ALBUM REVIEW: Activity – A Thousand Years in Another Way


As a genre, Indie Rock hit its peak in the mid-2000s, as bands like Arcade Fire and Death Cab for Cutie became mainstream, thus causing bands to branch off into the post-punk branch of punk rock. Activity’s new album A Thousand Years in Another Way (Western Vinyl) takes you back to the last great days of indie rock. The album opens in a tense, more brooding mood than their previous work. They balance this out with the fragile plea of the pained tenor vocals. The trembling urgency of this vocal approach brings Radiohead to mind. Continue reading →


M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot Says The Lost Album “Look Outside Your Window” is In the Hands of Management to Prepare for Release



One year after predicting the much talked about unreleased album of ambient music “Look Outside Your Window” would come out in the spring of 2024 (and other possible missed release dates over the years), M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot now says the album is in the hands of the bands’ management and preparing for a potential release in 2025. In a recent interview for their current here comes the pain 25th anniversary tour, Jim Root, frustrated by being asked about it, threatens to leak it Clown gave a new interview explaining why it would not make to see a release this year. The band has spent all of 2025 touring all over the world, headlining their Knotfest branded events and other metal festivals. Slipknot has also been recording a new album, which will be their first to feature new drummer Eloy Casagrande and the first not to feature Craig Jones, who has retired. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Wild God


It can not be said that Nick Cave’s career has not aged gracefully. Sure, The Birthday Party feels like another life, but with each album released in the past two decades, Cave has successfully moved towards filling the gap Leonard Cohen’s death would leave. Wild God (Play it Again Sam) continues to uphold his legacy while carrying the hopeful shimmer of a life not met with the kind of tragedy Cave has known. After the death of his son, he is moving past the kind of grief that haunted some of his more recent work. Even at 66 years old, Nick’s vocals have held up, even if the title track is more spoken than sung. Continue reading →