Film Review: “Iron Man 3”
Shane Black provides a contemplative slant on celebrity and terrorism while still delivering plenty of summer box office bang. "You know who I am." Review by David Feltman The “Iron Man” series has long been the flagship for Marvel’s massive movie und ...
CD Review: Iggy and the Stooges – Ready to Die
No longer the streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm, Iggy is not hesitant to branch out with a jazzy rock tune or an introspective ballad. Review by David Feltman When drugs ripped The Stooges apart back in the '70s no one expected the semi ...
CD Review: Purson – The Circle and the Blue Door
This is black magic hippie music right down to the album cover. Review by David Feltman It’s been four years since Ipso Facto broke up, but luckily Rosalie Cunningham never quit making music. Her iconic look and retro sound make her an ideal front woma ...
CD Review: Ghost – Infestissumam
More is all you could wish for. Review by David Feltman Ghost is one of the most beautiful sounding bands in modern metal; it’s also one of the creepiest. Taking its theatrics seriously, Ghost revels in costumes and face paint, recreat ...
CD Review: Rob Zombie – Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
There is something subtly different about this album, something darker and meaner. Review by David Feltman A lot about Rob Zombie’s fifth album is going to sound familiar to long time fans. At this point in his career, it’s difficult to find new angles o ...
CD Review: Phoenix – Bankrupt!
Bankrupt! is just as content to turn out synth drenched dance tracks as trippy and lingering electronic experiments. Review by David Feltman Parisian indie rock outfit Phoenix has been around since the turn of the century with five albums under its bel ...
CD Review: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell – Love Has Come For You
The stories of broken hearts and abandoned children are at the heart of Love Has Come For You. Review by David Feltman Comedians, by nature, can be hard to take serious, but funny man Steve Martin has proved to be a bit of a Renaissance man. Aside from ...
CD Review: Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons to Die
Ghostface Killah may have just created the script for the first Quentin Tarantino musical. Review by David Feltman While fellow Wu-Tang clansman the RZA has been pursuing filmmaking aspirations with the kung fu flick “The Man with the Iron Fists,” Ghos ...
CD Review: The Flaming Lips – The Terror
Like a haunted carousel or a broken music box, every inch of song is rich in warbling, pulsing, clanking, scraping sound. Review by David Feltman As one might guess from the title of The Flaming Lips’ newest album, The Terror has none of the bubbly, ko ...
CD Review: Warbeast – Destroy
The Texas thrashonistas double down with gleefully cheesy Godzilla-inspired artwork and classically hyperbolic lyrics. Review by David Feltman Thrash had all but passed from metal consciousness. Nu-metal came and went (thankfully) and metalcore claimed ...