by Curt Hauff Staff Writer Calling all powerpop addicts: Throwback Suburbia is here! With a mix of the Torries, ELO, Butch Walker and some ‘70s pop a la Shawn and David Cassidy, Throwback Suburbia brings the power back to pop music. From start to finish, the self-titled album is full of catchy [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The Master Clockwork is the debut offering from Swedish progressive metal band Cain. The Kalmar-based band has been kicking around since 2003, opening for bands as varied as Mustasch and CrashDiet. Cain has a fairly straightforward, middle of the road progressive metal [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer You hear the terms “cult classic” and “underground sensation” pretty often, especially in the metal world, but if ever those tags were appropriate, it would be to describe Dominance, a thrash metal band that set the Philadelphia scene afire as the 1980s were [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The Hollywood hair metal scene in the mid to late 80’s has at least one thing in common with the NWOBHM scene from the beginning of that decade, and that’s the sheer quantity of bands that were active at the time. Just when you think you have a pretty good handle [...]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer Over the years, one band that has survived the test of time and influenced many a generation of rock fans is Boston’s Aerosmith. The Boston Bad Boys have set the bar high in outstanding musicianship and song writing. One of the primary songwriters and guitarist of the [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer If there’s one thing Dave Mustaine knows about guitars, besides playing them, it’s how to consistently recruit the best guitarists in the world to bring his sonic visions to life. Not only do they have to be able to compete and emulate (at least live) the likes of [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer German melodic rock band Sargant Fury was one of those bands that seemed to exist just under the radar, going unnoticed by just about everyone (except the Japanese, who have proven time and again that they know a good thing when they hear it). The band, which featured [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer So retro that it is actually cool! Rain Dance Live is an amazing concert recording by a bunch of veteran blues rockers led by legendary keyboardist / vocalist / producer Gregg Rolie. Rolie was a long time member of Carlos Santana’s band and a founding member of Journey [...]
by Derric Miller Staff Writer It’s almost a poetic injustice that Todd Smith is named “Todd Smith,” and it’s also sneaky as hell. Now “Sasha Baron Cohen,” that’s the kind of name you’d expect someone criminally creative to be named. But “Todd Smith” … isn’t that baptismal [...]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer This double-disc deluxe edition of Emilie Autumn’s third full-length album is generously augmented by a bonus disc and some video extras making it a genuine treat for fans and newcomers to this confounding act alike. For those who are still unfamiliar with this [...]
