Since 2023 is not even two weeks old, we instead take a look at one of last year’s forgotten gems. Cue Ethel Cain’s Preacher’s Daughter. Continue reading
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Infest the Rats’ Nest
Let’s face it, our planet is doomed so let’s get the hell out of here while we still can. Venus is just around the corner! Here’s some music to hare off by. Continue reading
Bill Callahan – Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Is Bill Callahan going in circles nowadays? Continue reading
Ancient Bards – Origine – The Black Crystal Sword Saga Part 2
Ancient Bards is back for a fourth round of symphonic power metal. We had opinions. Continue reading
Blues Pills – Lady in Gold
Blues Pills return with the long-awaited follow-up to their excellent debut album. But does Lady in Gold live up to the hype? Continue reading
Rhapsody of Fire – Into the Legend
Since Italian cheese metal mongers Rhapsody (with or without Fire) split up into two Rhapsody’s (one with, one without Fire), we’re getting a whole lotta Rhapsody on our plates. After Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody (sans Fire) last year, now it’s the semi-original Rhapsody of Fire’s turn with Into the Legend. Continue reading
Kamasi Washington – The Epic
The tree of life of jazz grew strong from blues, swing, bebop to cool and branched out into various directions like funk, fusion and free jazz. Today it still stands tall. Adding something fresh to this one-hundred-year-plus history isn’t quite an easy task. However what is fresh? Something truly new and innovating or finding your place within this history by means of your own creative terms? Kamasi Washington chose the latter path and released a three-hour sprawl called The Epic which takes you deep into the heart of jazz.
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Blind Guardian – Beyond the Red Mirror
Power metal fans the world over, gather round. Come in, sit a spell. Because we need to talk about Blind Guardian for a bit. About why Beyond the Red Mirror is possibly the greatest album these Krefelder Bards have released. Ready? Let’s go.
Katzenjammer – Rockland
An all-female folk band from Norway, comprised of four sexy ladies playing no less than twenty-odd different instruments between them, swapping between those and musical styles every night on stage. Logic dictates that Katzenjammer’s novelty should have worn off by now. Rockland, however, will make you guess again.
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