SINGLE REVIEW: Listen to Experimental Doom/Black Metal Project DRAAGYN Ethereal Yet Crushing Single “Majesty”
Blackened tour de force Draagyn will surely become a talked-about name if the group’s first offering, a single dubbed “Majesty,” is any indicator. To be clear, this…
VIDEO REVIEW: Watch MORON POLICE’S Package of Stuff, Nonsense and a Viking Boat on “Captain Awkward”
There are few rules when writing music reviews. First, don’t plagiarize (check). Second, don’t write in the first person (about to be unchecked). Third, don’t…
I’m Mad at LiveNation and Metallica, BUT NOT For the Same Reason You Are
By now you’ve probably heard about the secretly recorded phone call that saw Metallica, ticketing powerhouse LiveNation, and a third party broker conspiring to sell…
Appetite For Destruction: One of Rock N’ Roll Dirtiest and Timeless Albums Turns 32 Years Old
Depending on your age it may be hard to believe, but today (July 21, 2019), Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction turns thirty two years…
A Modern Prog Groupie: My Experience Following the THANK YOU SCIENTIST / BENT KNEE Tour
“What have you learned?” Bent Knee guitarist Ben Levin asked me on the final night of the Thank You Scientist / Bent Knee tour. I…
27 Years Ago DREAM THEATER Changed The Progressive Metal Landscape Forever: “Images And Words” Was Released
Images and Words turns 27 years old today. Dream Theater’s second, and most famous release, is undisputedly hailed as a progressive-metal defining classic, given its…
VIDEO REVIEW: Watch MAGIC PIE’S Mix of Steinbeck and Prog on “The Man Who Had It All”
Take some interesting time changes, a whole lot of hooks, words inspired by John Steinbeck, and a kaleidoscopic vision of a Norwegian band with a…
VIDEO REVIEW: Watch KNIGHTS AREA’s Respectful Take on the D-Day Invasion in “Blood on the Risers.”
Americans all too often view history—including international events—through blinders. If we weren’t involved, it didn’t exist. If we were involved, well, anybody else matters little. …
A Prog-Rock Drenched Weekend: The NJ Proghouse 20th Anniversary Hootenanny
In 1999 Jim Robinson founded the NJProghouse with the goal of boosting progressive rock’s live scene by providing a smaller version of ProgDay. In the…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Tribute to ANDRE MATOS (Episode No. 25)
Talking Perspectives is normally a fun show where the panelists talk both music and trash with and at each other, but Episode 25 will be more…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: “Favorite 2019 Albums Thus Far / Upcoming Summer Concerts / Most Exciting Anticipated 2019 Albums (Episode No. 24)
Coming off several weeks of technical foulness and work-related brutality, the ever-obnoxious triumvirate of twits that is Jordan Blum, Nick Andreas, and Gonzalo Pozo resurface to bring you a…
VIDEO REVIEW: Watch Zonder/Wehrkamp Thought Provoking and Heart-Wrenching Clip for Album Title Song “If It’s Real”
Let’s start from a basic premise—most music videos are emotional and mental cotton candy. There’s a bit of taste and color but almost no substance. …
