A friend of mine mentioned Colony House some time ago. I’d never heard of them. So, upon the release today of their fourth album The Cannonballers, these indie rockers hailing from Tennessee staked their claim. Thankfully, the funk rock movement … Continue reading Album Review: Colony House – The Cannonballers
Mix Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Metallica you get a tourniquet. Tourniquet, actually. Not a tourniquet. A band with a rad name that I had never heard of until recently. Tourniquet. Isn’t that a great name for a band? Especially one … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Tourniquet – Stop the Bleeding
OK, come on now. No laughing. Somehow, someway, somewhere Nickelback developed a reputation. That reputation being no one really admits listening to them. Often dismissed and sometimes casually tossed off as a joke, Canada’s favorite rock band defies expectations, retains … Continue reading Album Review: Nickelback – Get Rollin’
Foo Fighters summarize 25 years with the Friday (Oct. 28) release of the band’s second compilation album in The Essential Foo Fighters, a 21 song, hour and 25 minute record that reads much like a tour setlist. Sadly, in many … Continue reading Album Review: The Essential Foo Fighters
Every now and then an unknown rock band enters your music radar by happenchance. Where have they been all this time? Or maybe it’s, where have I been all this time? Hardly new to the rock scene, the Black Moods … Continue reading Album Review: The Black Moods – Into the Night
Readers of this site know I sometime lament over those bands I failed to fully embrace over the years, instead relying on the radio hits for an acquaintance. Always late to the party and Scorpions probably top that list of … Continue reading Album Review: Scorpions – Rock Believer
Listening to Megadeth takes some effort. By the end of an album, if you get all the way through, expect the need for a respite. You pretty much get a full throttle sonic punch that either delights the senses or … Continue reading Album Review: Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead!
Every Muse album, seemingly, has several outstanding tracks and a couple of pretty good to good tracks rounded out with a few that require some listening investment or, more plainly, you just skip. Though not a perfect record, Muse upends … Continue reading Album Review: Muse – Will Of The People
Stay in your lane. Probably good advice. But I like TobyMac. Saw him live several years ago on a whim and again earlier this year with seats that got me up and close. His live show delivers an exceptional spectacle … Continue reading Album Review: TobyMac – Life After Death
Ohh, I’m vibrating. A month or so ago I saw Collective Soul released a new album. Exciting! And when did this one come out? Ah, just an expanded version of Disciplined Breakdown from 1997. It didn’t do much for me. … Continue reading Album Review: Collective Soul – Vibrating
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