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ALBUM REVIEW: Meryl Streek – Songs For The Deceased

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Blending industrial sampling, New Wave techno beats, Hard Rock guitars, and spoken-word poetry, Meryl Streek’s Songs For The Deceased (Venn Records) puts you in front of the most ardent liberal soapbox speaker since Eugene V. Debs. The single “Rags To Riches” delves into the emotional turmoil that is life under modern capitalism. I’m glad I got to review this one, because I’m politically aligned and probably most sympathetic to Meryl’s message. Fortunately, it’s also quite danceable.

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Bad Brains’ Darryl Jenifer Announces New Instrumental Album The Weather Channel

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Darryl Jenifer, bassist and founding member of Bad Brains, has announced The Weather Channel, a new instrumental album out July 17th via Org Music on LP, CD, and digital. The first single, “Sacred Love II,” is out now. Stream it below. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Skunk Anasie – The Painful Truth

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Sometimes bands create an album so creatively stellar that it leaves its mark on who they are as artists, such is the case with Skunk Anasie and their 1999 album Post Orgasmic Chill (Virgin Records) that transcended genres as well as eras of music. But Skin does not care how big they were in the past, she presses forward on their new album The Painful Truth (FLG Records), disregards being defined by anything to reinvent what the band is about. The song This is Not Your Life” proves Skin is in fine voice, even as an older wiser artist. Continue reading →