It wasn't that long ago that our very own master of mayhem, Woody, declared for fans of Tank and the Rods to rejoice. Their new favorite band had arrived and went by the cosmic moniker of Sun Gods in Exile. Moments later, with the band's debut Bright Light, White Lines blaring across the Ripple Office speakers, we lost ourselves in the utter abandon of a balls-out rock and roll record. Needl...
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You’ve read the reviews about the best music that you’re not listening to, now listen to the music that Racer, Pope JTE, and the entire crew at The Ripple Effect write about each and every day. Listen in as Pope and Racer break down the songs, explain in a passionate voice what compels them with each particular song, and provide trivial banter about all things music. We don’t expect you to l
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Y'all out there don't need me to tell you that there's tons of great music out there that is passing under the radar of the popular media, and that's why this radio show is pretty frickin' cool. It's a show that highlights some of the countless musical endeavors that have been written about in the pages of The Ripple Effect. Open minded and ready to treat your ears to something fresh? Then tune...
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It was far too long ago that we published our last Ripples Around the World Column, a celebration of the diverse and dynamic world music that comes through the Ripple doors, so let's rectify that right now. We have two delicious slices of world music licorice pizza to share with you, so let's get right to it.Lion Head Compilation Vol 1Now, we've already raved about the mad dub world of the mas...
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Humble Pie’s Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore is regarded as one of the greatest live rock albums of all time. It captures a kick ass band in front of a rowdy crowd at the Fillmore East in New York City in 1971. Rockin’ The Fillmore is the album that broke Humble Pie in the USA. Up to that point, their studio albums were a mixed affair. Touring with Grand Funk Railroad showed them that kickin
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When it comes to Iron Maiden, there are very few surprises yet there’s still quite a bit of mystery. You know that you’re getting heavy metal that weaves and winds through multiple time and mood changes, and all of it played with the proficiency of gods, but unless you’re family, part of the inner circle, or that ultimate fan who rummages through the bands personal belongings, there’s some
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Yep, we promised it would it happen and here it is!Today is our first ever (monthly?) Ripple CD giveaway. What we do is randomly pull the number of one of our many blog followers out of a hat, and boom. . . . just like that you've won a free copy of a CD that we've recently reviewed here at the Ripple. Now each CD we giveaway is officially certified by the band to be used as a giveaway, we're...
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Attacking us with a double-barreled assault of garage rock and vintage psychedelia, all mixed in with a blinding amount of modern savvy and serious songwriting chops, The Steps were a major surprise when their self-released disc poured on into the Ripple Office. Grabbing a couple of cold frosty ones, we couldn't wait to get lead singer, Will, to plop on down onto our red leather interview catch...
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We've got an extra special treat for all you waveriders out there today. Jumping into the Ripple Office with a fist full of Cd's, an itchy typing finger, and more musical knowledge than a hippy at Woodstock, we've got two guest reviewers today, lending their vast knowledge to us seekers of music. David Bischoff and Steve Weese co-host Soundscapes, a progressive rock radio show over at KRVM 9...
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It’s a Sunday morning, the clouds have formed over New York City, and anxiety has struck my being with the force of a ten ton nuclear warhead. I was leaving the city that I had just begun to fathom in theory for Newark, New Jersey en route to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania via train and bus, respectively. As if taking on the New York City terrain and subways alone wasn’t a daunting enough task, now I
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We're going to do things a tiny bit differently today. Shake it up a bit.As many of you may know, in addition to our prides and joys, The Ripple Effect and Ripple Radio, we also run a site over at last.fm and a fun-filled, ball-of-fun group, From The Garage. Over at FTG, we celebrate all things garage rock, from the punky and scuzzy to the glammy and rocky. Most recently, in addition to our ...
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I’ve had a rash of albums recently that teased me with opening songs that went one way and the rest of the album that took a hard left and went the other way. Somehow the sequencing isn’t quite what I expect from the music and it takes more than a few listenings to gleem the best of the album. The Toronto based Trews, on their 3rd album No Time for Later have done exactly that: the title trac
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This Field Report is a little unusual in that it’s not so much based on catching a live performance, but more focused on a little musical adventure that I had while spending some time on the East Coast. Much like the record buying trip that Racer and I had in March, this trip to New York was more about what kind of odd ball and nifty nuggets I could come across. That’s not to say that there is
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When we stumbled on Water is Rising from Ecotone Refugees we hoped for the best and expected the worst. What we got was an album that became part of our everyday life and soon started to engrain itself in the fabric of our existance. We were able to catch up with Johnny and Dave, and fired off our usual volley of questions. Here's what some of New York's finest had to say.When I was a kid, grow...
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There's a famous line in a movie that goes, "You had me at hello." That sums up my experience with Stone Axe.Sometimes it doesn't take much to hook you, to grab you, to reel you in like some thrashing marlin off the coast of Baja. And I'll tell you, it only took 1 (count it, one) second of the first track of Stone Axe's debut album to know that I was hooked. If I was a marlin you could just ...
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In past reviews of Norwegian black metal albums, I’ve painted stark pictures of bitter winter landscapes as I’ve interpreted the music set before me. Frigid forested mountains caked with snow and ice, windswept hills and lands barren of most human life. The black metal mavens of Norway always seem to capture these environments better than most, creating this amazing imagery of desolation and w
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