Hobbit Reviews Songs Written AboutLord of the Rings Reviewer: Tobo “Toe” Bramblebuck, Shire-based music critic and reluctant cousin of Merry. 1. Led Zeppelin – “Ramble On” “I’ve rambled. You’ve rambled. We all rambled. But you didn’t have to name-drop Mordor like it’s a weekend getaway. And what is this ‘girl so fair’ nonsense? If you’re […]
41 years later, the most brutally unfiltered music documentary ever made still leaves audiences asking: Should someone have intervened? Few documentaries have dared to expose a band’s unraveling in such raw, unflinching detail. Fewer still have done it while the band was actively falling into a Stonehenge prop. But This Is Spinal Tap, the now-remastered […]
“Why release a box set when you can trap your legacy in nine unequal sides of sonic excess? In a move described as “technically brilliant and emotionally exhausting,” math-rock outfit Fractal Spleen has unveiled the music industry’s first Nonagon Set™ — a nine-sided collector’s experience intended to “obliterate the concept of linear discography. The set […]
“We meant to summon 1974 Ozzy, but I think we got 2007 Ozzy with a sinus infection.” In a move that no one asked for but everyone immediately accepted without question, Liquid Death has officially released a limited edition batch of water infused with Ozzy Osbourne’s actual DNA. Because apparently hydration isn’t extreme enough unless […]
⚠️ SPINFORK SPECIAL ALERT ⚠️ It started with one ironic lipsync. A smirk. A smolder. A dead-eyed glance into the front-facing camera while Knorkator’s aggressively unrequested cover of “All That She Wants” played in the background. Then came another. And another. And now the algorithm has curated a hell specifically for you. Every scroll is […]
A new study by the Center for Musical Defeatism has confirmed what many suspected: watching a child under 10 flawlessly perform a drum solo or rip through “Eruption” causes irreversible damage to adult motivation. According to the data, 87% of adults who had recently picked up an instrument quit within 72 hours of seeing a […]
By someone who wasn’t ready for this emotionally In a collaboration no one could have predicted (but somehow feels like it was prophesied in a Cracker Barrel bathroom stall), Dolly Parton and Motley Crüe have joined forces for a reimagined version of “Home Sweet Home.” What begins with Dolly’s crystalline voice softly whispering “I’m on […]
By Spinfork Staff | Score: 7.8 It’s been twenty years since Staind’s gravelly confessional “It’s Been Awhile” first saturated the airwaves with its particular brand of regret-soaked masculinity. And while critics dismissed it as angsty radio rock at the time, a reexamination reveals something much rawer, much sadder, and, dare we say—much more honest than […]