Dustin McNees, Author at Cryptic Rock

The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger (Album Review)

Dustin McNeesDustin McNeesJune 18, 2019

Mark these words – The Raconteurs’ new album, Help Us Stranger, is poised to win a Grammy. After a decade-long hiatus Jack White (guitar, vocals), Brendan Benson (guitar, vocals), Jack Lawrence (bass, banjo), and Patrick Keeler (drums, percussion) are set to return with arguably the ... Read More

Bastille – Doom Days (Album Review)

Dustin McNeesDustin McNeesJune 12, 2019

After gaining worldwide attention for their 2013 hit song “Pompeii,” British Alternative Pop act Bastille were on the fast track to success with their multi-platinum-selling debut album, Bad Blood. A journey that being as an indie, unsigned band few years earlier, they have been on ... Read More

Mariee Sioux – Grief In Exile (Album Review)

Dustin McNeesDustin McNeesJune 4, 2019

Singer-Songwriter Mariee Sioux has long been a part of the California Folk scene, and now she is set to return on Friday, June 7th with her brand new album, Grief In Exile, via Night Bloom Records. Marking her third overall studio album, listening to Grief ... Read More

The Police: Everyone Stares (Documentary Review)

Dustin McNeesDustin McNeesMay 28, 2019

In an era where band biopics are all the rage, The Police: Everyone Stares is a standout. Unlike commercial behemoths like 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody or the forthcoming Rocket Man, this Documentary from filmmaker and The Police Drummer Stewart Copeland does not rely on revisionist history ... Read More

Sublime with Rome – Blessings (Album Review)

Dustin McNeesDustin McNeesMay 28, 2019

Sublime with Rome is a musical collaboration between Eric Wilson, formerly of the American Ska Punk band Sublime, and Singer and Guitarist Rome Ramirez, and has been going strong now for 10 years. Touring, and having put out two albums to date, on May 31st ... Read More

Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll (Documentary Review)

Dustin McNeesDustin McNeesMay 24, 2019

Of every music documentary on the market right now, there is none more culturally significant to our current climate than Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll. Directed by Tom Jones, in association with Pop Music Foundation and Jersey Mike’s, the new film hit theaters ... Read More

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The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger (Album Review)

Bastille – Doom Days (Album Review)

Mariee Sioux – Grief In Exile (Album Review)

The Police: Everyone Stares (Documentary Review)

Sublime with Rome – Blessings (Album Review)

Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll (Documentary Review)

The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger (Album Review)

Bastille – Doom Days (Album Review)

Mariee Sioux – Grief In Exile (Album Review)

The Police: Everyone Stares (Documentary Review)

Sublime with Rome – Blessings (Album Review)

Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll (Documentary Review)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Stigmata (1999)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Flash Gordon (1980)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Visiting Hours (1982)

Developing Artist Showcase – Absolight

Developing Artist Showcase – Vipërwitch

Developing Artist Showcase – Vermilia

Interview – Vincent Pastore

Interview – George Nolfi

Interview – Maddie Hasson

Stir of Echoes (4K Ultra HD Steelbook Review)

Skid Row – Live in London (Live Album Review)

Caddo Lake (Movie Review)