To quote the description given at the new listing: “Saddle up and get in deep with some western twang, some spooky country and western rock that makes your bleaching bones rattle in the sun. Monstermatt Patterson will meet you at High Noon for another Monstermatt Minute. Doc Gangrene and the Metal Morgue are taking it …
Category: Music
Music of all kind.
May 31 2012
Farewell, Zombie Awareness Month
Although I think our selection of zombie-related posts was wider than last year’s offers, I must admit that our grand total of zombie-related content was not quite as large as I had hoped. Granted, many of us were very busy this month, but I still felt kind of bad about it. So I thought make …
May 30 2012
Ghostly Tales
While my past reviews of audio books from AudioGo have consisted of reissues of 80’s releases from Tangled Web Audio, Ghostly Tales marks the first time I’ll be reviewing a more recent audio book commissioned by AudioGo. It also marks the first time I’ve reviewed an audio book with multiple narrators, as the four scary …
May 18 2012
6’+ Episode 30 is up!
To quote the description given at the new listing: “Cryptids! Those weird and wild creatures of myth and legend! After a brief encounter with a local critter, the inspiration for a whole episode came about, leading to this week’s episode full of music from The Atomiks, Hounds Of the Wild Hunt, Steve Cook, The Atomiks …
May 07 2012
King Ghidora, “Nameless”
If you listened to the latest episode of the 6’+ podcast, (which you can subscribe to on iTunes or listen to through Stitcher) you heard the song ‘Nameless’ by a band King Ghidora. Taking their name from the Monster Zero antagonist of the Toho/Godzilla mythos, they play surf-space rock heavily influenced by Man…Or Astro-Man?, Dick …
May 04 2012
6’+ Episode 29 is up!
To quote the description given at the new listing: “We make way for music from bands who have never been on 6′+. MonsterMatt digs out his Igor during the MonsterMatt Minute and Dr. Gangrene decides to hightail it to the clean living of Switzerland to talk with Marc Stroace of KROKUS for the Metal Morgue. There’s music from KING GHIDORA, The Bloodtypes, The …
Apr 30 2012
The VooDuo, VOODOO U LUV
There aren’t many albums that I listen to from start to finish on my first play. I usually stop, do something completely unrelated to the music at hand and, when a significant amount of time has passed, I come back to finish the album, usually restarting it. Or, worse, the music is so bad that …
Apr 28 2012
Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome
[Author’s note: This was originally supposed to be part of a review series focusing on superheroes and their connections various aspects of death and horror. Sadly, things did not go according to plan and all but this release fell through.] Death is a major part of the Batman mythos. In addition to the character being …
Apr 21 2012
Record Store Day Is Here!
We’ve been teasing it for quite some time and now the big day is finally here. You can find a list of all the great surprises and participating locations at the official website. Don’t have a participating store near you? We here at Gravedigger’s Local 16 have you covered! In addition to our (unofficial) tribute …
Apr 18 2012
Record Store Day Is Coming!
It’s April and that means Record Store Day is quickly approaching. This year it falls on the 21st, so clear your schedules and get ready to get some choice freebies. And choice they are. According to the official website, there are quite a few special releases that should be of interest to readers of this …
Apr 12 2012
Gravediggin’ Man
Thursday are rough days. It’s not the middle, the beginning or even the end of the week. It’s the perfect time for feeling the blues. Larry Thurston and Jeff Alexander reached out to GdL16 and let everyone here know of their song ‘Gravediggin’ Man.’ It’s a great tribute to all those who have felt so …
Apr 07 2012
6’+ Episode 27 is up!
To quote the description given at the new listing: “How fast a year flies by when you’ve got good music. More changes come about this episode, with Strange Jason introducing himself as the Curator of 6′+. Dr. Gangrene speaks with Fast Eddie Clarke (of Motorhead and Fastway) and Monstermatt gives us another minute of his time. …
Mar 31 2012
My Night With The Evil Streaks (And The Ten Foot Polecats)
Marlborough, MA is a small city nestled deep Middlesex County, which H.P. Lovecraft once briefly referred to as “a western Massachusetts back-water” in his essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” At one point, Marlborough’s territory had included Northborough, Southborough, Westborough and Hudson but its size dwindled as each of said areas eventually split off to form …
Mar 30 2012
Great Classic Suspense
Although the name might make one think of a collection of episodes from the famous old time radio series, this is actually a reissue of a Tangled Web Audio release featuring Geraint Wyn Davies narrating classic short stories (although AudioGo has released a collection of episodes from the British version of Suspense). As was the …
Mar 30 2012
A Night With The Jersey Devil
According to this, the song was originally released as a special download via Bruce Springsteen’s official website on Halloween in 2008, as both a bit of spooky fun and as a tribute to his home state’s most infamous urban legend. A music video for it appeared on the deluxe edition DVD of Springsteen’s Working on …