Album Review: Memoryhouse - ‘Soft Hate’ (Pop)
Soft Hate is the strongest effort from a group that has a very audacious library. The duo continues to make dramatic musical beauty […]
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Album Review: Face To Face – ‘Protection’ (Punk)
I’ve been listening to Face To Face for a long time. Their 1996 self titled album was a constant companion throughout junior high and high school. And their fantastic 2002 album How To Ruin Everything has been one of my favourite punk rock album ever since its release. […]
Cover Interview – Frank Turner “All the Kids are Talking Slang”
With Positive Songs for Negative People, Frank Turner has closed the sixth chapter of his recording career as a solo artist. In the wake of the dissolution of his post-hardcore […]
Album Review – Monster Truck ‘Sittin Heavy’ (Rock/Hard Rock)
Canada’s Monster Truck comes out swinging full force with a fistful of southern tinged hard rock for their sophomore release “Sittin Heavy” and the fist of this release connects straight to the rock n roll musical dome hard as a rock!
Album Review – Charles Bradley – ‘Changes’ (Soul)
Charles Bradley is proof that you’re never too old to make it. Here is a man who sounds as if he was born with his gravelly croon. The reincarnated spirit of James Brown, the razor sharp delivery of Otis Redding and the unhinged forcefulness of Sam Cooke […]
April 2016 Vandala Magazine – Frank Turner, Monster Truck, Twiztid, Cradle of Filth and More
This month we were all of the board for genres and locations and had a blast. On the cover we have the very talented Frank Turner about his career and […]
Album Review – From Ashes To New – ‘Day One’ (Rap-Rock/Alternative Metal)
The comeback of the 1990’s Nu-Metal era has been boiling over the modern rock stove the past five years, as if a giant pot filled with nothing but past urban teenage angst finally decided to spew out from underneath today’s bullshit […]
March 2016 Vandala Magazine: Slayer, Bobaflex, Josh Ritter, From Ashes to New and More
The snow is melting and the bands are coming out in full force with tours, and new albums. On the cover we had the honour of interviewing Paul Bostaph of Slayer. […]
Album Review – Coldair – ‘The Provider’ (Alternative)
The vocals are dramatically delivered with a cold softness, and synth lines are dark and distinctively mysterious. The band demonstrates their talent for crafting […]
Album Review: Lecrae – ‘Church Clothes 3’ (Hip Hop)
I said this when the album was released, but it’s an amazing thing to witness pop culture shift before your eyes and to know it when it’s happening. Thats how I felt when Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ came out. I knew it would change things, I could feel the change start to happen. And ever since, […]
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