Darth Vader Battles Hitler

Darth Vader Battles Hitler

  • Epic Rap Battles of History, one of the few original online series to garner more than 300 million views and more than one million subscribers in less than a year has been greenlit for a second season by next-generation media company, Maker Studios. Epic Rap Battles of History is a live-action music comedy series where historical [...]

  • December 14, 2011 2:09 PM
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Megadeth- “Peace Sells…” 25 years later

Megadeth- “Peace Sells…” 25 years later

  • I had been waiting anxiously for my advanced copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Megadeth’s monumental and historic metal masterpiece, “Peace Sells… but who’s buying.” After a mix-up with UPS, I finally got my beloved and highly anticipated package in the mail. Having the opportunity to look back and write about an epic album [...]

  • September 23, 2011 8:49 AM
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Our Lives In Motion: Stages

Our Lives In Motion: Stages

  • Are Our Lives In Motion trendsetters? No. There are plenty of bands out there almost exactly like them, but that doesn’t take away from this group’s drive and determination to somehow set themselves apart with their EP, Stages.   Their lyrics sit somewhere on the shelf next to genre favorites Hidden In Plain View, while [...]

  • September 23, 2011 8:44 AM
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Smoke Signals: Self-titled

Smoke Signals: Self-titled

  • The debut from Smoke Signals certainly has it’s own blend of what I would call bluegrass gospel, but with an accessibility that anyone can groove to. It’s a well written and pleasant acoustic type project from the members of The Queen Killing Kings (and if you don’t know who they are, do yourself a favor [...]

  • September 23, 2011 8:41 AM
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Megadeth- “Peace Sells…” 25 years later

Megadeth- “Peace Sells…” 25 years later

I had been waiting anxiously for my advanced copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Megadeth’s monumental and historic metal masterpiece, “Peace Sells… but who’s buying.” After a mix-up with UPS, I finally got my beloved and highly anticipated package in the mail. Having the opportunity to look back and write about an epic album [...]

Sep 23, 2011 8:49

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Our Lives In Motion: Stages

Our Lives In Motion: Stages

Are Our Lives In Motion trendsetters? No. There are plenty of bands out there almost exactly like them, but that doesn’t take away from this group’s drive and determination to somehow set themselves apart with their EP, Stages.   Their lyrics sit somewhere on the shelf next to genre favorites Hidden In Plain View, while [...]

Sep 23, 2011 8:44

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Family Lumber: Look to The Sidelines

If you list Death Cab for Cutie in a band’s RIYL list, 99% of the time I’ll check them out, and about 99% of the time I’ll be disappointed. Thankfully, with Family Lumber’s fifth release, Look to The Sidelines, I found the one percent that is worth listening to. Gibbard’s songwriting is still  superior mind [...]

Sep 23, 2011 8:31

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Farewell Milwaukee – When It Sinks In

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download The beauty of an acoustic guitar. The easy flow of the harmonies. The steady groove of the back line. The heartache yearning squeal of the electric guitar. This is Americana at its finest. This is Farewell Milwaukee.   Five guys based out of Minneapolis have come together to [...]

Volbeat – Beyond Hell / Above Heaven

Volbeat – Beyond Hell / Above Heaven

Volbeat is at the forefront, the goddamn infernal head charge of their own colorful, uncompromising revolution.  To blast anything less would lend no credence to what the band has done in such a short time.  Forming in 2001 and this, their fourth studio album, is undoubtedly the heaviest, grooviest, domineering standard of their intensely original [...]

Foo Fighters Garage Tour

Foo Fighters Garage Tour

Band to Play Fans’ Garages in 8 Cities This April, Foo Fighters will be playing songs from Wasting Light, the new album they recorded in Dave Grohl’s garage, in the garages of eight lucky fans in eight North American cities. Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear have teamed with BlackBerry® and [...]

Lazarus A.D. Become Victims of Van Robbery in the UK

Lazarus A.D. Become Victims of Van Robbery in the UK

Money and Personal Items Stolen, PayPal Donations Are Appreciated LAZARUS A.D. is the most recent casualty in a slew of unfortunate band robberies to claim theft of their personal items and money from their touring van. The incident took place last night in Southampton, UK. After breaking a window to enter the band’s van, the [...]

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