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THE FLAMING LIPS PONDER CREATIVITY FROM INSIDE A BUBBLE

February 17, 2021

Those who believe rock ‘n’ roll is dead need only listen to The Flaming Lips for proof it is far from flatlining. Since the early ‘80s, the Oklahoma City band have continually pushed boundaries, colore... Read More...

TOMBS REMAIN STEADY AT THE HELM

Vinny Cecolini

February 10, 2021

Features, Goings-On, Interviews

The New Jersey death metal stalwarts have endured strife, but they deliver the goods on their homegrown new album, Under Sullen Skies. While many artists have remained sequestered at home licking their... Read More...

MINA CAPUTO: MYSTIC WARRIOR & RELUCTANT ICON

Vinny Cecolini

January 29, 2021

Features, Goings-On, Interviews

Unabashed and unfiltered, the Life of Agony vocalist opens up about her latest solo album The Mones and much more in this candid conversation with AQ. Like most people, Mina Caputo's world crashed to a ... Read More...

SEBASTIAN BACH WANTS TO GET RADICAL WITH YOU!

Vinny Cecolini

January 13, 2021

Features, Goings-On, Interviews

Sebastian Bach is on the verge of exploding. Nearly a year of pent-up energy, creativity, frustration, and hunger to perform will do that. The legendary front person has certainly had enough of the pandemi... Read More...

VESSEL OF LIGHT RAISE THE DEAD AND THE DECIBELS ON ‘LAST RIDE’

Vinny Cecolini

November 20, 2020

Albums, Reviews

Jersey metal supergroup's fourth LP soars with dark lyrical themes and an old-school doom metal feel. The night is darkest before the dawn. As the world rides out the hopefully last, but most horrific ... Read More...

MARK “WEISSGUY” WEISS: THE LEGEND WHO CAPTURED THE EIGHTIES

Vinny Cecolini

May 31, 2020

Features, Goings-On, Interviews

Joan Jett, 1980. Photo by Mark Weiss New photo retrospective out June 2 is a collection of some of the most iconic photos of rock and roll ever taken. Anyone armed with a cell phone or camera can shoot a... Read More...

ROSS THE BOSS IS A LEGEND IN LOCKDOWN

Vinny Cecolini

May 19, 2020

Buzz, Features, Goings-On

The Dictators and Manowar guitarist was primed to hit the road with his namesake band prior to the Coronavirus pandemic. Read how he's been keeping himself busy. There is no denying Ross “The Boss” Friedman... Read More...

Out of Exile: Outlaws’ Henry Paul Rides Down the ‘Dixie Highway’

Vinny Cecolini

May 6, 2020

Features, Interviews

Second-wave Southern rockers find themselves "in the best place they could possibly be" with new album Dixie Highway. From the mid-‘70s through the early ‘80s, some Brooklyn and Queens kids would hang out o... Read More...

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Danzig, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), and Me and That Man

Vinny Cecolini

April 29, 2020

Albums, Reviews

We begin this week’s edition of Hot Rocks with a special segment entitled “Hot Take vs. Hot Take,” where our intrepid Hot Rocks columnist, Vinny Cecolini, and our noble Managing Editor, Daniel Alleva, bring yo... Read More...

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from The Strokes, Pearl Jam, Morrissey, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Dinosaur Eyelids

Vinny Cecolini

April 10, 2020

Albums, Reviews

The Strokes The New Abnormal (Sony) The Strokes have just released the best album—of 1982, that is. Though I’m not complaining, the adage “everything old is new again” certainly applies here. The New ... Read More...

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Labors of Love: Marty Friedman’s All-Consuming Musical Endeavors

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

Alt Bloom’s Effortlessly Timeless New Single, “Tired”

Nightly’s “night, love you. (alt ep)”: Versatility Prevails

Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho ('Parasite'), plus 'Doctor Sleep,' 'The Siren,' 'Scandalous,' 'Untouchable,' and more.

Reality Check: OUR MONSTER FIXATION

Makin’ Waves: Laurie Berkner: From Jersey Indie Rocker to Global Kindie Rocker

Reality Check: LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER

THE FLAMING LIPS PONDER CREATIVITY FROM INSIDE A BUBBLE

TOMBS REMAIN STEADY AT THE HELM

MINA CAPUTO: MYSTIC WARRIOR & RELUCTANT ICON

SEBASTIAN BACH WANTS TO GET RADICAL WITH YOU!

VESSEL OF LIGHT RAISE THE DEAD AND THE DECIBELS ON ‘LAST RIDE’

MARK “WEISSGUY” WEISS: THE LEGEND WHO CAPTURED THE EIGHTIES

ROSS THE BOSS IS A LEGEND IN LOCKDOWN

Out of Exile: Outlaws’ Henry Paul Rides Down the ‘Dixie Highway’

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Danzig, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), and Me and That Man

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from The Strokes, Pearl Jam, Morrissey, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Dinosaur Eyelids

Labors of Love: Marty Friedman’s All-Consuming Musical Endeavors

Reality Check: OUR MONSTER FIXATION

Makin’ Waves: Laurie Berkner: From Jersey Indie Rocker to Global Kindie Rocker

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

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