Album Retrospectives

Cryptic Rock devotes time to reflect on legendary music albums from yesteryear. For special anniversaries we provide intelligent articles with historical perspective about the importance of your favorite albums.

Radiohead – Pablo Honey 25 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 22, 2018

“What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here….” Rarely would a mere couple of lines could make a quick and recognizable impression on the ears and recall on the psyche of a music enthusiast about the band behind such a compelling song! ... Read More

The Auteurs – New Wave Turns 25

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 22, 2018

Despite the misgivings and refusal of this English band’s leader/vocalist, The Auteurs is regarded as among the troop of Britpop bands that made the mid-’90s Pop/Rock scene exciting and vibrant via one of its most popular singles, “Lenny Valentino,” from its second album, 1994’s Now ... Read More

The Crystals – He’s a Rebel 55 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 13, 2018

When all-girl musical groups like Spice Girls (“Say You’ll Be There”), Girls Aloud (“Sound of the Underground”), and Atomic Kitten (“I Want Your Love”) glittered and glistened again under the commercial spotlight beginning in the 1990s and on through the ensuing decades, many punters acted ... Read More

Duran Duran – The Wedding Album 25 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 11, 2018

In the 1990s, enthusiasts of New Wave music—the genre illuminated by the commercial spotlight in the decade that preceded it—lamented the shifting of the lenses’ focus onto Grunge, among other edgier and heavier styles of Alternative Rock music. Unfortunately the style shift sideswiped the majority ... Read More

Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day Turns 25

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 11, 2018

Many music enthusiasts claim that the 1960s was the most exciting decade of music—The Ronettes, The Chordettes, Margo Guryan, Petula Clark, The Beatles, The Zombies, The Doors… Some say that it was the 1970s—Yes, Rush, Camel, Queen, The Jackson 5, The Commodores… Many others will ... Read More

The Wild Swans – Bringing Home the Ashes 30 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 8, 2018

What would become one of the most loved English bands among enthusiasts of New Wave music, especially in the Philippines, was forming in Liverpool, England, in 1982. In a few months’ time, it would release its first single, which would become legendary and hard-to-find in ... Read More

Album Retrospectives

Radiohead – Pablo Honey 25 Years Later

The Auteurs – New Wave Turns 25

The Crystals – He’s a Rebel 55 Years Later

Duran Duran – The Wedding Album 25 Years Later

Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day Turns 25

The Wild Swans – Bringing Home the Ashes 30 Years Later

Radiohead – Pablo Honey 25 Years Later

The Auteurs – New Wave Turns 25

The Crystals – He’s a Rebel 55 Years Later

Duran Duran – The Wedding Album 25 Years Later

Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day Turns 25

The Wild Swans – Bringing Home the Ashes 30 Years Later

This Week In Horror Movie History – The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Sphere (1998)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Hannibal (2001)

Developing Artist Showcase – Banana Gun

Developing Artist Showcase – IGNEA

Developing Artist Showcase – Never Say Die

Interview – Starship’s Mickey Thomas

Interview – John Harrison

Aaron Lewis – The Hill (Album Review)

Night Shift (Movie Review)

Easter Bloody Easter (Movie Review)

Album Retrospectives

Radiohead – Pablo Honey 25 Years Later

The Auteurs – New Wave Turns 25

The Crystals – He’s a Rebel 55 Years Later

Duran Duran – The Wedding Album 25 Years Later

Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day Turns 25

The Wild Swans – Bringing Home the Ashes 30 Years Later

Radiohead – Pablo Honey 25 Years Later

The Auteurs – New Wave Turns 25

The Crystals – He’s a Rebel 55 Years Later

Duran Duran – The Wedding Album 25 Years Later

Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day Turns 25

The Wild Swans – Bringing Home the Ashes 30 Years Later

This Week In Horror Movie History – The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Sphere (1998)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Hannibal (2001)

Developing Artist Showcase – Banana Gun

Developing Artist Showcase – IGNEA

Developing Artist Showcase – Never Say Die

Interview – Starship’s Mickey Thomas

Interview – Burton Cummings Talks Music, The Guess Who, & Life

Interview – John Harrison

Aaron Lewis – The Hill (Album Review)

Night Shift (Movie Review)

Easter Bloody Easter (Movie Review)