Rolling Stone contributor David Fricke recently sat down with guitar legend and Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page to discuss everything from the Zep reissues released this year to his opinions on the O2 arena reunion. The interview is funny, heartwarming, intriguing, and a little sad. Read it below, you won't be disappointed.
The Transformers
franchise is FINALLY free of Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. Depending on your personal taste this may be
a good or bad thing but for me it’s liberating.
I always felt the one thing holding those films back was the awkward
character acting brought to the table by the two stars. That being said, having Marky Mark come on
board as a replacement isn’t too much better but at the end of the day the
reason anyone is watching these movies is to see Optimus Prime and the other
Transformers duke it out in all their epic, mechanized glory so who really
cares. On this front, Transformers: Age of Extinction did not disappoint. 
For the first time
in a while a movie’s sequel was just as good as its predecessor. The
Amazing Spider-Man 2 was everything I had hoped it would be. Giving us insight into Peter Parker’s past,
as well has his present and in some ways his future, the film painted a picture
of Spider-Man as a larger identity; one that is bigger than Peter Parker. Again starring Andrew Garfield as Spidey and
Emma Stone as his beautiful girlfriend Gwen Stacy the film picks up largely
where the last left off making it a logical continuation. While I was skeptical at first of the idea of
having multiple villains, I think it ended up working really well. Multiple villains was the downfall of Spiderman 3 and ultimately led to that
franchises downfall. Here however it
makes sense as we get to see the rise of Electro, played by Jamie Foxx. Electro acts as the main story line villain
and takes up the majority of Spider-Man’s crime fighting time. However, the rebirth of the Green Goblin was
what I was most interested in and I feel as though the film did a splendid job
with his character. 
90's alt-rock giants Sleater Kinney have reformed and announced not only a new album slated for release in early 2015 but also a short tour of North America and Europe which will see the three piece hitting up the House of Blues in Boston! Guitarist/vocalist Corin Tuckin, guitarist/vocalist Carrie Brownstein and drummer Janet Weiss, have thrown themselves back into their Olympia, WA roots and will no doubt play to sold out shows at each of their 21 American and European tour stops. Read the full Rolling Stone article below and be sure to get tickets to their HOB show! They go on sale Saturday at 10 AM and will no doubt be gone within minutes.
Since we’re fast
approaching Halloween, I figured it was time I reviewed a horror film. I chose The
Quiet Ones, a British supernatural horror movie directed by John
Pogue. The film stars Jared Harris as
Joseph Coupland, a university professor from Oxford who conducts an experiment to
try and prove that demonic possession isn’t real and can in fact be cured as if
it were any other affliction. He
recruits a student named Brian (played by Sam Clafin, Hunger Games: Catching Fire) as a cameraman to document the process
and along with his two assistants, the four retreat to a secluded house in the
country where they can perform the experiment uninterrupted. The subject is a girl named Jane Harper who
was abandoned as a child and has long been passed from home to home. She continues to go along with the experiment
believing Professor Coupland can cure her.
However, it becomes clear that the forces involved in Jane’s life are
far more complex and evil than the Professor and his students imagined. Still, in an attempt to prove his hypothesis,
Coupland goes to extreme and inhuman lengths to get results.
Deep Fantasy the third
album by Canadian punk band White Lung combines the high pitched, supersonic
guitar components of metal with the lightning drums of early 80’s hardcore
giants like Minor Threat. The quartet
has been at it since 2006 and has three full lengths under their belt, all of
which have received critical acclaim.
Their latest, just released in June of this year is a savage display of
what makes hardcore so great. Lead
singer Mish Way delivers her vocals in a whiny squeal but sounds amazingly
close to Meredith Graves while keeping her words clear and recognizable. Notable tracks off Deep Fantasy include “Down it Goes” and “Just for You” which have
superb sing-a-long choruses and are prime examples of the caustic intensity
seen across the whole album. Hardcore
has always been a misunderstood genre and is difficult to do right but White
Lung has struck up a balance which sacrifices lo-fi sincerity for pure, raw
intensity. While many bands in the genre trade clarity for breakneck speed and power, White Lung manage walk a line
between their ferocious sound and Way’s clearly stated words. It’s refreshing to hear a hardcore band find
this balance incorporating rock and heavy metal influences with precise vocals similar
to early bands like Morris era Black Flag or the Dead Kennedys. All that said, the band clearly represents
the direction modern hardcore is taking and overall, I’d say it’s an impressive
one. I’d love to attend one of their
shows to see the crowd’s response as the attendees of hardcore shows are the unofficial
“fifth member” of the group and the force they add to the music only serves to
enhance the band’s sound and potency. I’ll
definitely be keeping my eye on White Lung and would love to see other hardcore
bands adopt the precision and tightness seen on Deep Fantasy.