Pop Injection

When the new Hellmouth CD crossed over the Ripple transom, The Pope and I just knew we were in for a treat. We’d already been high on their sound, an amped up punked up slab of riotous thrash metal, and…

Straight outta’ Paris, France comes one of the most unique and invigorating bands to happen upon the Ripple offices in some time. Combining rock with punk, a little alt this with a little metal that, throw in some jazz and…

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Taking the Ripple office by surprised with their devastating new album of mature and passionate, alt-metal with some tasty prog flourishes, we couldn’t wait to get the gentlemen of Hurt over to the Ripple office to spend some time on our…

It took 8 years to see the light of day, but thankfully, Only Makebelieve’s grand opus, Message from a Mockingbird is here and getting the love that it so richly deserves. Joining us this week are Wyatt Michael and Samuel Atkinson,…

Pure fuzzed out, punked up, adrenaline fueled, high octane rock and roll. That’s what John Wilkes Booth pumps out with as much ease as Old Faithful pumping out the steam. The boys are fond of calling their particular brand of…

Brutally heavy, doom-filled, devastating heavy metal. That’s what Venomin James brings to the table. Fueled by a rage that could only be created by the war machine, Venomin James’ new album, Left Hand Man, left an indelible mark on the…

Song Sung Blue (2008)

Milwaukee may not be our largest city, but it has inspired two documentaries about ordinary people following their dreams in the entertainment world. First it was American Movie, about aspiring filmmaker Mark Borchardt. This time around, Brew…

It is never easy to simplify and boil down all the greats from one 12 month period into one finite list of the very best for a particular year. However, this is what we’ve attempted to do. Here is a…