aLfie vera mella, Author at Cryptic Rock

The Strumbellas – Hope (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMay 9, 2016

Cue. Click. Play…”I got guns in my head, and they won’t go / Spirits in my head, and they won’t go….” Melodically infectious and lyrically schizophrenic, that is how Hope, The Strumbellas’ third studio album, begins. After all, the catchy album opener, entitled “Spirits,” has ... Read More

Kula Shaker – K 2.0 (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMay 4, 2016

If one has to cite the most distinctive trait of Kula Shaker, then it would be its Indian-influenced musical style, which is consistently present in all its albums, as if there is an aural umbilical cord connecting all of these together. Formed in 1995, in ... Read More

James – Girl at the End of the World (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaApril 29, 2016

James has been associated with the so-called Britpop movement, which peaked in the 1990s, despite the fact that its origin is actually more rooted in the Post-Punk, New Wave, and Indie Pop music that flourished in the 1980s. The English band was formed in 1982 ... Read More

Suede – Night Thoughts (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaApril 27, 2016

One of the instigators and forerunners of the musical style popularly known now as Britpop, Suede dominated not only the airwaves but also the charts during the genre’s heyday in the 1990s. Along with fellow pioneering bands Blur, The Boo Radleys, Elastica, Oasis, and Pulp, ... Read More

Modern English’s Pillow Lips 25 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 30, 2015

The English band known as Modern English may be regarded paradoxically as popular and obscure at the same time – popular because their 1982 single “I Melt With You” remains to this day a favorite radio staple in many countries; obscure, for many people recognize ... Read More

Wavves – V (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 30, 2015

Formed in 2008, in California, United States by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams along with current members Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass, backing vocals), and Brian Hill (drums, backing vocals), Wavves has, so far, released five studio albums from 2008’s self-titled offering to 2015’s ... Read More

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The Strumbellas – Hope (Album Review)

Kula Shaker – K 2.0 (Album Review)

James – Girl at the End of the World (Album Review)

Suede – Night Thoughts (Album Review)

Modern English’s Pillow Lips 25 Years Later

Wavves – V (Album Review)

The Strumbellas – Hope (Album Review)

Kula Shaker – K 2.0 (Album Review)

James – Girl at the End of the World (Album Review)

Suede – Night Thoughts (Album Review)

Modern English’s Pillow Lips 25 Years Later

Wavves – V (Album Review)

Interview – Adam Cruz

Interview – The Stooges’ James Williamson

Interview – Cousin Brucie

Godsmack – Faceless (Vinyl Edition Review)

Tim Montana – Savage (Album Review)

Cannibal Apocalypse (4K Ultra HD Review)