Album Review: Shallow Ground’s The End of Everything

If you wait long enough everything comes back in style.  For those metalheads who worship the bastard child of punk and Motörhead called thrash, this theory is a welcome revelation.  Over the past decade bands like Bonded By Blood, Warbringer, Fueled By Fire, Havok, and Merciless Death have reanimated the mosh-friendly aesthetic laid down by… Continue reading Album Review: Shallow Ground’s The End of Everything

Miya’s: No Ordinary Sushi

  If you just want some hot Gekkeikan and a tuna roll, don’t go to Miya’s Sushi.  But if you want an unreplicated sushi experience that is hyperlocal-bordering-on-hipster, this New Haven restaurant is your destination.  My husband and I stopped there for lunch this weekend, enjoying a memorable and debate-inciting meal. The first thing we noticed… Continue reading Miya’s: No Ordinary Sushi

We Were There: Cannibal Corpse in New Haven

Photos by Steve Walter. On a random Tuesday night in New Haven, my friend Steve and I walked through a sleepy, closed college town and turned a corner straight into the un-relenting force of doom. Headlining the Decibel Magazine tour at Toad’s Place, Cannibal Corpse was the main attraction of over four hours of double… Continue reading We Were There: Cannibal Corpse in New Haven

The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer (Sumerian/Party Smasher)

By Thomas Pizzola My first introduction to this band came around the time of Miss Machine way back in 2004. I had just written about another band on their label at the time, Relapse, and their press person wanted to know if I wanted to hear their “highly touted” new album, which just happened to… Continue reading The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer (Sumerian/Party Smasher)

Guilty Pleasures

Being brought up Irish-Catholic means I was born feeling guilty, so this column came easy.  Below are the guilty pleasures I’m not too ashamed to share.  I’ll save the more deviant ones for my therapist. Facebook Stalking There’s nothing like coming home from a hard day’s work, logging into Facebook and proceeding to stalk everyone.