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New Music Review: THE NEGATIVE NANCYS ‘Sorry, Not Sorry’

January 11, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – A show of hands, how many of you are sick of being force-fed corporate rock and told it is what you should like? I am a huge fan of Sleater Kinney, […]

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New Music Review: PUNKSEXY ‘A Las Vegas Punk Rock Tribute To Prince’

January 11, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 7.5 text=”true”] REVIEW – Out of the streets of Las Vegas comes the screaming, shouting and singing of the SquidHat Records tribute to Prince. Like most tribute records, this one has bands that go out of their way […]

New Music Review: DAUGHTER ‘Not To Disappear’

January 6, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 10.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – How do you follow up such an important debut record that took listeners and critics by storm? Daughter answer that question with their new album. Some records you can just […]

New Music Review: PRONG ‘X – No Absolutes’

January 6, 2016 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 5.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – Prong to me was a band that should have been huge. Beg to Differ was that album that on first listen you knew that you were listening to something completely different. […]

New Music Review: ANTHRAX ‘For All Kings’

December 31, 2015 Rick Schwartz Comments Off

Rating: 10 / 10 Stars ANTHRAX is: Joey Belladonna (vocals), Scott Ian (guitar/backing vocals), Charlie Benante (drums), Frank Bello (bass/backing vocals), and Jon Donias (guitar) REVIEW – Eleven studio albums and 33 years into their […]

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Year End Review: JAMES DEPAOLO’S TOP 15 ALBUMS OF 2015

December 27, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

15. BEST COAST California Nights 14. FEAR FACTORY Genexus 13. FAITH NO MORE Sol Invictus 12. KYLESA Exhausting Fire 11. LOCAL H Hey, Killer 10. NIGHT VIPER Night Viper 9. LANA DEL REY Honeymoon 8. […]

New Music Review: MOTÖRHEAD ‘Bad Magic’

December 24, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – Listening to the latest album by Motorhead it would never cross your mind the health issues the band has had and in particular frontman Lemmy Kilmister. 22 records and over 40 years […]

New Music Review: CLUTCH ‘Psychic Warfare’

December 21, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.5 text=true] REVIEW – Earth Rocker the last album by CLUTCH was in my top 10 of 2013. When I reviewed the album I used the sentence, “Clutch has been one of those bands that seem to always put out […]

Classic Album Review: ALICE COOPER ‘Muscle of Love’

December 17, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] Review – Muscle of Love will always be seen as the “forgotten” record by ALICE COOPER. It was in the middle of Billion Dollar Babies and Welcome to my Nightmare, which for […]

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New Music Review: GOO GOO DOLLS ‘A Boy Named Goo (20th Anniversary Edition)’

December 17, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] Review – 20 years ago, grunge was starting to fade away, nu-metal was peaking in the door and punk was seeing a pop resurgence thanks to bands like Rancid, Offspring and Green […]