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The Ripple Effect: Heavy Young Heathens - Jan 15,2009

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT

"The best music you're not listening to. Reviews of lost classics and obscure titles. Unheralded bands and songwriters. New bands deserving of greater attention. It's all here, on the Ripple Effect. www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com" This first episode of the new year will feature musicial guests, Heavy Young Heathens. Always a favorite of The Ripple Effect, HYH will spend a little time talking to us about their latest recording ventures and tales from their recent cross country tour. Also, we;ll be playing songs from Mother Toungue, Prong, Trettioariga Kriget, and much, much more! It's all here on . . . The Ripple Effect!

Music | Heavy Young Heathens | Mardo | Metal | Rock

Insatiable Feast of Indescribable Rock ‘n Roll, Pt. 1 - Jan 09,2009

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:07:30 GMT

The Ripple offices got slammed a few months back with a pile of music that took us in practically every imaginable direction. I focused on the extreme metal stuff coz’ that’s what I do best. Racer tackled the stoner metal and garage rock . . . again, coz’ that’s what he does best. So, that left a bunch of stuff that didn’t fit into our normal genres, but stuff that left us with our heads spinning in its utter brilliance. The bands that we’re highlighting here feature that delectable flavor of doing something just to the left of what everybody else is doing, and that’s what really captured our imaginations and tugged our ears closer to the speakers. As for the music being truly indescribable goes against everything that we are. I will break out every thesaurus that I can just to fit the proper words in their place. I do it for you, Waveriders.

The added bonus . . . I get to broaden that already amazing vocabulary that I possess!

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/insatiable-feast-of-indescribable-rock.html

avant garde | CD Review | experimental | free podcast | Line in the Sand | music review | Oh Things Are So Corruptible | rock n' roll | We Insist | Zox

Garage Rock Blast - The Omens - Make It Last b/w Won't Be Ashamed - Jan 07,2009

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:41:53 GMT

I gotta admit, this little ditty sat for far too long on my desk here at the Ripple office. Why? Didn't I want to spin this treasure of maximally-fuzzed garage madness? Of course I did. Those of you in the know are already aware that over at last.fm, I run a little group called From The Garage with the very intention of celebrating this exact sort of oil-in-your-eyes, lubricate-the-inner-ear, garage rock. My friends over there like Theelongplayer and Findeerror are gonna dig every brief passing second of this retro throwback.

So why did it take me so long to play it, you might ask? Well, as embarrassing as the answer is, my turntable was broken. Here I had a beautiful scuzzed out, amped up 45 single just begging for a spin, and I was turntable-less. I hang my head in shame.

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album review | download | free mp3 | free podcast | fuzz rock | garage rock | hipsville records | ION turntable | Make it Last | new album | new single | the Omens

A Sunday Conversation with Hollow Corp. - Jan 04,2009

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:28:14 GMT

Hollow Corp. have been bowling the metal world over since the release of their latest album, Cloister of Radiance, and now they're bowling over the Ripple offices and laying waste to our beloved couch. Sit back and read how our French super heroes find their never ending inspiration, their approach to pummeling their listeners into submission, and dealing with the stresses of the music industry.

When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond,
Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Simon & Garfunkle, the first time I ever hear Kiss's
"Detroit Rock City," it was a moment of musical epiphany. It was just so vicious,
aggressive and mean. It changed the way I listened to music. I've had a few minor
epiphany's since then, when you come across a band that just brings something new and revolutionary to your ears.

What have been your musical epiphany moments?

Guillaume : Verdi's Nabucco at the age of 8 , Strapping Young Lad "heavy as a really heavy
thing" at 15.
Romain : Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells at 10, and Neurosis' Enemy of the Sun, at 15 ...

