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Cage the Elephant delivers a sorrowful masterpiece with Social Cues

Shayan Shirkhodai
April 22, 2019
Album Review, Reviews
Opening with lo-fi sound effects broken by a snappy snare drum and crunchy, bright guitar riff, Social Cues (released April 19, 2019) begins with a weird, alt-rock jam entitled “Broken Boy” that perfectly s...

Back together and better than ever: finally, a third Raconteurs album

Shayan Shirkhodai
April 7, 2019
Columns and Opinions, News, Previews
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After more than 10 long years of waiting, fans of the Raconteurs can finally rejoice. Two singles, “Sunday Driver” and “Now That You’re Gone,” were dropped on December 19, 2018, and the band has final...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers announce upcoming 12th album

Shayan Shirkhodai
February 28, 2019
Columns and Opinions, News, Previews
1 Comment
No, you are not reading that title wrong — you can re-read it all you want, but the words will not be changing. The Red Hot Chili Peppers — world-renowned funk-rock legends who have sold over 80 million alb...

Beautiful and creepy: Metallica’s Helping Hands…Live & Acoustic at The Masonic

Shayan Shirkhodai
February 6, 2019
Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews
“Beautiful and creepy” — these adjectives uttered straight from the mouth of singer (and rhythm guitarist) James Hetfield mid-performance were the perfect words to describe Metallica’s newest album, Hel...

Cage the Elephant: the band of a generation

Shayan Shirkhodai
December 3, 2018
Columns and Opinions
Any sort of rock music, as a whole, has been kicked out of the mainstream since Nirvana’s unfortunate collapse in the mid 90s. Afterwards, few rock bands have consistently topped charts and dominated mainstre...

Pearl Jam then and now: Vs. and today

Shayan Shirkhodai
October 21, 2018
Album Review, Columns and Opinions
“I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room / How much difference does it make?” This helplessness from the song "Indifference" epitomized early 90s music found few better poster boys than Eddie Ved...

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