Editorial Review: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

My first memory of Nirvana was in early April, 1994. I was ten years old. I was at school and we had ‘library time’ with the kids in my class and class above ours. I came in and saw a group of kids sitting around one of those big, grey, rectangular tape decks with a pair of coil corded, oversized […]

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Album Review – Banditos “Banditos” (Tonk / Rock n’ Roll)

The fact that Banditos hail from Nashville, Tennessee (they are originally from Atlanta) already gives them a badge of authenticity that every band who doesn’t set up camp in that musical history-rich city is lacking. The fact that they play a compendium of music […]

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July 2015 Vandala Magazine – Hick Hop with The Lacs, Going Out to Sea with Paul McKenzie, Festivals and More

Summer is one of our favorite times of the year since all the bands are on the road and in full force. This month we switched things up and literally […]

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Album Review: Deez Nuts “Word Is Bond” (Hardcore/Punk)

It’s no secret to anyone with at least one foot in the metal core and hardcore punk scene that Deez Nuts are one of the biggest acts to come out of Australia, which as a region has earned a rather formidable reputation. JJ Peter’s affiliations with I Killed The Prom Queen aside, it is perhaps for these reasons that their fourth album, “Word Is Bond”, comes off as well polished but somewhat tepid.

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