New Video & Single “Getting Back to Country” from Cody Joe Hodges
Texas based male country recording artist, Cody Joe Hodges, has a new album, “The Good Stuff”, which was released on November 4th. “Getting Back to Country” is the first release […]
Category Archives: Album Reviews
Album Review – Rancid “…Honor Is All We Know”(Punk)
Honor Is All We Know kind of came out of nowhere. There had been rumblings of a new Rancid record for years, but no confirmations or teasers from the studio or possible release dates. Just rumour. Then all of a sudden we had a track list, and cover art, and a release date just weeks away.
November 2014 Vandala Magazine – Sabaton, Pixies, Lagwagon, Rancid and More
The winter is heading our way but the stages are hot as can be. We interviewed Metal War Historians, Sabaton. We chatted with both Joakim Broden and Hannes Van Dahl before […]
Album Review – Chris Walla “Field Manual” (Alternative/Indie Rock)
With Chris Walla (guitarist) gone, the responsibility of dancing like an embarrassing parent chaperone at a high school dance rests solely on Ben Gibbards (vocals) shoulders. I hope this isn’t a burden he has to carry alone too long. Nick Harmer (bassist), time to step up your game.
Album Review – The Interrupters – “S/T” (Punk/Ska)
Tim Armstrong’s Hellcat label (a subsidiary of Epitaph) has slowed in its releases the last few years, releasing only a couple records a year. But there was a time when they were one of punk’s heaviest hitting labels, releasing records by the likes of Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Dis-tillers, U.S. Bombs and Aggrolites. Nowadays their roster of bands is still impressive, but it’s the lesser known bands that are the most impressive on the team.
Album Review – Operators “EP1” (Alternative)
I have no real knowledge of this band. They are elusive shadows, gods of synth, but above all, they are brilliant. Having heard Operators at their fifth show, I have to say –
Review – Filmage: The Story of Descendents/ALL
The introduction to some of my favorite punk bands, some of punk rock’s most iconic bands, have been compilation albums. Albums like Ramones Mania and Bad Religion’s All Ages. In 1991 the box set T…
Artist Feature: SubRosa “Revealing Our Humanity Through Doom Metal”
Roaring down the highway, just over the speed limit with enough illicit substances in the car to get the driver booked for at least a couple of months, this sounds like as good a place as any to start my story about SubRosa. Here I was riding shotgun on a four hour car trip with a guy who I had met only nine days prior.
Album Cover Feature – Slaine “The King of Everything Else”
This month’s album cover pick is the somewhat controversial cover of Slaine’s somewhat controversial album The King of Everything Else. As I mention in my review of the album elsewhere In Septembers Vandala Magazine(page 13), Slaine is firing on all cylinders with this record and his ability at crafting dark narratives and soundscapes and peppering them with his well honed and gritty flow, has never been more impressive than on King.
Preview of Octobers Vandala Magazine – Exodus, Less Than Jake, Shows, Reviews and More
First day of fall is just around the corner, and for some that means snow has fallen and others it’s just a little colder yet September was a hot month […]
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