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 […]
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: 7.9 The curtain is white. The dress is short. The lipstick is unapologetic. The leash? Implied. Sabrina Carpenter, pop’s reigning pastry-slicked provocateur, has unleashed a new era with the cover of her upcoming project Man’s Best Friend. And with one glance, the internet collectively asked: Is this feminism, a fetish, […]
Sources close to Sheeran say the album was inspired by a late-night emotional breakdown in a Whole Foods, where he was spotted whispering “I failed you” to an artisan boule.
By Staff Contributor • SpinFork Somewhere between a post-industrial scrapyard and a noise complaint, Bönk Throttle discovered music. Armed with a kick drum on his back, a tambourine on each shin, a kazoo lodged permanently between two molars, and a salvaged MIDI clarinet surgically fused to his left shoulder, the 42-year-old former substitute teacher has […]