RFL Records and SamBones Promos present the newest record from long-time melodic rockers Playhouse and it is a gem! Darker and more “Americana” than some of their previous work, the aptly titled Dancing at Funerals is a fun, celebratory romp set against the backdrop of the dying American Dream, outfitted with what should always come…
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Rock and Roll and Storytelling have gone hand in hand for a long time. Some of the greatest rock records of all time (Tommy, The Wall, The Downward Spiral) have all been based around narratives that highlight the extremities of the human condition. In a singles-driven market, that’s harder and harder to do. But that…
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Lo isn’t sure he wants fame. He’s put off by the idea of everyone knowing who he is, and he’s not shy about admitting that. That being said, he’s still keen on finding a way to share his gift of gab with the world. After a brief hiatus and reassessment, Lo is back with new…
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Pressure, the Swedish Melodic-Rock band from SamBone Promotions / Xing Records return with a new conceptual double-single, “Just Undress” and “Barb Wire Love”, the story of the “perfect couple” who secretly have lost all their magic and are both secretly pining for the girl in the apartment across the street from them. The sounds of…
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Full disclosure: I’ve been a fan of Ho99o9 since hearing their first album “United States of Ho99o9” a few years ago. Their mesh of punk-fueled chaos, metal aggression, dark hip hop and trap elements and industrial sleaze was exactly the kind of kitchen-sink creativity I’d been craving since diving into genre-fluid music almost 20 years…
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A few months ago, it was my distinct pleasure to interview the amazing Sam Astaroth, formerly of the band Astaroth Incarnate, about the DMX cover he’d just dropped at the time, in tribute to one of his fallen heroes. Today, I’m presenting yet another masterful cover by the vocal acrobat, that of Ghostemane’s “Fed Up”,…
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“River Knight release She Came Round – An exciting, genre blending song, filled with catchy hooks and melodies, telling the tale of one evening between friends, lifting the veil of sadness and shining eternal positivity, combined with a lot of fun.” Now doesn’t that sound like just what a lot of us need after 2021? …
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Full disclosure, I’ve done some work with Decent News, know them to be generally good guys, and have followed and supported them and their label, Machine Man Records, for a few years now. That said, any inherent bias aside, you will no doubt agree that their new EP Televisual available for free on Bandcamp, is…
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I would like a time machine. I would like to use said time machine to go back and visit a bored 15-year-old Caleb Straus in Freshman English being taught how to properly write an essay and comfort him with the knowledge that at the age of 40, not only will he be permitted to use…
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The first time I saw Phil Owen, he was opening for Ministry as a member of Revolting Cocks at Sunset Station in San Antonio, TX in 2006. The man who penned some of RevCo’s most engaging and enduring songs alongside the likes of Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, and Chris Connelly gave a performance that was…
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