It’s Friday the 13th and your friendly neighborhood Satanic rock outfit dropped 3 new tracks and opened pre-orders on their upcoming album Sex with the Devil. Their first album was mentioned on the site back in March and their new one kicks it up a notch. With Return of the Sexy Demon, they made known…
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New Music Monday: Johnny MFin Zuko
Double dose of New Music Monday today, with our recommendation of J. Lee’s “Datgum” coming just a little bit ago. Our second artist, also a hip hop head, is Johnny Zuko. Pictured above, Zuko explains: I’m an M.C. from the Santa Cruz area I go by Johnny Zuko and I was heavily influenced by East…
Etcetera Scores With the PAYING MR. MCGETTY Score
You may recall that I really dug Paying Mr. McGetty, a new film starring Marcos Taylor and Don “The Dragon” Wilson. One of the many things I enjoyed was the music in the film. I was able to catch up with the man behind the soundtrack, Etcetera. So, let’s start simple: In your own words,…
1995: The Year Justin Becomes a Teenager
*NOTE: Each week gets harder. I thought 1994 was tough, but this wasn’t any easier. I had to cut off some track I genuinely love. Who the fuck gave me this miserable assignment? Oh yeah, I did it to myself!
Over at FGBFF, We’re DYING OF LAUGHTER: A Short Film Block Highlight Reel
A Tricky Treat (USA/Canada, 2015) Dir. Patricia Chica I first saw Patricia Chica’s delightfully macabre short A Tricky Treat back in 2015, when it was going by the title Ripe N’ Bloody in a slightly truncated version for the 2015 Women In Horror Blood Drive PSA. I say slightly truncated, because even in its full…
Sunday Squabble: Arrow’s Release of DONNIE DARKO is a Great Edition of a Great Film… or is It?
Friday Fights getting posted on Sundays seem to be a thing lately. Fridays get crazy, then Saturdays follow suit. In this week’s case, I had this almost set Friday night, then finished it yesterday, then my computer died. When I turned it back on, it reverted to an unedited version… so, I’m finally almost done…
Heaven’s New Lead Singer: RIP Chris Cornell
On this saddest of days, when the world has lost another rock music icon – the multi-talented Chris Cornell – I am shocked and saddened for multiple reasons. He was too young, he was so talented, I didn’t see it coming – all the generic clichés that we’ve become all too familiar with as the…
Mike Cramer’s TEENAGE GHOST PUNK: A Good Movie with a Great Script
That was pretty good. This is an actual quote from Mike Cramer’s Teenage Ghost Punk and it sums up my thoughts on the film. I thought it was a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it. I was caught up in the story and the characters and even though I had some issues with the movie?…
Celebrate Record Store Day at Vertigo Music in West Reading, PA
“I opened in West Lawn in 1997, relocating to West Reading in 2005,” Stacey, the owner extraordinaire of the Reading area’s best place to score dope music, explains of her record store, Vertigo Music. With extended hours tomorrow for Record Store Day from 9am to 8pm, Vertigo will be carrying many of the exclusive RSD…
The BITCH of CFF 2017: Impressive, if Not Perfect
We have to deal with things that cause us to feel like we have a weight on our shoulders. Whether it be work, relationships, or general every day tasks, it never ends. Bitch illustrates the crushing feeling of being used up and underappreciated. In this case it’s of a wife who feels undermined by her…
Heavy Metal Horror That Takes a More Psychological Approach: THE DEVIL’S CANDY at CFF
Heavy metal horror films are undoubtedly a favorite little subgenre of mine, even if metal isn’t a top genre of music. I’m a punk kid at heart, with a love of hip hop and an appreciation of a wide array of music. My harder side usually gravitates towards hardcore, rather than metal… but the point…
CFF 2017 Presents ON THE SLY: Will They Find the Family Stone?
