Our Writers
Tom LiferLifelong music fan and musician. No qualifications other than the aforementioned.
Buzz KilbilAir Force Veteran and 27 year Airline Employee, I have been a slave to FM Radio until 2 years ago. I’m now getting my Metal legs on and ready to learn. “How many genres...
BubbernatorBubbernator a.k.a. Chicago Chris a.k.a. "Hey, asshole!!"
My mind is dirtier than the Passaic River.
So much for good, clean living.
Winslow LeechHistorian, artist, author, former radio DJ, and world's worst guitarist. Avid collector of music, movies, books, horror memorabilia, and vintage toys.
"Normal is an illusion,...
Jem Is My NameDrummer in the band DEAD / Label Operator - We Empty Rooms / Bullshit Artist. "I Fucking Love Music"
Freddie KatzLiving rock-n-roll 24/7. Recorded and toured extensively as both a guitarist and sound engineer, owner of Sierra Sound; Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. Produced, engineered and perfo...
The SluggerThe Slugger is the host of Slugger's Supersonic Radio Show. He was a DJ on WRSU 88.7 FM Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ. He is a songwriter, singer and guitar player...
Bun E. BreadJersey bitch raised at City Gardens + CBGB. Ran away to join the circus, and once again to enjoy the silence. "There’s just some things you don’t do in this world, and...
AyersianLife is just a candle, and a dream must give it flame. (Neil Peart, “The Fountain of
Lamneth”)
I’m a music writer but first a music fan, and I am so privileged to ...
Perfect StrangerA tone-deaf music lover since his Dad put on Beethoven's 9th, and an avid film buff. Blessed to have seen many amazing artists and even hob-knob with a few. Teacher, scient...
Jaime PinaGUITAR: Los Cremators, Chemical People, Down By Law, 45 Grave, Electric Frankenstein, Punk Rock Vatos PRV13, Christian Death 1334
WORD: Fangoria, Giant Robot, Varla, Punk Globe
Sid VerboseEver since I got my first Walkman somewhere around 1986 I’ve been captivated by the storytelling and expression that is music. When I’m not teaching intermed...
Diane "Lifer" Farris“I Am A Goddamn Delight!”
Veteran of radio since the 80s, child of the 70s. Interviewer, DJ, Podcaster, Host. Gimme Metal Radio Show "Lifer" / WFMU "Diane's Kamikaze...
Su ZiPoet/writer and artist who creates and edits the poetry chapbook series, Red Mare.
Her writing has been published in multiple genres. Recent publications include an essa...
JP"Even a broken clock is right twice a day".
Vocalist, Guitarist and Percussionist for AATXE.
Lifelong musician and music fan, Weight lifting and martial arts enthusi...
Stu RutherfordMulti-instrumentalist, home recording enthusiast, WFMU engineer, record collector, low-rent audiophile. Former member of The Creatures of the Golden Dawn, The Royal Purple...
DJ Alex KayneLiving with Ghosts: The Delirious Rants of an Insane DJ : Metal DJ for over four decades. Well-known
DJ/VJ residency at "L'Amour the Rock
Capitol of Brooklyn." Host of ...
SblendorioMy Mom put a radio in my crib... I raided my sister's record collection... and the rest is history! I’m a Dad, Teacher, Drummer.
I ran the Buy Our Records la...
Tom Lifer
Top 10
- Beatles - Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road
- Aerosmith - Rocks
- Brian Eno - Before And After Science
- Run DMC - Sucker MC - single
- Brand X - Product
- Television - Marquee Moon
- Jeff Beck - Wired
- Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast / Bat Chain Puller
- Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - single
- Massacre - Killing Time
- Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
- Husker Du - 8 Miles High - single
- My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
- Nick Drake - Pink Moon
- Messhuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
- Shudder To Think - Pony Express
- Mercury Tree - Spidermilk
Articles by Tom Lifer
REVIEW: Mercury Tree: “Microtonal Magic”
September 30, 2020Rating: 5/5 In the hellscape that is 2020, 2019 is still bringing us hope . Listen to Spidermilk by Mercury Tree- this is a microtonal progressive rock cd that defies it’s description. The songs are dialed in. “ The Husk “ is an anthem. Ben Spees is a smart lyricist, composer and a great singer. […]
FEMINAZGUL: No Dawn For Men LP
September 1, 2020The record begins with a very earthy accordion and eventually morphs into a hypnotic death metal lurch.
CRITICAL CUT: Love Gets You Twisted
August 8, 2020Even at age 14 , I totally got it. “ Love Gets You Twisted” by Graham Parker and The Rumor – on the ‘Squeezing Out Sparks’ LP confirmed what I already felt at that young age. It confirmed that desire completely messes you up, and the song was cathartic to me. A truth confirmed. Graham […]
You Too Can Win: Boobs Of Doom Review
June 10, 2020Rating 4.9/5 I first encountered Boobs Of Doom in The Wire magazine. They were a very curious looking duo with skull faces and robes. I searched out their music and I was blown away.