CD Review: Dethklok – Dethalbum III
Dethklok mixes guttural growls and blast beats with soaring melodies that aim for epic altitudes. Review by David Feltman Everything about a Dethklok album screams novelty. Dethalbum III is a soundtrack to a cartoon/album by an imaginary band filled wi ...
Boobs and Blood: Feminism in Horror Films
by David Feltman Horror films have gained a nasty reputation of stereotyping women as little more than big-breasted fodder for serial killers, forever running upstairs when they should be running outside or reaching for the knife that’s right f ...
CD Review: Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who
For their third release, Dark Dark Dark trots out the same swagger and pillow-soft piano melodies established in previous work. Review by David Feltman No one weaves folk, jazz and melancholic Americana like Minneapolis’ Dark Dark Dark. ...
CD Review: Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
It’s impossible to listen to I Bet on Sky and not be hit square in the face by how much of an impact Dinosaur Jr. has had on modern music. Review by David Feltman For roughly 30 years, discounting that one 10-year gap in their discography, ...
CD Review: Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Continuing a motif of cosmic evolution/reincarnation, Future Sequence, the latest release by Between the Buried and Me, picks up where Hypersleep Dialogues left off. Releases Tuesday Oct. 9 on Metal Blade Records Review by David Feltman &n ...
Film Review “V/H/S”
If you’re ready to get into the Halloween spirit early this year, “V/H/S” is the way to do it. By David Feltman “I like you.” If you just so happen to take the video-on-demand route for this film over the theater experience, migh ...
Film Review “[REC] 3: Genesis”
Paying homage to the likes of “Evil Dead” and “Dead Alive,” the movie delves into an over-the-top gore fest with oral sex sight gags and a man dressed in a Sponge John (no, not Sponge Bob) suit. Reviewed by David Feltman “This one has the high definition ...
CD Review The Barrens: The Barrens
The Barrens plays like someone hit “shuffle” on a collection of chimeric Flaming Lips and Black Sabbath albums... By David Feltman The self-titled debut from NYC indie rockers The Barrens demonstrates a definite affinity for combining classic an ...
CD Review: Down – IV Part 1: The Purple EP
Down IV The Purple EP has all of the classic southern sludge you’d expect from the combined force of Pantera, COC, Crowbar and Eyehategod. Released Sept. 18, 2012. Review by David Feltman Southern metal supergroup, Down is establishing a definite ...
Book Review: “Tales From the Stage Volume 1”
Tales From the Stage: An insightful collection of stories that tracks the careers of these '80s era musicians all the way to present day Review by David Feltman The concept behind Michael Toney’s “Tales From the Stage” is so simple and effortless that I’ ...