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Pearl Jam Merkin Ball Turns 30

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Jun 11, 2025 | Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Pearl Jam is one of the big 4 of Grunge and from their debut album Ten, they have released a total of 5 albums during the 90s and they are Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, and Yield. There was a release that many people either never knew about or completely forgot and that EP...

Samurai Champloo Receives 20th Anniversary LP Box Set

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Nov 20, 2024 | Anime, Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Shinichiro Watanabe anime classic Samurai Champloo just turned 20 this year and for those who missed out on one of the best soundtracks in the past 20 years, it was announced that a 20th anniversary LP box set will be released by the end of the month and will be all...

Fuji Rock Festival ’24 Line Up with Special Appearances!

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Jun 26, 2024 | Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! This year’s edition of the Fuji Rock Festival takes place at the Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa-cho, Niigata Prefecture in Japan. The event has an updated Line Up page with some special performers listed. The Festival takes place July 26 to July...

Ginger Root to Release Full Album

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Jun 12, 2024 | Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Ginger Root is in the major leagues with their upcoming full album release “SHINBANGUMI”, which will be released on the 13 of September of this year on Ghostly Int. Besides that we also are treated to the first single for the upcoming album which is called...

Carter Fox Released His First Book And is a Must Own

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | May 1, 2024 | Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Our good friend Carter Fox has released a book for anyone who wants to understand the basics of the music business and that book is titled How to Effectively Release & Promote Your Music as an Independent Artist. In this book, Carter Fox has made it simple yet so...

Purple Rain Turns 40

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Apr 23, 2024 | Cinema, Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Purple Rain is one of the best soundtracks for a film that came out in a long time and still to this day is one of the best out there, so today we are going to look at this classic album/soundtrack that was created by Prince and the Revolution and the film as well....