Halestorm ReAniMate 2.0 : The CoVeRs Atlantic Records It’s nice to give fans a voice in what they’d like to hear, and that’s just what the band does as they showcase their dynamic ability to cover any song chosen by fan input and requests on ReAniMate 2.0 The CoVeRs. It’s no secret Lzzy Hale has one of the most powerful female voices in rock today, only improving with time.  Hale […]

Scott Weiland Purple To The Core Tour Revolution Live Ft. Lauderdale, FL Saturday, August 24, 2013 Dear Scott Weiland, Though I applaud you for performing songs that haven’t been played live since the mid-nineties such as “Kitchenware and Candybars,” “Meatplow” and “Unglued” from 1994’s stellar Purple album, I now fully understand why your former STP band mates want nothing to do with you and hired a new vocalist after seeing […]

With giants of Hard Rock Disturbed currently on hiatus after consistently touring recording since the release of their self-titled debut album The Sickness, vocalist David Draiman obviously got the itch to start a new project, the industrial inspired Device. Draiman is far from resting on his laurels or relying on his old bands name to get his new band out there as his new band is back in the trenches, […]

Shinedown The Warner Sound Atlantic Records Live EP’s can be cool sometimes if you have never experienced a band live, or just can’t stand the oftentimes horrible sound of cell phone shot videos on YouTube. Shinedown take a different approach with this digital only release, The Warner Sound as a fairly stripped down affair basically capturing the band performing in a rehearsal space. The five tracks capture 4 tunes from […]

As they say, the cream rises to the top. Only a few rock and metal fans in the past decade could possibly have missed hearing rock drumming juggernaut Will Hunt at some point during their musical journey. Need proof? Try reading this portion of Will’s resume in one breath: Skrape, Tommy Lee, Methods of Mayhem, Dark New Day, Motley Crue, Evanescence, Bloodsimple, Black Label Society, Staind, Crossfade, Static-X, Eye Empire, […]

Jimmy Eat World Damage RCA Two and a half years after the release of the moody Invented, Jimmy Eat World has returned with Damage, an album that the band has been quoted as saying is an ‘adult break-up album.’ So if you thought that the lyrical subject matter on Invented was heavy, this disc is apparently taking it a step further as the band grows up with their fans. Damage […]

Fort Rock Festival April 14, 2013 Jet Blue Park Ft. Myers, FL Photos: Scott Nathanson

Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience RCA Justin Timberlake’s long awaited follow up to Future Sex/Love Sounds makes perfect sense. The infusion of modern dance beats with a retro feel is sexy, enthralling and will melt even the cynical against mainstream music. Timberlake expertly applies vintage sounds to updated beats to produce catchy pop hits that are simply lovely. When the first single, “Suit & Tie” was released, one could only […]

Wanee Festival 2013 Spirit of the Suwanee Live Oak, FL April 18-20, 2013 Photos: Joseph Hasbrouck

Atoms for Peace Amok XL Atoms for Peace’s debut, Amok, serves more as a Thom Yorke solo follow up to 2006’s The Eraser than as a full-band collaboration – electronic sounds abound within a live set up. Joey Waronker’s drumming sounds more or less like beats off a laptop than coming from an actual drum kit, while Flea delivers nimble bass lines help build the rhythms on the songs but […]