Leave it to a new Christian group to rise out of one of the most atheistic spots in the country. Portland, OR ranks as one of the top godless cities in America but that hasn’t stopped Athey Music, a worship … Continue reading Album Review: Athey Music – Goodness & Mercy
Dream Theater, the masters of artistry rock, released their 15th album A View From the Top of the World last week (Oct. 22), just a seven song record but 70 minutes long in a progressive rock wonderment filled with speedy … Continue reading Album Review: Dream Theater – A View From the Top of the World
Outside Simon Le Bon’s vocals you might not initially recognize Duran Duran on Future Past, the band’s 15th album (out Oct. 22) that embraces a somewhat pensive sound bridging some of the band’s recent work with a current musical approach … Continue reading Album Review: Duran Duran – Future Past
There was no doubt this band was going somewhere. Sometime in 1995, or maybe it was 1996, this striking blond woman singing about being just a girl in the world fronted this new group for a video I watched on … Continue reading Debut Album Review: No Doubt – Self-Titled
Why can’t Coldplay just be normal? BE NORMAL! Please be a normal rock band. Oh forget it. Coldplay released Music of the Spheres, today, their ninth album showing the band continuing a foray into more experimental music far different from … Continue reading Album Review: Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
I’m not sure, but I may have just found a new favorite band. Twenty years late, like usual, but better late than never as Eclipse released their 10th album Wired today an 11 song 41-minute record that encapsulates all that … Continue reading Album Review: Eclipse – Wired
Yes. Or maybe, Yes? Yes, the band, released The Quest, their 22nd album last week (Oct. 1) and first in seven years, an 11 song 61 minute record that features one of the band’s best. Yes! Don’t get too excited. … Continue reading Album Review: Yes – The Quest
Jeremy Camp released When You Speak last week (Sept. 24), his 13th album that takes a sudden departure from his normal fare with blistering guitar solos, head-banging chords and lots of swearing throughout the 13-song 45 minute record. I guess … Continue reading Album Review: Jeremy Camp – When You Speak
The coronavirus pandemic canceled Third Eye Blind’s 2020 tour (the second leg) for their Screamer album, released in 2019, so what better way to make up for it than to spend time on a new material resulting in their seventh … Continue reading Album Review: Third Eye Blind – Our Bande Apart
Thrice released their 11th studio album Horizons/East this month, the southern Californian band’s third since ending a hiatus in 2015, with an already 12th album forthcoming in the works titled Horizons/West. Thrice retains the four original members in singer and … Continue reading Album Review: Thrice – Horizons/East
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