Though there were some fantastic releases by a few classic bands in 2024, I didn’t feel that it was, overall, nearly as strong as some other...

 For some reason, 2024 brought a lot more country and Southern rock to my playlist than usual. There’s always some mixed in, but at least ac...

Inevitably when you have a unique band that is truly creative, there comes a time when they want to step away from what they've done in ...

Overview Normally, I'm a fan of bands with identity crises, but I find Wage War to be pretty frustrating. On the one hand, they'll d...

Overview Pitches at Napalm Records must be crazy. Band: Our gimmick is that we're not musicians, we're actually ... Napalm: Say no m...

  Overview Kiuas was one of my favorite mid-2000s discoveries. They had a sound that was really all their own at the time -- a blend of powe...

I consider Blackberry Smoke’s 2012 album The Whippoorwill to be one of the greatest Southern rock albums of all time, and yet I haven’t list...

Overview After years of trying to cash in on his "American Idol" fame with more radio-friendly rock fare, James Durbin turned to h...

Continuing my list of top 20 albums of 2023: No. 10. NITA STRAUSS – THE CALL OF THE VOID : The long-time Alice Cooper guitar slinger deliver...