Tag: Rock
UFO – The Chrysalis Years 1973-1979 Review
In every metropolitan area throughout the United States, there’s a classic rock radio station broadcasting endless repeats of tired tunes like “More Than A Feeling” and “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Tuesday’s Gone.” And why, …
KEN Mode – Venerable Review
Since the clamoring of the barbarians at the gates has become increasingly indignant about the tardiness of this KEN Mode review, let me tell you a little story about why you all should be utterly …
Mastodon – The Hunter Review
KK’s take: If I wanted to be a dick, I could have simply given The Hunter a pass-fail grade on each song, based it on lasting enjoyability, calculated the mean, and given Mastodon somewhere around …
Rainbow – Live In Germany, 1976 Review
These days live albums are not valued in the same way they were a few decades ago. Today, more often than not, they are tossed off to fulfill a contractual obligation and rarely receive much …
Opeth – Heritage Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay It baffles me that purist types beg for vinyl this and analog that, but when a reputable and well-loved band releases a throwback album, many of those aforementioned people pitch …
Iron Claw – A Different Game Review
A few months back, I reviewed the “debut” by blast-from-the-past outfit Hell, and though the sounds of the two are worlds apart, the stories behind that band and Scotland’s Iron Claw are similarly both stretched out and slowed …
Orange Goblin – Orange Goblin Review
Long-running stoner outfit Orange Goblin seems an unlikely candidate for the box-set treatment, but courtesy of Metal Blade, they get it nonetheless. Orange Goblin (the box set) is a 5-disc compendium of the band’s first …
End Of Level Boss – Eklectric
Everybody sit back while I make this album seem way more complicated than it really is… London, England act End of Level Boss is many things, and yet they are not. In many ways – …