Winter CzarBQue Preview: Czar’s Top 5 Most Badass Czarships
Come out to the Cobra Lounge tomorrow night (12/23) for ManBQue / Unholy Empire / Cobra Lounge Presents Winter Czar-B-Que. We’re celebrating the release of the debut full-length from Chicago metal powerhouse Czar, Vertical Mass Grave (Cracknation Records). The record is a fun, metallic hybrid of crushing riffs, post-rock melodies, and catchy alt-rock songwriting sensibilities [...]
Prime Cuts: December Box Sets and Reissues
Each December, the release schedule for new music comes to a nearly a grinding halt as the recording industry prepare for another year of what we hope will be more staggeringly genius albums and much less Justin Beiber. However, the lack of new, new material means more time for old, new material, by which we [...]
Meatsmoke Amplifier by Verellen reviewed in Premier Guitar
We’re by no means gear experts, but I mean, an amp named Meatsmoke? Couldn’t resist. Especially because the amp in question was designed by none other than Ben Verellen, owner of Verellen Amplifiers in Seattle, a man who has long been outfitting many of your favorite underground rock bands (Russian Circles, Minus The Bear, Against [...]
