Album Review: Taddy Porter

Taddy Porter Taddy Porter Release Date: June 29, 2010 Record Label: Primary Wave Review: I’ve been following Taddy Porter since they were featured in a Type 3 Media Artist Spotlight a couple years ago. What I wrote then still holds true, so I’ll simply reprint it here. Taddy Porter has got a perfect vision of [...]

Album Review: Korn III: Remember Who You Are

Korn Korn III: Remember Who You Are Release Date: July 13, 2010 Record Label: Roadrunner Records Review: This is shaping-up as the year of the retro sound, with many well established acts going back to the drawing board in an attempt to recapture the essence of their early work.  So far, this has not been [...]

Album Review: Filter – The Trouble With Angels

Filter The Trouble With Angels Release Date: August 17, 2010 Record Label: Rocket Science Ventures Review: Willy Wonka said “you’ve got to go forwards to go back.” With the upcoming release of The Trouble With Angels, Filter is doing just that.  The band is moving forward with renewed enthusiasm to create music that explodes with [...]

Album Review: How to Destroy Angels EP

How to Destroy Angels How to Destroy Angels EP Release Date: June 1, 2010 Record Label: The Null Corporation Review: Trent Reznor’s latest project is called How to Destroy Angels, and its members include his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. “The space in Between” in reminiscent of a slowed melancholic Sneaker Pimps. The second [...]

Album Review: Danizig – Deth Red Sabaoth

Danizig Deth Red Sabaoth Release Date: June 22, 2010 Record Label: Evilive/The End Records Review: It’s never a good sign when I have to ask the publicist if the review copy they sent me is the final mix.  They rarely send a rough-cut.  And so began my utter disappointment with the new Danzig album, Deth [...]

Album Review: Helloween – Unarmed: Best of 25th Anniversary

Helloween Unarmed: Best of 25th Anniversary Release Date: April 13, 2010 Record Label: The End Records Review: Every once in a while an album comes along that completely shatters all of my preconceptions. And quite remarkably, it’s usually a good thing. I first saw Helloween perform during the Headbanger’s Ball Tour in 1988. I spent [...]

Album Review: Mike Patton, Mondo Cane

Mike Patton Mondo Cane Release Date: May 4, 2010 Record Label: Ipecac Recordings Review: As a kid, I used to peruse through my mother’s old record collection. In the process, I was exposed to decades-old sounds and styles of music that I remember finding so interesting because of how different it was compared to what [...]

Album Review: Jimi Henrix, Valleys of Neptune

Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune Release Date: March 9, 2010 Record Label: Legacy Recordings Review: It seems like every article I read about the latest release from the Jimi Hendrix estate, Valleys of Neptune, refers to it as a “posthumous album.” Like we need more reminders that Hendrix has been dead for 40 years. His [...]

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