Album Review: Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade – Live Frogs Set 1
The songs aren't totally reliant on Claypool's whacked-out bass lines or silly lyrics, though the album is riddled with plenty of both
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Album Review: Radiohead – The Bends
It may not be as groundbreaking, as complex, as challenging, or even as ambitious as some of the band's later works, but there's something timeless and endlessly listenable about this collection of songs
Album Review: Radiohead – OK Computer
It's difficult not to get carried away when describing this record. It's the first album in the band's catalog that's more chilling than upbeat, setting the stage for the hauntingly beautiful territory the band would enter on subsequent releases
Album Review: Radiohead – Kid A
A lot of people consider this album note-for-note perfect; others think the band may have walked a little too far off the map in some places. We're inclined to believe both
Album Review: Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
After the two genre-defying records Kid A and Amnesiac, Radiohead entered this album with a return to old-fashioned songwriting structure in mind.
Album Review: Radiohead – In Rainbows
Before this album's release, the band found themselves in the unenviable position of having to please a large group of rapid fans with unfairly high and diverse expectations
Album Review: Radiohead – The King of Limbs
It almost feels like the farewell send-off of a group content with their accomplishments, ready to ride off into the sunset
Album Review: Clutch – Strange Cousins from the West
Clutch bassist Dan Maines on Strange Cousins from the West: "I think that was another album where the songs had a little bit more of a spontaneity as far as their arrangements go..."
Album Review: Clutch – From Beale Street to Oblivion
Clutch bassist Dan Maines on From Beale Street to Oblivion: "I guess it kind of started with writing 'Gravel Road' and really seeing how well the concept went over --- doing our interpretation of a blues song..."
Album Review: Clutch – Robot Hive/Exodus
Clutch bassist Dan Maines on Robot Hive/Exodus: "I guess it's a little bit more of a classic rock, Deep Purple kind of sound. I think it turned out really well..."
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