Live Review, photos: Queensryche at Wildhorse Saloon 3/12/13
“I remember now… I remember how it started…” Queensrÿche has been performing for thirty years in front of crowds of all sizes from small clubs to sold-out arenas. They have earned international acclaim and a diehard core group of fans that has never lef ...
Film Review: “Oz the Great and Powerful”
“Oz the Great and Powerful” is dotted with Sam Raimi's special brand of slapstick violence, whip pans and zip zooms. “You’re not the wizard I was expecting.” Review by David Feltman Early in “Oz the Great and Powerful,” James Franco as the titular huc ...
CD Review: Dave Grohl & Friends – Sound City: Real to Reel
This is not so much a soundtrack as a celebration of musical history. Review by David Feltman Music critics rarely put forth the effort to review movie soundtracks, but Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary is so musically enamored and its soundtrack so ...
Film Review: “The Last Exorcism Part 2”
Like Polanski’s “Repulsion,” internal trauma is externalized into hallucinatory horror. “If he can seduce you, he’ll be free.” Review by David Feltman Dropping the faux-documentary conceit of its predecessor, “The Last Exorcism Part 2” continues to ch ...
Interview with Carmine Appice
"You have to be prepared enough in your playing, in your chops, to be able to go for your goal." By David Feltman You may not have heard the name “Carmine Appice” before, but chances are you’ve heard his work. For nearly half a century the award winni ...
Interview/CD Review: Spoken – Illusion
by David Feltman For 17 years, Spoken has never been happy standing still. The Arkansas quartet has transitioned through multiple sub-genres in their career, from rap metal, nu-metal, hard rock, post-hardcore, metalcore, etc. At this point it seems tri ...
CD Review: Puscifer – Donkey Punch the Night
Puscifer's Donkey Punch the Night EP is a menagerie of the beautifully bizarre and unexpected. Review by David Feltman Ever the vessel for Maynard James Keenan’s rampaging musical id, Puscifer entertains any and all of the man’s musical ...
Live Review: Gojira, Devin Townsend Project, The Atlas Moth at The Masquerade
Review and Photos by David Feltman The best concerts always include at least one surprisingly good band you’ve never heard of before. And by that standard, the Gojira/Devin Townsend Project show at The Masquerade on February 5th was a great show. The o ...
CD Review: Brendon Small’s Galaktikon
Brendon Small has the sort of talent that makes you feel shame and self-pity. Review by David Feltman Brendon Small has the sort of talent that makes you feel shame and self-pity. The writer, producer, composer, voice actor, director and musician is a ...
Live Review: Corrections House, Bottletree Birmingham, AL
This isn’t a concert so much as a religious experience. Review by David Feltman Three word Corrections House review: “Slow as fuck.” Two word Corrections House review: “Infinite Crescendo.” One word Corrections House Review: “Cleansing.” There was no ...