrocities. Also, is the usual rundown of a slew of local shows going down this week as well as a review of the Elitist, Cough, Subrosa show last week at Burts. Enjoy!
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National CD Reviews – December 2010
Check out the reviews of new albums from bands like Pepper Rabbit and TV Buddhas. … read more
Napalm Flesh – Live Excursions, Best Of and Damned Good...
My review queue has a wealth of quality live DVDs, CDs and “Best of” albums, all of which are reviewed here for your reading pleasure. Live albums, concert/documentary DVDs and best of collections can be fun, but sometimes you get a stinkpot live production or a not so “best of” collection. Here’s my attempt to weed the good from the bad. Also included is a rundown of upcoming shows and some blog exclusive grind CD reviews! … read more