Back in high school, I almost bought a 1969 Mustang fastback. Talk about a gorgeous car. Two-tone dark red and black. 351 engine (I believe) four barrel, four on the floor. Damn. Then later, I almost bought a jet black…
Nine out of ten times when someone tells me that there’s a remix album on its way I run the opposite direction as fast as humanly possible. You see, I generally associate the word remix with the music found in…
Damn. Another overly hectic and superbly busy month has come and gone. In fact, it’s been so damn busy this month that I never found the time to surf in and out of the nooks and crannies of MySpace like…
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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…
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On return from its first American northern round, HYPNO5E reconsiders the front of the scene with its side project acoustic, A BACKWARD GLANCE ON A TRAVEL ROAD.
“True testimony of the melody range of a group more accustomed to transforming a…
Psychostick - Sandwich
Ok, here’s the thing. I approached this CD with the same amount of trepidation that a nuclear plant worker approaches an unsealed tube of radioactive waste. Wishing I could don a full body suit and protective facial shield,…
Music’s biggest middle finger is now double fisted and right in your grill. That’s right, the 2CD deluxe version of Motorhead’s No Sleep Til Hammersmith has FINALLY been released in America. This thing came out a few years ago in Europe…
Somewhere deep in the fog enshrouded mountains of Massachusetts, there is a dilapidated cabin that stands like an aged sentry who has watched over the surrounding area for a hundred years. When the ancient hunk of oak that acts as…
Age is truly just a number. Racer mentioned a few weeks back about a band called Robbers, comprised of pre or early twentysomethings who have created a sound far more mature than their age would suggest. There must be something…
Welcome to another installment of another of my favorite columns here on the Ripple Effect, The Seven Inches of Fun. We’re blessed here to receive a great assortment of vinyl submissions, usually in the form of the delectable seven inch…
