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New Music Review: CHRIS CORNELL ‘Higher Truth’

September 22, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[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 […]

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New Music Review: ATARI TEENAGE RIOT ‘Reset’

September 22, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.5 text=”true”] REVIEW – The ATARI TEENAGE RIOT are back. I understand that everyone wants that old school ATR attack, but bands grow and try to keep it modern and fresh, so if you were a […]

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New Music Review: GARBAGE ‘Garbage (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Remastered 2015)’

September 21, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – Looking back on the 90’s and all the trends that came musically from that era no other band wears them proudly on their sleeves like Garbage. Even before this record 20 […]

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New Music Review: SABBATH ASSEMBLY ‘Sabbath Assembly’

September 21, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – September 11th, The Sabbath Assembly returned with their highly anticipated fifth record. The first thing you notice off the first two tracks Risen from Below and Confessing a Murder that this band […]

New Music Review: OPERATION: MINDCRIME ‘The Key’

September 20, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] REVIEW – I know when people talk about Geoff Tate these days they are always focused on the drama of the last few years. I know most will not be in the same […]

New Music Review: STRYPER ‘Fallen’

September 19, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – I am shocked that when people talk about classic records, they hardly ever mention To Hell With The Devil. The record from the once “yellow and black attack” that changed the way […]

New Music Review: TOADIES ‘Heretics’

September 19, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 10 “text=true”] REVIEW – 21 years ago a record came out called Rubberneck by an American alternative band called The Toadies. College radio at the time embraced their song Possum Kingdom, and the song got them […]

New Music Review: SLAYER ‘Repentless’

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=true] REVIEW – It has been 6 years since we heard from the mighty Slayer. In that time we had the heartbreaking passing of Jeff Hanneman and the addition of Gary Holt. Like most metal […]

Movie Review: LOVE & MERCY: THE LIFE, LOVE AND GENIUS OF BRIAN WILSON

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

LOVE & MERCY: THE LIFE, LOVE AND GENIUS OF BRIAN WILSON Director: Bill PohladWriters: Oren Moverman, Michael A. LernerStars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Giamatti [usr 9.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – People tend to forget […]

Movie Review: SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC (1980-90)

September 13, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC (1980-90) Director: Scott CrawfordWriter: Scott CrawfordStars: Fred Armisen, Brendan Canty, Dave Grohl, Tim Kerr, Ian MacKaye, Thurston Moore, George Pelecanos, Henry Rollins, Tom Sherwood [usr 8.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – […]