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Tears for Fears - Songs For A Nervous Planet album cover

Tears for Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeDecember 3, 2024

Tears for Fears – a band that probably does not need an introduction – is back with a new album. For those who are not all too familiar with them, here is a short introduction – Formed in England back in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland ... Read More

Phantogram - Memory of a Day / Neon Gold (2024)

Phantogram – Memory of a Day (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 21, 2024

We all hope to maintain a friendship for a lifetime, but unfortunately, it is not always the case. People lose touch, grow apart, or succumb to disagreement. However, some bonds are unbreakable… like those between Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter. The duo that makes up ... Read More

Poppy - Negative Spaces / Sumerian Records (2024)

Poppy – Negative Spaces (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 15, 2024

American Performer Poppy is perhaps one of the most enigmatic in music today. A compliment when it seems many others are a carbon copy of the next, Poppy has made a name for herself in the pop and also the Heavy Metal genre. A part ... Read More

Clan of Xymox - Exodus / Metropolis Records (2024)

Clan of Xymox – Exodus (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 6, 2024

Looking back in time, in 1980 a little record label out of London formed going by the name of 4AD. Subscribing to a unique outlook to music than other labels, their formative years had an impressive list of artists; including Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Modern English, ... Read More

Friedberg - Hardcore Workout Queen / Clouds Hill (2024)

Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 5, 2024

Everything in life is a work in progress. Sometimes you are headed in one direction, but then seemingly out of nowhere, go the opposite way. Such is the case with Anna Friedberg; an Austrian singer-songwriter making her way in music for the better part of ... Read More

Midge Ure – Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 (Live Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 5, 2024

There are few artists as fascinating and accomplished as Midge Ure. Playing music professionally for the better part of five decades, many of those years Ure has been a part of bands. From the Glam Rock act Silk and the Punk Rock leaning PVC2, to ... Read More

Synthpop

Tears for Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet (Album Review)

Phantogram – Memory of a Day (Album Review)

Poppy – Negative Spaces (Album Review)

Clan of Xymox – Exodus (Album Review)

Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Album Review)

Midge Ure – Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 (Live Album Review)

Tears for Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet (Album Review)

Phantogram – Memory of a Day (Album Review)

Poppy – Negative Spaces (Album Review)

Clan of Xymox – Exodus (Album Review)

Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Album Review)

Midge Ure – Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 (Live Album Review)

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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)