Album Reviews
New Music Review: PUSCIFER ‘Money Shot’
[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – 9 years ago we had the last Tool record, since that release we have had so many rumors that there was new music coming that I felt the band was trying […]
Articles by James DePaolo
Album Reviews
New Music Review: HONEYMOON DISEASE ‘The Transcendence’
[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – Honeymoon Disease is something special. Think of this, you have Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy musical style with an old school Heart meets Suzi Quatro vocal sound. This is a band […]
Album Reviews
New Music Review: ZEBRAHEAD ‘Walk The Plank’
[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – In 1998, I was working at an indie record store and discovered this band by an in-store promo we had. This band should have been a huge deal; I mean Waste […]
Movie Reviews
Movie Review: ALL THINGS MUST PASS: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOWER RECORDS
ALL THINGS MUST PASS: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOWER RECORDS Director: Colin HanksWriter: Steven LeckartStars: Russ Solomon, Chuck D, Chris Cornell [usr 10.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – I have watched and reviewed hundreds of thousands of […]
Album Reviews
New Music Review: KYLESA ‘Exhausting Fire’
[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – In 2001, I heard this song called “The Scarab” at Tower Records in New Orleans. I asked the store clerk, “what are you playing, and can you point me to the […]
Album Reviews
New Music Review: QUEENSRYCHE ‘Condition Human’
[usr 7.0 text=true] REVIEW – When CRIMSON GLORY first hit the scene, they had a sound and style that drew comparisons to QUEENSRYCHE. When lead singer Midnight died tragically, the band recruited Todd La Torre who […]
Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Michael Sweet of STRYPER
INFRARED: Michael Sweet, I have to say right off the bat this is such an honor. What was the first song or record that inspired you to pursuit music? Also, was there ever a backup plan […]
Album Reviews
New Music Review: BUTCHER BABIES ‘Take It Like a Man’
[usr 7.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – The BUTCHER BABIES follow up to Goliath is upon us and if you liked Goliath chances are you will dig this record, but if you were not a fan this […]
Album Reviews
New Music Review: LYNCH MOB ‘Rebel’
[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – If someone would have told me in 2015 George Lynch would have put out two records that will be in a lot of top ten best records of the year, I […]
Album Reviews
New Music Review: CHRIS CORNELL ‘Higher Truth’
[usr 7.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – Chris Cornell’s solo work I have compared to the late Jeff Buckley. His 5th solo record is more of the same you would expect from Chris. Along with Brendan O’Brien, Brendan […]