Experimental pop Archives

The Power Station - The Power Station / Rhino (2026)

The Power Station – The Power Station (40th Anniversary 2LP Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 16, 2026

The moniker of ‘Supergroup’ is thrown around very casually, but perhaps no other fits the bill quite as well as The Power Station. A project that took shape in 1984, it developed after Duran Duran’s 1983 massively successful third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, ... Read More

Gorillaz Almanac 2020 / Z2 Comics (2020)

Gorillaz Almanac 2020 (Book Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 28, 2025

England’s Gorillaz are anything but a conventional band. Formed in 1998 by Blur’s Damon Albarn and Comic Book Artist Jamie Hewlett as a counterreaction to the vacuous Pop music industry of the 1990s. Meant to be satire and poke fun at manufacturing a band, the ... Read More

SPELLLING – Portrait of My Heart (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 28, 2025

Some believe that beyond our control, there are forces that have plans for us. This is a bit of mysticism that many are skeptical of. Although, you would have to believe that even with free will, sometimes outer limits come into play that no one ... Read More

Declan McKenna – What Happened to the Beach? (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 7, 2024

Only recently turning twenty-five years old, Declan McKenna is an artist who has already accomplished a great deal at such a young age. Initially stirring up a mass of attention at seventeen after he entered the Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition in 2015, reportedly, more ... Read More

Experimental pop

The Power Station – The Power Station (40th Anniversary 2LP Edition Review)

Gorillaz Almanac 2020 (Book Review)

SPELLLING – Portrait of My Heart (Album Review)

Declan McKenna – What Happened to the Beach? (Album Review)

The Power Station – The Power Station (40th Anniversary 2LP Edition Review)

Gorillaz Almanac 2020 (Book Review)

SPELLLING – Portrait of My Heart (Album Review)

Declan McKenna – What Happened to the Beach? (Album Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Mackenzie Donaldson

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Frater Orion of Deathless Legacy

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain