Another weekly installment of some highlights from what we’ve been rocking on the family iPod… Alice In Chains – Them Bones I honestly believe that one of the most important albums the 1990s ever produced was Dirt by Alice In Chains. This album had a huge impact on multiple scenes, not the least of which … More Notes From the iPod Vol. 4
Everyone who listens to metal music has a Gateway Band. Honestly anyone who listens to any style of music that doesn’t get constant mainstream media attention has a Gateway Band. That’s because you need to start somewhere. You need that one band/artist that makes you want to dig deeper into a certain style of music. … More AC/DC: The Gateway Band
Another weekly round up of select tracks from the family iPod. This week includes punk rock, death metal, bluegrass and more… Broads – The World May Be Over One of my current favorite acts in the world is Australia’s Broads, a duo comprised of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, Kelly Day and Jane Hendry (who performed as … More Notes From The iPod Vol. 3
We created a lot of fun features in my nearly two years writing for Lonesome Noise. One of those features I’d like to revive here for your viewing/listening pleasure is called More Guitar In The Monitor. This was a monthly wrap up of recently released albums I didn’t get a chance to review in full. … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – November 2015
On the eve of the first day of the 2015-16 school year my 15-year old proclaimed at the dinner table that she planned on wearing the above pictured vest to school. It elicited two very different reactions from her two very different parents. Both responses were, frankly, predictable. I exhibited a somewhat controlled burst of … More The Battle of the Battle Vest
The second post in an ongoing series featuring select songs that we shuffled through in our family travels… Amorphis – Into Hiding As I mentioned in a previous post, it took awhile for the 11 year old to come to the Dark Side when it came to the gruff vocals. She’s still not completely sold … More Notes From The iPod Vol. 2
We get a ton of catalogs mailed to the house, especially this time of year as the Holiday Season quickly approaches and manufacturers of all kinds desperately want you to buy their crap. About a month ago my 15 and 11 year old got bored one evening and decided to defame one of the clothing … More Corpse Paint Babies
There’s something almost primordial about a good riff, something that shakes the very core of our beings when the right notes hit the right timing. Some bands toy with the riff, use it as an accessory. It’s the fancy china hidden away and revealed for only special occasions. Other bands use the riff as the … More Review: Wizard Eye – Wizard Eye
The short answer to the above question is: of course! Do your kids listen to some (or all) of the music you love? Then why would it be out of the ordinary for children of a metalhead to not listen to at least some metal? Oh right, because it’s metal… Truth be told, my four … More Do Your Kids Listen To This Stuff?
Two days before I set out to finally launch this blog my two-year old son decided, in a fit of “Toddler Rage” over something probably, completely innocuous, to smash a metal water bottle into this laptop and almost…almost…rendered it the biggest, ugliest paperweight you’ve ever seen. This, more than anything I can think of right … More An Introduction
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