2018 is over. Done. Stick a fork in it and let’s see what we’ve got coming for 2019. For my last article of 2018 I’m going to cover some of the more anticipated released scheduled for 2019. Let's see what we have in store for this year. Liliac. I found this band while surfing youtube and they just made me stop and take notice. Melody, on vocals, just turned 17 and has vocal ability beyond her years. She’s got an...
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KNON Reckless Rock Radio Local Show – CD Release Party
iceberg
December 16, 2018
Local radio station KNON has been hosting a 2 hour weekly show focusing on the local Dallas music scene for years now. Every Sunday from 10-midnight "Big Mix" Lee Russell and long time local radio personality Spicoli have been there week in and week out playing today's local hits and diving WAY back into so many yesterdays. If I start naming all these bands it would pretty much be the entire article. The local scene in Dallas, TX is simply...
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Evergrey – In Search of Truth; Remastered
iceberg
November 30, 2018
It’s not often I’m going to go back to 2001 and review an album. Hell, that’s 17 years. But Evergrey’s In Search of Truth has set the tone for the band and in many ways, still the “go to” release for Evergrey. The very first song set the tone with a spoken intro you seldom hear and hear even less done well. Rest assured this set the tone for Evergrey and the creativity they would produce in the many years...
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Disturbed – Evolution
iceberg
October 23, 2018
Legendary rock/metal powerhouse Disturbed has pushed out yet another release with Evolution now available. Tours are already planned and they will be selling out the biggest arenas available such as American Airlines Center in Dallas. (wonder if I can get a photo pass!). It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was moshing to them in Grand Prairie, TX; but it most certainly was and I’m pretty sure I won’t be doing that again. Near as I can figure it...
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Liliac – October Icepick
iceberg
October 17, 2018
I don’t do this every day. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I’ve done it. Finding a band I instantly fall in love with that is. There I was bouncing around youtube killing time. I find this band from California by the name of Liliac doing Crazy Train and they simply nailed it. I needed more so I did want I don’t normally do and I dove all in. I checked out all I could find on the...
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Steve Perry – Traces
iceberg
October 6, 2018
There simply isn't another voice or singer more widely known that Steve Perry, frontman for the iconic band Journey. His gritty melodic vocals helped define what was ushered in as 80s rock, still played today. Will his new release "Traces" live up to the past or set a new tone for the future? Before we go there, let's back up. Starting off as a "jazz-fusion" band in 1973; Perry was not an original member of the band. He did not...
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Nothing More Than Great Rock
Jemini
September 4, 2018
Four score and at least six albums ago (that’s studio recorded albums¹), the Nothing More clan had a dream! A gleaming vision of a local headlining show with crowd surfing, sing-alongs, and a huge fuck-off drum set on stage! At this show, blessed be the music snobs, the lip singers, the head bobbers and the booty shakers who proudly braved the sticky dive bars and tagged photos of themselves holding pots and pans² in the front row! For thine is...
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The Temperance Movement – A Deeper Cut
iceberg
August 30, 2018
The Temperance Movement first came into my life with “A Pleasant Peace I Feel” which echoed classic 70s “deep thought” music and followed it up with a tone and style very reminiscent of the more free and open days of rock and roll as it was finding its own place in the world during the late 60s and early 70s. While that certainly was an excellent song to get my attention, their latest release “A Deeper Cut” pushes things forward...
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