Shawn C. Baker

As is my custom to close out October and hail in the winter, here's Opeth's  Dirge for November.  From their masterpiece (well, one ...

Howzabout one of my favorite tracks by The Cramps to kick off Monday? I'm off Thursday and Friday this week, and you can betcher arse I...

From the upcoming self-titled album, due out November 14th on Royal Mountain Records. Pre-order HERE . Honestly, a lot of what these guys h...

Full disclosure - adding this song from the 77s' 1984 album All Fall Down was an eleventh-hour switcheroo. In truth, I don't recall...

It hit me today (writing this on Sunday) that Ritual Howls' Into the Water will be ten years old next year. That, in retrospect, made me...

  Started my Thursday morning off with John Harrison's Day of the Dead Soundtrack. There is no way this album isn't a massive infl...

It is rare to find music that you instantly bond with. That turns a Saturday night at 12:30 AM at age 49 into an event you cannot turn off. ...

Even though I'm pretty sure many of us in 2024 harbor suspicions that our world is winding down, I usually cut the temptation to give t...

  Absolutely LOVING the debut album by Better Lovers, Highly Irresponsible ! You can snag the record from the band HERE , or listen on all s...

  From Dr. John's very Halloween-appropriate album Gris Gris , now an annual Autumn listen for me thanks to Mr. Brown. Love this tune, a...

Purple Hill Witch by Purple Hill Witch   Really digging Purple Hill Witch, an awesome Stoner/Doom band from Oslo, Norway, who recently signe...

  BIG thanks to Mr. Brown, who clued me into the fact that comic writer Patrick Kindlon's band Drug Church has a new record out! Kindlon...

  Ritual Howl's album Turkish Leather was released ten years ago on September 30th! Holy smokes. If you're not familiar, check out ...