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Gary Clark Jr. – JPEG RAW (Album Review)

Garrett RichardelloGarrett RichardelloApril 3, 2024

Since first entering the Austin, Texas music scene in the late 1990s, it quickly became clear that Gary Clark Jr. was a guitar prodigy. Honing his craft until he was gracing the same stages as Blues legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, and Freddie ... Read More

Sting (Movie Review)

Cara McWilliamCara McWilliamApril 2, 2024

Arachnophobes be warned! In theaters on April 12, 2024 through WellGo Entertainment, Sting is going to be a film that you will either want to place a glass over and eye nervously or a film that you will want to swat with a heavy object ... Read More

The Black Keys – Ohio Players (Album Review)

Hannah Means-ShannonHannah Means-ShannonApril 1, 2024

Closing in on their 12th studio album, Indie Rock duo The Black Keys will be releasing Ohio Players via Nonesuch/Warner Records on April 5, 2024. Looking back, while their 2021 Hill Country Blues covers album Delta Kream took them deeper into their musical roots, and 2022’s Dropout Boogie was hailed as approachable and ... Read More

The Haunt – Do Not Resuscitate (EP Review)

Hannah Means-ShannonHannah Means-ShannonApril 1, 2024

Out of Florida, The Haunt are a Alt-Rock band focused around siblings Anastasia Grace Haunt (vocals) and Maxamillion “Max” Haunt (vocals, guitar, production). Perhaps still very new to some, they previously released two EPs, amassed a ton of streams, and are now set to unveil their ... Read More

Interview – Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 29, 2024

Music can be a very powerful way to express your opinions and emotions when there seems to be nowhere else to turn. A tool also used to raise awareness or provoke a change in the world around you, perhaps one of the most steadfast Rock bands ... Read More

The Ice Pirates – A Sci-Fi Spoof Gem 40 Years Later

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 29, 2024

Back in the ‘80s the genres of Science Fiction and Comedy joined forces in a way no decade before or after had ever seen. You had films like 1985’s Weird Science, 1986’s Short Circuit, and of course, the legendary Spaceballs from 1987. Although, preceding all ... Read More