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Second Look: Lucifer – Black Mass / Ataraxia – The Unexplained

Jake Mazon·November 9, 2020

Legendary Moog pioneer Mort Garson’s album Black Mass, released under the moniker Lucifer, first came to my attention...

Tim Sentz·October 8, 2020

It’s kind of difficult to make a case for a short-lived band’s second album to be a modern...

When Rilo Kiley broke out of the morass of emotional indie rock of the early 2000s, with 2002’s...

Ray Finlayson·September 16, 2020

Like I imagine many others did, I found The Divine Comedy through the Irish comedy series Father Ted. The Northern Irish band ushered in...

John Wohlmacher·September 16, 2020

The idea of time capsules is one always prevalent in music. An album can bring about images, smells,...

Lauren Mullineaux·September 16, 2020

Your memory is a powerful thing, but there’s no denying that we often lack the ability to render...

What exactly is progressive about progressive rock? If by “progressive rock” you mean the grandiose classical canon worship...

John Wohlmacher·August 29, 2020

No screams disturbed the silence. A few survivors shuffled through the debris, quietly begging for water. People, houses,...

Brendan Frank·August 17, 2012

As a child, you typically listen to the music that your parents are playing, be it on their stereos...

Joshua Pickard·August 10, 2012

The glitz of glam rock had faded away to make room for the noisier, more distorted visions spewed...