Tag: staff picks

  • Heavy Picks for Bandcamp Friday – May 2023

    Heavy Picks for Bandcamp Friday – May 2023

    It isn’t slowing down at all – there’s an even bigger bouquet of fresh riffs out there since the last edition of Bandcamp Friday, and I’m not mad about it.  The header image this month is by Brad Moore, the aptly named “Art Wizard”, for the cover of Spinebreaker’s Cavern of Inoculated Cognition, one of…

  • Metal Picks for Bandcamp Friday – April 2023

    It’s a bit of a long one this month.  A veritable bouquet of fresh riffs – for you! In the April 2023 edition of Bandcamp Friday.  Look I might have gotten a bit carried away and included a pre-order this month too.  I’m not sorry – there’s a time and place for everything.  From biting…

  • Metal picks to check out this Bandcamp Friday – November 2022

    Hello again, it’s another “Bandcamp Friday” out there – more details on this recurring series are on the Bandcamp blog. Anyway, once again here’s a humble offering of some picks that I, your resident psychedelic black metal/sci-fi loving weirdo, particularly enjoyed since last month.  That should give you a good idea of what you’re in…

  • Bandcamp Friday Picks – October 2022

    Well hello, it’s time again for Bandcamp Friday, where the folks over at Bandcamp completely waive their revenue share in order to offer more support directly to the artists. I found an absolute wealth of fresh and upcoming releases to choose from this month – here’s a handful of what had me turning up the…

  • Bandcamp Friday Picks – September 2022

    Today – it’s time again for Bandcamp Friday, where the folks over at Bandcamp completely waive their revenue share in order to offer more support directly to the artists. More info is on the Bandcamp blog.  Here are a couple of picks to guide you in navigating the huge catalogue that’s available: Silurian – End…

  • Staff Playlists – January 2020

    Staff Playlists – January 2020

    Another round of recommendations from some of the folks at Hellbound. Steve Earles Non-metal: Nektar – The Other Side Wild Card: The Avengers – not the comic book, the 60s series with Diana Rigg. What’s not to like? Gruesome Greg Listening to: Lowrider – Ode to Io New release: Lowrider – Refractions Live: Church of…

  • Staff picks and playlists – December 2019

    Staff picks and playlists – December 2019

    Another year ends and a new one begins. Thanks for hanging with us in 2019. Stick around for lots more to come in 2020! This month, in addition to our usual staff playlists, some of us Hellbound folks have nominated our 2019 and all-decade favourites and highlighted what we’re looking forward to in this new…

  • Staff Playlists – November 2019

    Staff Playlists – November 2019

    Another round of recommendations from the folks of Hellbound. This is what we’ve been spinning over the past month. Heavy Listening Steve Earles New release: Exhorder – Mourn The Southern Skies Non Metal: MC5 – Kick Out The Jams Wild Card: Horslips – Greatest Hits Arta Gailuma  Laura Wiebe Listening to: Opeth – In Cauda Venenum…

  • Staff Playlists – October 2019

    Staff Playlists – October 2019

  • Staff Playlists – September 2019

    Staff Playlists – September 2019

    Another round of staff playlists from the folks at Hellbound. This is what we’ve been spinning as summer turns to fall (in the northern hemisphere, anyway). Hellbound recommends Steve Earles 1.  New release: The Steve Howe Trio – New Frontier. Music played with love, as it should be. Live:  Zealot Cult @ Dolans Limerick. Ireland’s best…