I still remember sitting in my friend’s room in 1994, listening to the new cassette he got of a band called Green Day. Dookie was unlike anything I had ever he... Read More...
Spooky Skiba and pals return with their latest release, "Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs," delivering more of the same: fierce drumming, relentless basslines, frenet... Read More...
Recently, I received an email from the rad folks at Mondo letting me know they were doing a two-disc vinyl pressing of the Wall-E soundtrack. While I love the ... Read More...
At home, my toddler son refers to which record he wants to listen to by the overall color of the covers. “Blue music” is the Bluey soundtrack, “yellow tree... Read More...
From the moment you hit play, "Dethklok IV" grabs you by the face and doesn't let go until you've been thoroughly pulverized by an 11-track onslaught of riffs ... Read More...
I don’t know how Chris Farren continues write catchy banger after catchy banger, but one of Racket’s favorite mustachioed dreamboats is back with another block... Read More...
Hayden Homes Amphitheater, with plentiful greenery and the tranquil Deschutes River running alongside, might seem like a weird place for one of the greatest al... Read More...
I am not usually one for thrillers, but after spending an hour and a half being exceptionally uncomfortable, I found myself absolutely disappointed that it was over. Every choice seemed designed to keep me waiting for the next burst of absolute chaos. I never thought I would say this about a Nicholas Cage movie, but it was absolutely spellbinding film.... Read More...
I have dreamed of taking my son to his first concert. Since he has been going absolutely BONKERS for the soundtrack to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story for months, my wife and I decided to test our luck and take young Oliver to see Middle Kids, Manchester Orchestra, and Jimmy Eat World at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater for his first show ever. ... Read More...
A very wonderful representative of Ardbeg Scotch sent me a bottle of the Ardbeg An Oa (with no requests on how this review shakes out, these opinions are mine)... Read More...
If you've ever worked an office job, you know that it can get weird, fast. Before The Office offered a spectacular window into some of the more surreal asp... Read More...
Last year, I pontificated about how great the Ohana Fest, Eddie Vedder's chill-as-hell music festival, was. The lineup was amazing, the location was phenomenal,... Read More...
The Nectars
Sci-Fi Television
Spastic. Snotty. Sassy. The Nectar’s manage to revive a sense of nonchalant brattiness into a scene that’s seems hyperfocused ... Read More...
The Orb
No Sounds are Out of Bounds
Cooking Vinyl
The Orb’s been making weird bleeps and bloops to couple with trippy light shows for decades, and yet, wit... Read More...
Other Americans
Other Americans
AWAL
7/10
A grungy EP that reminds me of any number of late-nineties cult classics. Starting off with “Murdering Crows,” O... Read More...