Authority Zero’s 8th Studio LP ‘Ollie Ollie Oxen Free’ Out Now

Long-running Mesa, AZ-based melodic punk/rock/reggae band Authority Zerohas just dropped the new album ‘Ollie Ollie Oxen Free.’ The 13-track LP was recorded by Cameron Webb (Sum 41, Pennywise, A Day to Remember, Motörhead, Megadeth) and features guest appearances by Jim Lindberg (Pennywise) and Iagri Shuhei(HEY-SMITH). ‘Ollie Ollie Oxen Free’ Track Listing: 1. Ollie Ollie Oxen Free 2. Nowheres […]

Top 10 Spotify Playlists for Rock and Metal

Spotify is loaded with thousands upon thousands of user-generated, corporate curated, algorithmic, and collaborative playlists that bring together mainstream music acts with the independent artist sector. Some playlists claim to be perfect for a certain mood or activity, other playlists look to straight-up kick your ass. These are the best rock, punk, and metal playlists […]

Review: Hanson Brothers – It's A Living [2008]

Showcasing a punk hardcore hybrid that takes its lyrical content strictly from the game of hockey, Hanson Brothers (the band, not the characters from Slapshot) play with a straight-up raucous energy on their latest live offering IT’S A LIVING. This squad’s Ramones meets the Misfits in the penalty box sound is bolstered by heroic tales […]

Review: Eddy Dyer – …Into Doves of Grey [2008]

A subdued and melancholic aura envelopes the 14-tracks contained on Eddy Dyer’s latest offering …INTO DOVES OF GREY. Consisting of mainly acoustic guitar and voice with some mandolin peeking through at times, this 14-track endeavor showcases traces of psychedelica on “Nthru Nbeon,” issues with spirituality on cuts like the not so subtle “Jesus Christ,” the […]

Review: My Hero Is Me – The Crywolf Broadcast [2008]

Fortified with a three-pronged guitar assault, North Carolina’s My Hero is Me mesh rock, metal, and hardcore for that all too familiar sound countless bands employ on their 11-track endeavor The Crywolf Broadcast. Adorned with song titles that are clever (“When Peter North Goes South” In particular), this unit does manage to do a better […]

Review: Transistor Transistor – Ruined Lives [2008]

New Hampshire quartet Transistor Transistor return with a stirring one-two punch of angular hardcore and menacing punk rock with Ruined Lives. Armed with jagged riffs, malicious yowls, and debilitating rhythms that give bands like The Bronx and Every Time I Die a run for their money, this unit’s motive to emote their innermost sensitivities never […]