At some point in the future, I would like to have a man-cave. You’re almost certainly thinking, “Duh. What man doesn’t?”, and I’ll allow it. One of the decisions that will have to be made is whether to put it together myself, or have a custom installer do the job. While I’ve been daydreaming, Integra more »

I grabbed The Folks Below‘s debut album as a blind (or is it deaf?) purchase to support my good friend/ridiculously talented photographer, Ray Larose, who did the cover and liner photography for the album. I ordered the CD version, in order to have my very own copy of said photography, which generously came with a more »

The day my review of the new Paramore album went live, a friend of mine tipped me off to the fact that The Material also had a new release out. One with the same release date, in fact. Since I was already in a girl-rock sort of place, I went ahead and picked it up. more »

I have a small confession to make before I dig into this review: there is a part of my psyche that is a 12-year-old girl.  It may not be a big part, but it’s there. Before you go screaming for my man-card, I think that a lot of you men — if you’re really honest more »

As an enthusiastic-yet-not-terribly-accomplished runner, I can appreciate the inherent safety benefits of AfterShokz headphone line (the original of which Dennis reviewed here). Their bone induction technology basically pumps the music directly into your skull, while leaving your ears wide open to be able to take in the environmental sounds. Being able to rock out while more »

I was not ready. I’ve been giddy for this album to be released since  came out back in October. I’ve been hitting up YouTube at least once a day for the last two weeks to listen to their Conan performance of lead single, “Dark Side of Me.” I thought I knew what was coming. I more »

Rock supergroups are strange animals, and difficult to classify. Generally, they begin as projects for musicians who admire each others’ work to jam together and have some fun. They last one or two albums, before duty to the members’ primary bands comes calling and dissolves them, leaving behind a lightning-in-a-bottle slice of time. Often, these more »

The title of Deftones’ new album, , is a Japanese phrase that means the feeling you get that, upon meeting someone, you might eventually fall in love with that person. It’s completely distinct from “love at first sight.” There is no direct comparison in English. Appropriately, there is also no direct comparison in music for more »

You know when you have those moments in life where you have to look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I am a grown man – like, with a full-time job and kids and stuff – and I just bought an album from a band called Twelve Foot Ninja”? No? Just me, then? OK. more »

Sometimes you receive a press release for a website re-launch, and you’re like, “Really? This is news?” Other times you receive a press release for a website re-launch, and you’re like, “Holy crap, I didn’t know that was actually a thing!” I’m a huge fan of home theater. I love movies, music, and video games. more »