review

by Jane Roser The first time I sang the old Carter Family tune “The Titanic” in public, I was sitting at a large dinner table in a dacha located in a small Russian village in the Ural Mountains. The town mayor was across from me and our host, a former KGB agent, was Read More

Deftones Koi No Yokan Reviewed by: Joe Tingle Deftones are a band true to themselves. Their seventh studio album, Koi No Yokan, sees the quintet sticking to their guns once again with a performance that is stylistically similar to previous records, but in no way deprived of Read More

By Joseph Tingle On Thursday, dredg kicked off their northeast tour at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia, paying special homage to their historic album El Cielo. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the masterwork and the release of a new vinyl edition, dredg treated Read More

Flyleaf New Horizon Reviewed by Chris Panico As Lacey Sturm bids goodbye to Flyleaf, she and the guys present the third studio album in the bands’ catalog: New Horizons. Again the group has shown that they are masters of atmosphere, weaving in between songs of sad reflection, Read More

Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence Reviewed by Joe Tingle If it wasn’t already obvious, Between the Buried and Me have completely transformed into an all-out progressive metal act. And that’s OK, because they’re one of the most competent Read More

Naytronix Dirty Glow by John Selwyn Naytronix is the moniker of Nate Brenner, best known as bassist/contributor to the eclectic recording project Tune-Yards, brainchild of songwriter/composer Merill Garbus. Where Tune-Yards is sporadic and often challenging music that will break Read More