Don Xml's Grok This

The folks over at IMHOTEP have gathered together THE BEST OF 2006 ACCORDING TO 155 MUSICIANS.  The musicians are mostly metal and hard rock, but there are some real oddballs thrown in there too.  One thing you can gather from that list is that there isn't one or two clear winners this year.  Iron Maiden's A Matter Of Life And Death ...

If you crossed classic Slayer with Deep Purple, well, you got Black Sabbath's Born Again album, but that is a different story.  If you tried it again, with a little more emphasis on Slayer, you would get Finland’s Children of Bodom and their new release, Are You Dead Yet?.  Finland is known in the metal circles as the ...

If you are a fan of the best of the progressive music of the 70’s (bands like Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis, Rush) and you haven’t heard of Coheed and Cambria, well you are missing out on just about the best new progressive band since the bands I just mentioned.  Just like back in the ...

ParamoreAll We Know Is FallingMy Score: 7 out of 10Category: Pop Punk/Grrl Rock While going thru a recent AltPress magazine I came across a review for a Christian Punk band with a 16 year old female lead singer, and with having a 15 year old daughter, it definitely caught my eye as a band that she may be ...

Houston CallsA Collection of Short StoriesMy Score: 7 out of 10Category: Pop Punk It’s been a long time since I’ve updated the music section of my blog, but that is about to end.  I’ve got a ton of new music to let you all know about.  And the best place to start is a very local band (they are from the ...

Artist: Butch Walker CD: Letters If you are expecting a typical Butch Walker CD filled with catchy pop/poppunk tunes, you will be very disappointed in his new release.  It seems that producing Arvil Lavigne's Under My Skin CD may have caused some of that style to rub off on him.  Gone are the catchy riffs, replaced by thoughtful lyrics, and a ...