Dimmu Borgir releases a new album and gasp, it’s good. Plus epic metal from Atlantean Kodex and the soundtrack to your next renaissance fair in this week’s metal reviews.
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Dw. Dunphy
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The comedy group The State recorded two very funny albums once, but never got around to releasing them – At least it seems that way. In reality, it was only…
Dave Steed
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It’s a headbangers delight this week with reviews of the kick-ass new albums from Enslaved, October Tide, Swashbuckle, James LaBrie and more.
Michael Fortes
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Granny pop standards? Dixieland jazz? What was Eric thinking? Think what you will, but the results of Clapton’s latest solo album just might surprise you.
Ken Shane
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The combined talents of Robert Plant and Buddy Miller were bound to produce interesting results. Together they have made “Band of Joy” one the year’s best albums.
Ken Shane
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Justin Townes Earle has been on the wrong side of some undesirable headlines lately, but when it comes to his music he delivers the goods on his third album.
Dave Steed
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In this week’s new metal reviews, Dave Steed prays Serj Tankian will reform System of a Down, Flotsam and Jetsam give him the shivers and half-hour long doom tracks are spotlighted.
Mike Heyliger
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The trio Soulive has the kind of groove-centric sound that you’d imagine goes over quite well with traditionalists as well as a young, hip crowd. Featuring organ, guitar and drums…
Allen Lulu
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In the long history of rock music, there have always been two constants. One is a steady stream of pablum spoonfed by the industry conglomerates feeding their own beasts and…
Dw. Dunphy
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I’ve been a supporter of the group The Choir for a long time. In fact, one of my first contributions to Popdose was an appreciation of the band. They’ve collectively…
Rob Smith
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Clare Burson chases the ghosts of family members lost in the Holocaust on her excellent new album, “Silver and Ash.” Read Rob Smith’s review at Popdose.
Dw. Dunphy
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Let me bring you down for a moment. Remember that song “Silent Lucidity” you heard that night when you and (insert name here) went all the way? If you wound…
Dave Steed
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Linkin Park, A Thousand Suns (Warner Bros.) If you have been brought here by simply clicking on a link after running a Google search for ”Linkin Park Rules” and are…
Matt Wardlaw
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By the time On Tour with Eric Clapton was released in 1970, the husband/wife pairing of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett could loosely be placed in the category of “seasoned veterans”…
Dw. Dunphy
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In my estimation, Richard Thompson has never made a bad record, but has made records that are easy to be dispassionate about. His guitar playing remains exquisite and enviable, his…
Ken Shane
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I don’t think I’ve used the word ‘astonishing’ in relation to an album in a long time. But the new Ryan Bingham album, Junky Star (Lost Highway), merits that kind…
Dave Steed
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Suicidal Tendencies, No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family (Suicidal Records) There were just so many thoughts running through my mind when I heard about this release. The first studio album in…
Dave Steed
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Satanic Warmaster, Nachzehrer (Werewolf/Northern Heritage) ”In times of strife a fire burns / Warmaster returns.” Such is the chorus of ”Warmaster Returns,” an appropriate track since this is the first…
Ken Shane
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Miles Davis once quipped that he had changed the course of jazz “four or five times.” If you know anything about jazz, and I don’t profess to know much, you…
Jeff Giles
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Pity poor Rhino Entertainment, and their vaults bursting with classic tracks from excessively anthologized artists. Take Aretha Franklin, for instance: she has more compilations to her credit than most artists…
Jeff Giles
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The road to Hell is paved with good intentions — and the road to mediocre country-rock records is paved with steel guitars, plaintive drawls, and lyrics about one-horse towns. Make…
Michael Parr
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Ra Ra Riot enter “The Orchard” on their brilliant new release, Michael Parr has the review.
Dave Steed
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Christian Mistress, Agony & Opium (20 Buck Spin) I really want to call bullshit on this one. There is just no way that the debut EP from Christian Mistress isn’t…
Dave Steed
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BXI, BXI (Southern Lord) Boris = fucking weird Ian Astbury = fucking cool So if I’m to take the title of this collaboration literally then I should multiply B X…
Ken Shane
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The idea of a collaboration between two of America’s greatest composers is one that is intriguing, but also fraught with peril. The biggest problem is that the music of George…
David Medsker
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Duran Duran’s “Liberty” turns 20 this year; David Medsker takes a look back at the group’s decline.
Ken Shane
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Last year I saw Eli “Paperboy” Reed and his band the True Loves at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. I came away a little disappointed. I’d been following their…
Dave Steed
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Dear Mr. Wylde, It’s easy to see you have an immense amount of talent. Ever since I listened to the Blessed Hellride in 2003 I keep purchasing your new Black…
Dave Steed
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Bonded by Blood is regularly cited as one of the top bands that’s a part of the thrash metal revival movement (I’ve never seen this listed as TMRM but c’mon…
Dave Steed
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Let’s get this out of the way up front — I hate Miley Cyrus and especially her 80-year-old chain smokers voice. That has nothing to do with the Brother Clyde…