REVIEW: THIRD EYE BLIND – DOPAMINE (2015)
After years of prolonged and unfulfilled anticipation, Third Eye Blind finally releases their new album, Dopamine. It’s the San Francisco band’s first album since 2009’s Ursa Major, and only their fifth studio album since the band’s formation in the mid-1990s. Over the ye
INTERVIEW: CROBOT (POTTSVILLE, PA)
Crobot recently rolled into Chicago roiling crowds, opening for Anthrax and Volbeat. Yet despite being pretty young in term of band years, the rockers took to the stage with a swagger and reinvigorating confidence. If there is any doubt that rock may be on life support in the face of button pus
INTERVIEW: ORGY (LOS ANGELES)
Since 1994, Jay Gordon has been a standard-bearer for moving metal forward, incorporating industrial and electronic elements into rock and metal before many of his contemporaries. “Blue Monday” was a force to reckon with on its release. Despite being a rework of a New Order track, the single tor
REVIEW: SURGEONS IN HEAT – DISASTER (2015)
It is quite serendipitous that Milwaukee/Madison musician John Mayer has the name John Mayer. In his band Surgeons in Heat he has a strong ability to write catchy and smooth pop songs (check out “Better On Your Own” from Surgeons in Heat for a prime example). Mayer also lends