aLfie vera mella, Author at Cryptic Rock

The Chills – Silver Bullets (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 15, 2015

Understandably, The Chills was a Johnny-come-lately in the greater New Wave/Alternative Rock/Indie Pop arena for a couple of reasons. First, despite its having formed in 1980, relatively early in the nascent stage of the said genres, unfortunate events plagued the group even before they really ... Read More

Blancmange – Semi Detached and Nil by Mouth (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 15, 2015

Formed in 1979, in Middlesex, England, by singer Neil Arthur and multi-instrumentalists Stephen Luscombe and Laurence Stevens (who left even before they were able to record their first EP), Blancmange was one of the slew of groups that waved the flag of New Wave/Synthpop in ... Read More

Barenaked Ladies – Silverball (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 14, 2015

Formed in 1988, in Ontario, Canada, Barenaked Ladies was among the batch of soft-sounding, Folk-rooted, Pop-inclined, and melody-happy Alternative Rock bands that evened out the Grunge-dominated Rock/Pop music scene in the 1990s, alongside the likes of Toad the Wet Sprocket (“I Will Not Take These ... Read More

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 7, 2015

Formed in 1998, in London, England, by Chris Martin (vocals, piano), Jonny Buckland (guitars), Guy Berryman (bass), and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals), Coldplay has become one of the most prolific and high-profile bands in the Alternative Rock scene beginning in the mid-2000s, alongside fellow ... Read More

The Blow Monkeys – If Not Now, When? (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaDecember 3, 2015

The Blow Monkeys was formed in 1981 in London, England by Dr. Robert (Bruce Robert Howard- vocal, guitar, piano) with Mick Anker (bass), Neville Henry (saxophone), and Tony Kiley (drums). The band got to ride the high tide of New Wave back in the mid-’80s ... Read More

Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaNovember 30, 2015

By now, enthusiasts of New Wave, and Alternative Rock in general, should already know who Kate Pierson is. However, for the sake of the uninitiated, the multi-instrumentalist Pierson is the lead female vocalist of The B-52s. This pioneering and long-running American New Wave-classifiable band has ... Read More

aLfie vera mella

The Chills – Silver Bullets (Album Review)

Blancmange – Semi Detached and Nil by Mouth (Album Review)

Barenaked Ladies – Silverball (Album Review)

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams (Album Review)

The Blow Monkeys – If Not Now, When? (Album Review)

Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Album Review)

The Chills – Silver Bullets (Album Review)

Blancmange – Semi Detached and Nil by Mouth (Album Review)

Barenaked Ladies – Silverball (Album Review)

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams (Album Review)

The Blow Monkeys – If Not Now, When? (Album Review)

Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Album Review)

Interview – Michael Greyeyes

Interview – John Humphrey of Seether

Interview – Romola Garai

Flat Black – Dark Side of The Brain (Album Review)

Cobra Kai (Season 6 Part 1 Review)

Oddity (Movie Review)