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/sunday-conversation-with-hollow-corp.html

Rumors Heard in MySpace, Episode 11 - Dec 31,2008

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:50:28 GMT

Happy New Year, Waveriders! I know that most of you will be heading out to some warm and, hopefully, safe place to celebrate the end of 2008 and consume some liquid indulgency to welcome in 2009. So, Racer and I want to wish you all the best. Don’t get behind the wheel after sucking down some sudsy elixir or mixed love potion . . . and remember to wear protection, oh promiscuous ones! Though we love you, we don’t need more of you! To ring in the New Year with hopes of positivity and growth, we’re going to focus on a number of bands that are releasing new goodies in the coming months. Yeah, most of its metal . . . that’s not a bad thing, is it? Not from where I’m standing. Well . . . sitting. It’s a bitch to type standing up. Try it sometime. You’ll know what I mean.

Enough of this nonsensical banter . . . on with the Rumors!

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/rumors-heard-in-myspace-episode-11.html

Marky Ramone talks Punks, Guns, and Dee Dee's Rolex - Dec 30,2008

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:00:00 GMT

The legendary Marky Ramone of the Ramones will drop by and talk with Racer X and The Pope. Join us in the chatroom and ask some questions. Musical features include Marky's early bands, Dust and Richard Hell and the Voidoids. It's the best music that you're not listening to . . . all here on the Ripple Effect!

Ramones | The Ramones | Marky Ramone | Punk Rock | I wanna be sedated

Proto-metal Report - Hairy Chapter - Can't Get Through - Dec 29,2008

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:24:35 GMT

I’ve been living with this disc for so long now; it’s become nearly impossible for me to write this review. See, this baby was plopped head-long into my lap by my fearless friend, Peacepooch, the main lunatic over at Peacedogman.com. Talk about a guy with an encyclopedic brain for music and a CD/record collection to match. In a spirited moment of nearly focused insanity, he decided that I and a few others from the Peacedog asylum were going to review every major release from the year 1971, and he then proceeded to produce copies of each one of those discs! I’m serious. Bands I’d never heard of suddenly started appearing in my mailbox with the friendly Peacedogman logo on the envelope. Well, for a budding proto-metal junkie like me, it was like the Peacedog Santa crawled down my chimney in late September, and judging by my haul, I’d been a very good boy. (click here to read the finished version of the 1971 project, an epic undertaking.)

So with that, Hairy Chapter made its way to my CD player, and damn, if it has yet to leave.

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/proto-metal-report-hairy-chapter-cant.html

The Philosopher Kings – S/T - Dec 26,2008

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:29:01 GMT

When Racer handed me this disc somewhere in the summer of 1997, I was this dude who was burnt out on modern metal and really looking for something that I could spin that would give me the air of some maturity and wisdom. Now, I’m not going to say the self titled debut from The Philosopher Kings is an album that will endow you with the wisdom of King Solomon, but I do guarantee that listening to this album will make you a whole lot cooler in my book. Yeah . . . for what that’s worth.

The Philosopher Kings is a richly textured jazz meets R&B swagger type of an album and, quite frankly, just plain smooth. The lyrics colorfully paint pictures of normal people trying to get by in love and life. The music bumps from an R&B funk groove to a soulful jazzy swing. The musicianship shows a group of young men laying it all out there with the passion of a steamy romance in the darkened backrooms of a club. The vocals, well . . . they just bring the whole thing together, making this album one that should have been on everyone’s Best of list from 1995.

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/philosopher-kings-st.html

Katatonia - Viva Emptiness - Dec 22,2008

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:36 GMT

In recent months, I’ve been inundated with new music that, in most cases is pretty damn good, but has kept me from one of the main reasons Racer and I started this mad cap Ripple world in the first place. The main reason we kicked this thing into high gear last year was so that we could tell all who were interested about all this great music that has been grossly underappreciated and overlooked by the mass media. So, at the risk of raising the ire of those who have kept our offices in an almost constant chaotic clutter of shining silver music capsules and so much paper product that we can hear Al Gore crying in the distance, I’ve chosen to go back a few years and tell y’all about an album that’s spent an unprecedented amount of time living in my CD player. That album, as you may have guessed, is Katatonia’s Viva Emptiness.

