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ALBUM REVIEW: Ailise Blake – Soave

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For Alice Ronzini (better known as Ailise Blake in her current musical guise) the visual component of her art is no incidental afterthought. Indeed the cover photo of her latest record Soave (These Hands Melt), with Blake sitting on a wooden frame, her face obscured, grass and trees around her, very well captures the mysterious, paganistic atmosphere of the music contained within.  Continue reading →


PODCAST: Glacially Musical 257 – Alice In Chains Shares its Final Studio Album with Layne Staley – “Tripod”

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Nik, Keefy, and Don continue our foray into Alice In Chains with their 1995 self-titled album, affectionately called “Tripod” – much to their dismay. This album seemed like a labor of love to finish in the face of tough circumstances. What do you think of this experimental album? Critics didn’t love when it released, but has grown in admiration over time. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: David Judson Clemmons – Everything A War

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Those who dwell in these dark territories of underground Rock and Metal, of the noisy, the abrasive, the alternative, and the avant-garde are not always so open to big anthemic hooks. Sometimes our reaction to music that dares to rouse the spirits and attempt to soar can be somewhat dismissive. But let us not entirely close our ears and our hearts to hope, because sometimes in the right hands, the results of such sincere passions can be glorious and in the case of Everything A War (7 People Records/ Village Slut)—the latest record by former Prog-Metal frontman David Judson Clemmons (previously of Damn The Machine)—glorious is exactly what they are.  Continue reading →