Hell yeah! Another week in the books, with a bunch of actively touring groups. Lamb of God and Mastodon are currently on tour, and Amorphis will be in Richmond at Canal Club on September 3. I’d consider Lamb of God a local band, as they’re from Richmond… And so is Enforced! The New Mutiny…
Hippo Campus – Wasteland Wasteland is the fifth EP by Hippo Campus, released on April 14, 2023. The EP is a five-track collection of songs that explore themes of loneliness, isolation, and the search for meaning in a world that can often feel like a wasteland. The EP is a departure from Hippo Campus’ previous…
Metallica – 72 Seasons 72 Seasons is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on April 14, 2023, by their own record label Blackened Recordings. 72 Seasons was produced by Greg Fidelman, who produced the band’s previous studio album, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (2016), and is the band’s second studio album to…
Waterparks – Intellectual Property Intellectual Property is the fifth studio album by American rock band Waterparks, released on April 14, 2023. It is the band’s first album with the label Fueled by Ramen. On January 27, 2022, the band began teasing material from their fifth studio album. On April 7, 2022, the first single, “Funeral…
Massive Attack, the trip hop group out of Bristol, returned to the spotlight a couple of weeks ago with the announcement of the reissue of their instant classic, Mezzanine. Not a normal reissue by any means… they decided to continue their tradition of pushing the envelope by encoding millions of copies of the album into…
Early this year for record store day Mac DeMarco announced a collection of demos from his last album (and his best) This Old Dog, as well as a split 7″ with artist Shamir. Fortunately, for myself and all of those that were unable to obtain a copy, he has decided to put the release up…
“It’s so easy going’ down” is the lyric that leads us into Grapetooth’s third single this summer “Red Wine” . Following the disco bounce of “Trouble” released back in May, Red Wine follows the announcement of the Chicago duo’s debut self-titled LP out on Polyvinyl Records November 9th. You can head over there now to…
George Clanton has been deemed “the next cult electronic artist from the internet” by i-D Vice. An artist who composes, mixes, masters, and releases his own music, his claim to fame was the track It Makes the Babies Want to Cry off of his 2015 release 100% Electronica (also the name of his own music…
Grapetooth is the project of Clay Frankel and Chris Bailoni (singer/guitarist for Twin Peaks) I first heard their single ‘Trouble’ about a month ago when it was announced the duo had signed to one of my favorite records labels out of Chicago, Polyvinyl. Their debut LP is due out later this fall, and if ‘Trouble’…
King Krule released his second album ‘The Ooz’ back in October and I have not stopped playing it. He’s one of my all time favorite artists and I truly believe he will be remembered as one of the greats when we look back on music a few decades into the future. He has earned praise…