TikTok Shuts Down All Accounts In The USA


The TikTok Ban in the USA went into effect at approximately 10:30 PM Eastern time on January 18th, 2024, just ahead of the Ban on the Network originally signed into an executive order by President Trump and upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday. No users can use the network and you are shown a message telling users in the USA their service is suspended “but they are working on a solution.” It say7s you can login to access your information and content, but users are reporting you cannot. Other Chinese-owned apps such as CapCut and Lemon8 are also unavailable. Launched by Chinese company ByteDance in 2016. TikTok was the number one most-downloaded app in 2021 and a top 5 app in 2022-2024. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Rezn – Burden


It’s been a logical progression from the bong-laden wonderment of REZN’s 2017 debut to the band’s newest effort Burden (Sargent House), which finds Chicago’s sonic sorcerers expanding their minds and sound, with their newest offering feeling darker than previous offerings, though in a more hazy moonlit laced with a dopamine deficit-induced depression fashion, as the mood to the underlying themes.  Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Mutilation Barbecue – Amalgamations of Gore


Come on, you know what this is. A band shows up with a name like Mutilation Barbecue with an album titled Amalgamations of Gore (Maggot Stomp Records)and you know the Green Day crowd’s ears perked up. This will be the talk of the town on TikTok or wherever else annoying teenagers congregate and commiserate about missing out on Hawthorne Heights’ day in the sun. Hell, this one may even make the playlist at your local Starbucks. You just get a feeling, you know.  Continue reading →