Jason Douglas appears as ‘SATAN’ on AMC’s hit comic book adaptation PREACHER,and recently wrapped four seasons as Alexandrian everyman ‘Tobin’ on AMC’s worldwide phenomenon THE WALKING DEAD with one of the show’s most terrifying walker-turns. Jason is equally well-known for his work with FUNimation as the English voice of ‘Beerus the Destroyer’ in the Dragon Ball franchise, including the upcoming feature DRAGON BALL SUPER: BROLY. He’s also the voice of gamer-favorite ‘Krieg the Psycho’ in the perennial hit BORDERLANDS 2 from Gearbox.
“Higher. Further. Faster.” is the slogan that follows all of the marketing for Captain Marvel, but what it doesn’t tell you is that it’s going to squander all the potential it has going for it in a lowly, fractionally, and slowly moving manner, dragging you through a meandering second act that takes away the appeal of the character’s strengths. Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) is billed as one of – nay, the – the strongest Marvel characters put on screen, and while it’s clear that her power level rivals that of Thor and possibly the insidious Thanos, what she isn’t strong enough to overcome is clunky and uneven writing and bland acting that ultimately show blemishes on a franchise that has routinely...
Heavy-rock band LUCIFER is gearing up to hit the road for part 1 of their North American Headline Tour with special guests Spell. The tour will kick off in Atlanta on March 16th and will wrap in Boston on March 29th, hitting major markets along the way such as Chicago, Detroit, and Brooklyn. Fans can purchase tickets from any of the links below.
THE SWEET THINGS are a buzzed-about, young, dirty rock n’ roll band specializing in a potent blend of New York Dolls-style trash rock served up with country-fried Southern swagger and tight songcraft. Coming off two indie singles, “Love to Leave” and “Slather,” the New York City-based band will release its much-anticipated debut IN BORROWED SHOES, ON BORROWED TIME on May 24 via Wendigo Productions NYC/Spaghetty Town Records. It was produced by Matt Chiaravalle (Courtney Love, Debbie Harry) and recorded in, of course, NYC.
Uli Jon Roth is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players ever. He is one of the last greats who is still around to present his magical style of playing which he already forged in the late Sixties when he was still in his teens. Uli played his first ever show in December 1968 – at the age of 13 – and to celebrate his upcoming 50th Stage Anniversary, he will perform concerts across North America this spring.
Nashville powerviolence duo THETAN has recorded a special single with Bronx hip-hop icon KOOL KEITH! The “Complicated Trip” single will see special vinyl release for Record Store Day on April 13th and is the precursor for a fully collaborative album being plotted now. The single lands as fires still rage in the wake of THETAN’s crushing new Abysmal LP.
Born in the drive-in theater backseats of the 1970s, the demonic visions of Teen Movie Hell (ISBN 978-1-935950-23-3) fueled the VCR, cable TV, and shopping mall multiplex booms of the 1980s before collapsing in the 1990s in a pixelated pile of cable dissipation and Internet indulgences. Between George Lucas’s American Graffiti in 1973 and Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused twenty years later, lust-driven laugh riots on the order of Animal House, Porky’s, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Revenge of the Nerds boomed at the box office and conquered pop culture by celebrating adolescent misbehavior run amok.
“Pioneer,” an adjective to be used carefully. Many wish they were, most are not. DIAMOND HEAD – the Stourbridge, England-born New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers – return to the world stage with a new album. The Coffin Train is at once fresh and exuberant while also being a stone-cold classic slice of old-school heavy metal excellence. Is it packed with the sort of riff-fueled power that founding member (and riff lord) Brian Tatler led a genre and influenced the odd band or two with? It’s electric for sure… and then some.
