Label: Joyful Noise Recordings Released: January 22, 2008 In a nutshell, Lafcadio could be described as King Crimson meets Dillinger Escape Plan meets Black Flag meets Black Sabbath meets Shel Silverstein. If you’re not immediately turned off by the threat of that, then their new album Kibosh is probably for you. At times, they are as refined (though not quite… Read more »
Label: Vendlus Records Released: February 14, 2007 Prog rock’s faults aren’t usually related to technical skill at any stage of the process, from writing to playing to producing. In fact, the genre’s greatest difficulty stems from its artists being too good, too musical. Prog bands have a tendency to lose the emotional connection with their audience that is essential in… Read more »
Label: Kundrat Productions Released: December 11, 2007 Born in the Basement is original Overkill drummer Rat Skates’ documentary about the early days of thrash metal, from its punk rock and New Wave of British Heavy Metal roots to the days of its major label success. While there is some mention of other thrash bands like Metallica and Slayer, Skates focuses… Read more »
Label: Get Off My Bach/MRV/Caroline/EMI Released: November 20, 2007 In light of the number of 80s hair metal has-beens trying to cash in on a sadly nostalgic public, I didn’t have tremendously high hopes for Sebastian Bach’s latest, his first album in eight years. The upside of this record is that Bach didn’t entirely bow to the past. From the… Read more »
Label: Arclight Records Released: 2007 Over the course of rock history, “Louie Louie” has been covered countless times. Its simplicity and infectious hook make it an easy task for even the most pedestrian bands. On the other hand, to my knowledge, only one band has covered Lungfish’s “You Are the War.” There’s a few reasons: Lungfish is fairly far outside… Read more »
I’m not good at writing these things, because I so hate the dishonesty of sentimentality that I end up giving dead people a hard time rather than a break. However, I did read two fitting tributes to the colorful Quiet Riot singer. Metal Mark‘s tribute takes an honest look at DuBrow’s public self and Ray‘s is a little more personal…. Read more »
Label: Metal Blade Records Released: October 2, 2007 When I saw that Lizzy Borden had a new album coming out, I had mixed expectations. While I liked several of their early albums despite the silly theatrics, I began to lose interest in the late 80s and didn’t even pay attention to their thin output over the last 17 or so… Read more »
Label: Rhino Released: November 13, 2007 A cover here and there isn’t a bad thing and often playing covers helps a band know itself. But there’s a big difference between the occasional cover that pops up on an album or a live set and releasing a whole album of someone else’s songs. This trend, similar to the current trend of… Read more »
Listening to Take Cover reminds me that the word “good” cannot be made from the letters in “Queensrÿche,” but the word “cheesÿ” can.
I have a copy of Queensryche’s new covers collection, cleverly titled Take Cover, for giveaway. I’ll send it to the person who has the best definition for what a queensryche actually is. The best answer might be serious or it might be funny, who’s to say. Go ahead and post your answers in the comments and I’ll choose a winner… Read more »