In 2003, while I was visiting Racer and piggy backing that with a chance to catch Iron Maiden for the one trillionth time, we pulled our usual shenanigans and spent an inordinate amount of time rustling through the bargain bins in a nearby Rasputin’s record store. Earlier in the morning, I had read in one of the metal mags that littered Racer’s abode that Katatonia’s new album was a must have and their masterpiece. Being in the hunt for something fresh I decided, why not? I’ll give this bad boy a try. I remember putting it on somewhere in between Enslaved’s Below the Lights and one of the Kataklysm albums. Truth be told . . . I didn’t remember much about Viva Emptiness. What happened after that, though, is that once I got home and got comfy in the confines of my own lair, the breadth and wonder of Katatonia’s truly epic masterpiece unfolded before my ears.

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/katatonia-viva-emptiness.html

A Sunday Conversation with East of the Wall - Dec 21,2008

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:07:57 GMT

Following on the heels of their epic and mind numbingly brilliant release, Farmer’s Almanac, Kevin and Matt from East of the Wall graciously accepted our invitation to leave their butt prints in our interview couch. Check out what they have to say about their constant sources of inspiration and where they see their music going in the future.

When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Simon & Garfunkle, the first time I ever heard Kiss's "Detroit Rock City," it was a moment of musical epiphany. It was just so vicious, aggressive and mean. It changed the way I listened to music. I've had a few minor epiphany's since then, when you come across a band that just brings something new and revolutionary to your ears.  What have been your musical epiphany moments?

Kevin:
A few come to mind. The first one was probably when I heard “…And Justice for All” in 6th grade. Again about 2 years later when I heard “Disco Volante” by Mr. Bungle. Another a few years after that when I heard “Red” by King Crimson. Finally, last year when I heard “Barriers and Passages” by Dysrhythmia and “World Class Listening Problem” by Don Caballero.

Matt:
Tool’s Aenima really opened my eyes to what you could do with heavy music. The marrying of metal with atmosphere was so unique to me, and I think it really influenced a lot of what we did at the time. Bjork also surprised me with how intimate she could be in her vocals. Songs on Post and Homogenic were the most personal things I’d ever heard, and I felt like she was telling the world exactly what was going on inside her head and her heart, bearing her soul to all. Nowadays they just call that blogging…Meshuggah and Dillinger Escape Plan definitely expanded my understanding of rhythm. And Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring just all around kicked my ass. I think I tried to emulate that piece (poorly) for about a year. In that vein, Rachmaninov 2 taught me a lot about using themes. Failure’s Fantastic Planet is my favorite album to this day. Melody, impact, atmosphere, lyrics…it’s all there. Oh, and Isis’ Oceanic as well as Converge’s Jane Doe set new standards for me in terms of a complete and cohesive album. Those albums really feel like one song from beginning to end.

more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/sunday-conversation-with-east-of-wall.html

A Perfect Pyrogenic Pack of PULVERISED Products, Vol. II - Dec 12,2008

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:44:54 GMT

Oh ho, I do love it when I walk through the doors of the Ripple office and see a smoldering package resting on my desk! Actually, I can usually tell about a block away that a new package from Pulverised Records is waiting for me. There’s that special smell in the air . . . kinda’ this odd mixture of sulfur and burning furniture wax, and it has a physical affect on me as well. My pace increases a tad, I may or may not get a little skip in my step, and I’m certain that I even begin salivating. On these special days, I generally enter the office to see intern Monica standing with fire extinguisher at the ready, hoping to merely contain the menace growing on my desk until I can arrive with my tongs forged from the very fires of Hades. Monica generally has a look of fear on his/her face as I shake the burning embers into the sink, and quietly disappears from my presence. Heck, it wouldn’t matter if he/she were still there, I probably wouldn’t notice. I have a new package from Pulverised Records! Is there really anything more?

So, let’s get dissecting, shall we?

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