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HEART IN HAWKINS.

Posted on January 6, 2026 Leave a Comment

So long, Stranger Things. This past weekend the television series phenomenon on Netflix had its grand finale. I’ll never forget seeing THIS poster which would have been 10 years ago and had this gut feeling that I knew I was going to love whatever this was. Thankfully I was right. Great TV shows come and […]

WRONG PLANET.

Posted on November 13, 2025 Leave a Comment

GATEKEEPER are back to take us on a decent into madness with the new album, Wrong Planet. It’s been over a decade since their last recorded music and we as fans, supporters and disciples wondered if the synth-psychos were finished. While the occasional DJ mix and fashion show score would surface throughout the years, it […]

OPTICAL RACE.

Posted on June 4, 2025 Leave a Comment

I started running. I don’t mean running for love, running for money or running in the heat of the night — but actual jogging. Though I’m not convinced at this point if it’s worth it, for the time being, I’ll keep running. It probably has something to do with it being Spring. The season of […]

PAY THE PRICE FOR PARADISE.

Posted on May 20, 2025 1 Comment

Listening to ‘Cinerama’, the latest EP from Parisian artist Plastic Bamboo is like being hit in the head by a coconut and then waking up in a dreamlike state on the white sands of an exotic but familiar destination. Suddenly you’re a stranger in a strange land on some deserted, enchanted island with palm trees, […]

THE IRISH QUEEN.

Posted on January 21, 2025 2 Comments

Only in recent years did I wake from my slumber and come to terms with the shame of what I’d been neglecting…the incredible music by the mysterious woman who lives in a castle overlooking the Irish sea named ENYA. For those thinking TNUC’s headspace is confined to the limitations of heavy metal barbarians, Pizza Hut […]

NUOVO TESTAMENTO.

Posted on March 7, 2023 1 Comment

I can’t recall the last time I heard a new band that literally within the first 15 seconds of listening, they had me. That sort of immediate satisfaction is rare but it’s happened with the group Nuovo Testamento and their new album released on March 3rd, Lovelines. Currently based in Los Angeles but featuring members […]