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Al Green - To Love Somebody / Fat Possum Records (2026)

Al Green – To Love Somebody (EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 19, 2026

Singers come and go, but then there are those like Al Green with a voice that resonates through time. Arriving on the R&B scene in the late 1960s with his group Al Greene & the Soul Mates, at the dawn of the new decade, Green ... Read More

De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky / AOI / Mass Appeal Records (2025)

De La Soul – Cabin in the Sky (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 30, 2025

Arriving on the scene in the late 1980s, De La Soul are often considered pioneers of Alternative Hip Hop music alongside the likes of A Tribe Called Quest. What some might call Jazz or Conscious Rap, their sound fuses different styles into something all their ... Read More

Boz Scaggs - Detour / Concord Records (2025)

Boz Scaggs – Detour (Album Review)

Garrett RichardelloGarrett RichardelloDecember 10, 2025

After seven long years of studio silence, Boz Scaggs returns in 2025 with a brand new studio album called Detour. His 20th overall solo album and first since 2018’s Out of the Blues, Detour (out on October 17th via Concord Records) feels less like a ... Read More

The English Beat - The Beat At The BBC / Rhino (2025)

The English Beat – The Beat at The BBC (Vinyl Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 26, 2025

A platform that has helped musicians in England gain exposure and develop their talent; countless numbers have recorded at the BBC. From The Beatles to Led Zeppelin to The Kinks and even Gothic Metal pioneers Paradise Lost, the BBC has been instrumental in artist development ... Read More

INXS - Live From Royal Albert Hall, 1986 / Rhino (2025)

INXS – Live from Royal Albert Hall, 1986 (Apple Red Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 23, 2025

First emerging onto the Australian Rock scene as INXS in September 1979, the immediate years to follow would be a steady climb toward the top. Finding success in Australia with their 1980 self-titled debut and 1981’s Underneath the Colours, it would not be until 1982’s ... Read More

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis / Rhino Records (2025)

Curtis Mayfield – Curtis (55th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 21, 2025

While Curtis Mayfield may not have had the commercial success of other more mainstream Soul artists, such as those featured on Motown Records, there is no question that he was a massively influential musician. Previously a member of The Impressions (who had success in the ... Read More

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Al Green – To Love Somebody (EP Review)

De La Soul – Cabin in the Sky (Album Review)

Boz Scaggs – Detour (Album Review)

The English Beat – The Beat at The BBC (Vinyl Edition Review)

INXS – Live from Royal Albert Hall, 1986 (Apple Red Vinyl Review)

Al Green – To Love Somebody (EP Review)

De La Soul – Cabin in the Sky (Album Review)

Boz Scaggs – Detour (Album Review)

The English Beat – The Beat at The BBC (Vinyl Edition Review)

INXS – Live from Royal Albert Hall, 1986 (Apple Red Vinyl 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