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New Music Review: METALLICA ‘Market Square Heroes’

January 21, 2017 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – When I was in college, I worked part time at a mom and pop record store. The owner and me, would become very good friends. I would help him out […]

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New Music Review: JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE ‘He Saw It Comin’

January 10, 2017 James DePaolo Comments Off

REVIEW – Let’s talk about sports for a second. How many baseball fans would want to see the stars of the 80’s, on the field trying to compete with today’s athletes? What about Football? Who […]

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New Music Review: HALESTORM ‘ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs EP’

January 7, 2017 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 7.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – Halestorm must be between albums again. I say this because we get another ReAniMate covers EP. If you are a fan of this band, you know that they are going […]

Classic Album Review: OMEN ‘Battle Cry’

January 5, 2017 James DePaolo Comments Off

REVIEW – I discovered OMEN in 1988 and the release of Escape to Nowhere. Coburn Pharr, when he was introduced as the new lead singer. At this time in history, I guess he could be […]

Classic Album Review: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD ‘Shinin’ On’

January 5, 2017 James DePaolo Comments Off

Rating: 8 / 10 Stars REVIEW – How do you follow up your biggest success? GRAND FUNK RAILROAD had that issue after, “We’re An American Band” was released. They saw the first collaboration with Todd […]

Year End Review: JAMES DEPAOLO TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2016

December 11, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

Honorable Mentions— their are way too many to mention. 20. AMY PATE Ages 19. THE NAKED AND FAMOUS Simple Forms 18. THE NEGATIVE NANCYS Sorry, Not Sorry [Full Review HERE] 17. PJ HARVEY The Hope […]

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New Music Review: R.E.M ‘Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)’

December 6, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.5 text=”true”] REVIEW – R.E.M. in the Eighties were one of the alternative darlings. Fans loved their songs and critics were always putting their albums on the top of the best of lists. It […]

New Music Review: INIRE ‘Cauchemar’

December 2, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] REVIEW – I think when Chris Jericho was thinking about putting Fozzy together, this is the musical hybrid he was trying to aim for. Inire has the crunch of Lamb of God and […]

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New Music Review: SUPERJOINT ‘Caught Up In The Gears Of Application’

November 20, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

REVIEW – Let’s be honest, the last few years have not been kind to Phil Anselmo. Some may say, it started when we got the Pantera-Behind the Music special on VH1. As metal fans, we […]

New Music Review: DELERIUM ‘Mythologie’

November 18, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 10.0 text=true] REVIEW – It is safe to say after almost 27 years and so many studio albums, that Delerium is a little bit more than a side project for Leeb and Fulber. While I have always […]