ALBUM REVIEW – High Highs “Open Season” (Alternative/Pop/Rock)

I’m surprised Pitchfork hasn’t latched onto this band and refused to let go.

Native to Australia, Jack Milas and Oil Chang formed The High Highs in 2010.

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COVER INTERVIEW – Comedy, Catholicism and Loud Guitars with Zakk Wylde

A true heavy metal legend, Zakk Wylde has always been able to give a good interview and is always interesting to talk too. Always willing to share what’s going through his mind, Zakk Wylde blew me away with his humor and kindness, truly bringing heavy metal to people of all generations.

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ALBUM REVIEW – Striker “City Of Gold” (Heavy Metal)

Just when your faith in the underground was a pile of burnt-out coal in your little sister’s Christmas stocking, Edmonton’s high-octane rockers pours some kerosene on the sparks by releasing their meanest album to date. I like this album more than 2012’s Armed to the Teeth, which was not as toothy as the robotic-dinosaur cover art implied. It’s kinda different.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Dine Alone Records “Winter Sampler December 2014” (Various)

Dine Alone Records is a Toronto based indie label, which has proven itself to be a surprising source of broadly varied, quality artists. Personally, I am an individual who is very prone to disappearing into niche genres (and reappearing baggy eyed months later, much to everyone’s surprise) and merely dabbles in the loosely defined ‘indie’ scene.

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