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Hearing Aide: Overkill “White Devil Armory”
New Jersey thrash metal outfit Overkill unleashed their 17th album, White Devil Armory, a couple of weeks ago and…
Hearing Aide: Fallujah’s ‘The Flesh Prevails’
With The Flesh Prevails, Fallujah are primed to become kings of their genre; though that might be by default…
Hearing Aide: “Weird Al” Yankovic ‘Mandatory Fun’
It's hard to comprehend a time when there has been so much fanfare surrounding a "Weird Al" Yankovic release;…
Hearing Aide: Jerry Garcia Band ‘Garcia Live Volume Four 3-22-1978’
Released on compact disc this week by the Estate of Jerry Garcia comes Garcia Live Volume Four, the newest addition…
Hearing Aide: Fozzy’s ‘Do You Wanna Start a War’
Do You Wanna Start a War is Fozzy’s sixth studio album that has the band on the brink of breaking into mainstream…
Hearing Aide: AFR “Psychopath of Rightousness”
Aaron Smith, of the Rochester-based, metal core band AFR, turns the drums into a concussion instrument. Throwing…
Hearing Aide: TAUK ‘Collisions’
Long before TAUK's 2012 performance at Bonnaroo or the 2013 release of their first full studio album, Homunculus,…
Hearing Aide: Pixies ‘Indie Cindy’
Imagine, if you will, Phish took a twenty year plus studio hiatus during which time hundreds of bands tried, for a…
Hearing Aide: Judas Priest ‘Redeemer of Souls’
It has been six years since the metal gods Judas Priest released the concept album Nostradamus. Since then,…
Hearing Aide: Mastodon “Once More ‘Round the Sun”
The most recognizable aspect of the music of Mastodon is that their music is not recognizable for a particular…
Hearing Aide: Mirk “Run”
Mirk, an Albany-based R&B band released their third endeavor, Run, and the melodies are already too catchy.…
Hearing Aide: Analog Son’s Self-titled Debut Album
One of the newest bands to the funk scene, Analog Son has released their self-titled album just in time for the…
Hearing Aide: Fikus ‘Living Life Through Multicolored Scenery’
Fikus, the five piece electro-funk band from New Jersey, is set to release their first full length album Living…
Hearing Aide: Bryan Howell and the Standalones ‘Welcome To The World’
Even though Central New York's own Bryan Howell and The Standalones are an unsigned group, they have already…
Hearing Aide: Phish ‘Fuego’
So this is weird…. usually a band releases an album, then goes on tour in support of the album. Leave it to Phish…
Hearing Aide: Brian Lindsay ‘The Monkey, The Tango, and The Boogaloo’
Brian Lindsay of Rochester recently released his third album, The Monkey, The Tango, and The Boogaloo under GFL…
Hearing Aide: Linkin Park’s ‘The Hunting Party’
Linkin Park drops their sixth studio album, The Hunting Party, today; to a fan base already frothing at the mouth.…
Hearing Aide: Del Barber ‘Prairieography’
Del Barber is an extremely talented young songwriter, born and raised in the Canadian Prairies, a fact that quickly…
Hearing Aide: Tesla ‘Simplicity’
As Generation X approaches their 40s, many catch themselves reciting the Old Man's diatribe, "Back in my time".…
Hearing Aide: Umphrey’s McGee “Similar Skin”
For a band that has been around since 1998 and thrives mainly in the live setting, Umphrey's McGee has pivoted…