By Jeff McCarthy LORDS OF BEACON HOUSE are a San Pedro, California trio who play 70’s psych rock with a proto-metal heft to it. The material enclosed at the link below is from the forthcoming split album with bro band Great Electric Quest (to drop via Glory Or Death Records on 6/16/17). It’s also the… Continue reading Half a Split Review: Lords of Beacon House
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Baldwin’s Choice: Cardiacs
Cardiacs is what happens when worlds collide. Who would have thought that two completely separate rock subgenres with two entirely different musical outlooks would ever be able to work together? This band found a way, and the results are very exciting. Although bandleader Tim Smith will never admit to it, Cardiacs is the first (and… Continue reading Baldwin’s Choice: Cardiacs
Album Review: The Psyatics’ Famous Monsters
Vegas surf n roll band The Psyatics present fourteen energetic tracks in their third album Famous Monsters. Recently returned from a tour of Japan, the veteran band seeks to become “Las Vegas legends” who spread their music worldwide. Will they make it? I don’t know, but I can say this — if The Psyatics were… Continue reading Album Review: The Psyatics’ Famous Monsters
Single Review: “This Longing Heart” by Dusty Grant
Dusty Grant started out his music career fronting rock and metal bands, but he’s taking a more introspective route these days. The Kansas-by-way-of-Nebraska songwriter just released a video for his single, “This Longing Heart.” Check it out below: Grant expresses universal sentiments using the grunge roots of his youth. He “employ(s) a straightforward approach for… Continue reading Single Review: “This Longing Heart” by Dusty Grant
Bacon Fest, The Trilogy: An Interview with Eric Iocca (and TICKET GIVEAWAY)
This Sunday, I sat down with Eric Iocca to talk about the third year of his big show, Bacon Fest. The 2017 incarnation will be on Saturday, June 3rd at Cherry Street Station in Wallingford, CT. Doors open at 2pm, with the cooking contest at 2:30 and bands starting at 3. Two hundred pounds of… Continue reading Bacon Fest, The Trilogy: An Interview with Eric Iocca (and TICKET GIVEAWAY)
Baldwin’s Choice: Kayo Dot
Kayo Dot is more than a little confusing. They’re a group that sounds like you shouldn’t take them seriously, because they’re strange almost to the point of mockery. But beneath the sheer alien nature of whatever genre of music they tackle at any given time, there’s a core of uniqueness that’s unparalleled. In a musical… Continue reading Baldwin’s Choice: Kayo Dot
EP Review: Gruesome’s Fragments of Psyche
12/13/2001, the day the metal died. “Evil Chuck” Schuldiner passed away after a battle with brain cancer at the age of 34, depriving the world of his uniquely talented musical mind. Enter Gruesome, circa 2015. Formed by metal luminaries Matt Harvey [Exhumed, Dekapitator], Robin Mazen [Derketa], Gus Rios [Malevolent Creation, Evil Amidst], and Daniel Gonzalez… Continue reading EP Review: Gruesome’s Fragments of Psyche