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Underground: Gang Starr and the Moment of Truth

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Nov 20, 2019 | Underground

Yo Ho! Nightrider here! We’ll be taking a look back at Gang Starr’s greatest album Moment of Truth, released on 31 March 1998. Considered one of hip-hop’s greatest albums of all time, Moment of Truth displays DJ Premier’s production skills at...

Underground: A-ha is not a one-hit-wonder?

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Nov 13, 2019 | Underground

Yo Ho! Nightrider here! We’ll take an interesting look o the legacy of Norwegian band A-ha. Yes, we all sang along to their immortal classic “Take On Me” as well as marvel at what is called one of the greatest music videos of the 1980s. However, they...

Underground: Lumines: Electronic Symphony

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Nov 6, 2019 | Underground

Today on underground we are going to talk about one of the greatest electronic video game music soundtrack of all time and its Lumines: Electronic Symphony, () but first a mini-history lesson. Lumines: Electronic Symphony (LES for short) was the third official game in...

Underground: MC5 and The Stooges Going Strong After 50 Years

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Oct 30, 2019 | Underground

Yo Ho! Nightrider here! Two proto-punk albums were released in 1969: MC5’s Kick Out the Jams and The Stooges by The Stooges (also known as Iggy Pop and the Stooges). MC5 formed in 1964 by Wayne Kramer, Fred “Sonic” Smith, Rob Tyner, Michael Davis and...

Demonic Downshift Shawn: bhawns Review

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Oct 23, 2019 | Hidden Gems, Underground

Today we are going to review George Malamidis’s first full album under the name Demonic Downshift and the album is called Shawn: bhawns. Demonic Downshift is one-third of the experimental rock group 2 by bukowski. This album is 100% Avant-garde music at the...

Underground: London is still Calling after 40 years thanks to The Clash

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Oct 16, 2019 | Underground

Yo Ho! Nightrider here! On 14 December 1979, The Clash released their third album, London Calling. After their second album from 1978, Give ‘Em Enough Rope, The Clash began to progress away from the punk rock genre. Since then, London Calling is considered to be one...