I’ve wanted to see this documentary since I first heard about it. After well over a decade, the project is done and the finished product is playing the festival circuit… and the result is fucking fantastic. A good music documentary makes me really happy… and, as I write this, I’m really happy. Get the point?…
MACRO Value from MICROcosm
Microcosm Publishing out of Portland is a solid base of DIY spirit in the North West. For a mere sliding scale of $10-30 a month you can get books, T shirts and personal stories that will connect you to your scene and beyond. Here are just a few examples of some great reads… The Prodigal…
Now Introducing Bestial Mouths: A Brief Interview
For folks like me who are new to you, let’s start with the basic, who is Bestial Mouths? Nice to meet your acquaintance! and thank you for taking the time to discover us, want to learn more and spreading the word. Bestial Mouths is an art form, focusing on the whole overall experience. We like…
And the Winner is… Oscar Animated Short Films
If you participate in Oscar pools, you know what a toss-up the Short Form categories can be. They aren’t widely seen, and aren’t a part of the larger cultural discussion in the way that the other nominated films are. There isn’t really a debate over, say, the depiction of the female characters in Pear Cider…
Viewer Discretion is Advised: Top 5 Pre-Film Disclaimers
If you’re old as dirt (like me), you may recall a time when the fine folks at the MPAA (or BBFC, or whatever) used to go out of their way to purge films of any potentially harmful material. Nowadays you can watch A Serbian Film on the Disney Network, so it might be hard to…
HAVENHURST Shows Directorial Promise and Interesting Vision
Writer/director of the new horror mystery Havenhurst, Andrew Erin, has been at it since 2002. His list of IMDB credits doesn’t include any titles that really jump out to most film fans, but there is always a reason that a filmmaker keeps getting work year after year, film after film. In the case of Erin,…
Philly Hip Hop Legend DJ Jazzy Jeff Wants to Rock Out with You in a Secret Hometown Show
Tuesday the 24th marks a rare opportunity to catch Jazz on his home turf. As a man who tours the globe day after day, night after night, Jeff isn’t home all that often. Of course, he carries Philly in his heart, though. As they say, you can take the DJ outta Philly, but you can’t…
Ana Dedicates Her Top 10 to David and Leonard
[Editor’s Note: I’m beginning to think I’m bad at directions, because here’s another BEST OF 2016 done in a format other than the Top 7 I had decided on. To be fair, who the hell does Top 7 lists anyway? Moving on… here’s a list of Ana’s favorite albums of the year. And, we start…
7 Things Certain to Happen in 2017
1. White House Sex Scandals! It’s been almost 20 years since we’ve had a good White House Sex Scandal. Time for a comeback. We’ve got a serial adulterer who likes to grab women by the pussy without permission taking office on January 20th. I mean, his current, third wife even plans to stay in New…
I am a Monster, That’s What You Told Me Baby: BREAKING A MONSTER’s Look Into the Early Stages of a Young Band
I remember being a kid and pretending to be a rock and roll star. Standing on that stage, flashing mad guitar skills, bedazzled audience members screaming like I’m John Lennon. That was the dream, right? As with most people with the dream, I realized pretty quickly that my skills were not up to par and,…
Free is the Best Price: YouTube Flicks
Just a quick little check in this week, here are two animated flicks from the 80s for free on YouTube: Shintaro Tsuji’s classic anime film The Sea Prince and the Fire Child and Clive A. Smith’s rock roll fantasy musical Rock & Rule. The first is family friendly, the second is not. Both are products…
SOUTHLANDER: Diary of a Mediocre Filmmaker
Watching Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician, I found myself asking the question: who is this for? For a movie that postures like a knowing in-joke, it’s really tough to identify who is supposed to be in on the joke. Struggling musicians? The hangers-on on the margins of Hollywood? Aspiring filmmakers? Director Steve Hanfts friends?…
The Depths of the Human Mind… A Truly Frightening Place
(Editor’s Note: The Alchemist Cookbook is making its rounds in the festival circuit, currently playing at Fantasia Fest – which we endorse as one of the best genre film festivals out there today. Check it out there, or if Montreal is too far, keep your eyes peeled for it’s release on VOD in the coming…
Just Movement is Much More Than It Sounds
[Editor’s Note: Bryan wrote this back when the site was brand new and just launched. It somehow never got posted, but it’s a great look at an interesting album and topic, so check it out] Let’s rewind a bit to 2013. Never before had I heard music made by a custom programmed analog gaming joystick,…
STEAMPUNK: RETROFUTURE
When watching microbudget/no-budget films, you are forced to watching through a different lens. A larger budget documentary, for example a Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock film, has a great deal of focus on the cinematography and overall look of the film. Much low budget cinema handles this quite differently, with use of creative camera work…
Uncle JerBear’s Weekly Words: Greasy
Southern winds carry voices Voices of forgotten tunes Blues twanging in the trees Twisted tongues of oppression River deep poets Muddy howling ghosts Captured in a time Never quite freed Demon delta singers Music of American Pain Beaten out on a box top Sliding squealin electric Sloppy and greasy