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Back when I previewed Alpha Riff’s Digital Champions, all that I really knew was that the album would be set in a cyberpunk world. That alone was intriguing, given that I was a huge cyberpunk fan back in the '90s (and I still enjoy it today, if I can Read More

Unless you’ve been away from YouTube and the Internet as a whole for a while, you’ve probably heard of the YouTube gaming phenomenon GameGrumps. After the departure of the original “Not So Grump” JonTron, Egoraptor sought out a Read More

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing this column for a little over three years. My first real introduction to writing about geek music was Nerdapalooza 2010. My first column under the “Geek Music” banner was published just before NAP (I did Read More

Well, geez, it seems it’s that time again. The new releases have been piling up again, and it’s time to promote a bunch of cool stuff at once. It seems every time I think I have a handle on the new release someone either sends me something new or I run Read More

Looks like it’s time once again for a mass review column. This time I feature a nerdcore album based on Star Wars: The Old Republic, a new Scrub Club artist, and some new stuff from nerdcore’s next gen. Read More

In Part Two of this introduction to the next generation of nerdcore, I feature several artists that are new to me. Most of them I discovered while putting together this article, in fact. Read More

There aren’t as many women who make geeky music as there are men. This is no surprise, given the male-dominated nature of the geek culture. Regardless, there are quite a few talented musicians who also happen to be both female and geeky. Here are a few. Read More

Last August, I featured an introduction to nerdcore via some of the founders of the genre. This time, I’m going to feature a two-part series of Next Generation nerdcore (or at least nerdy) rappers. These artists have all hit the scene in the last couple Read More

Ultimate Songs from the Pit takes ten new tracks and adds them to six remastered tracks from Songs from the Pit. The production quality of the album is clear; it should be since the engineer has also worked with MC Frontalot and Godsmack. Read More

In the last couple of months, there have been several geek music releases that I’ve been enjoying but haven’t yet had time to review. They are, however, worth mentioning and promoting, so I thought I’d just combine a few shorter reviews into one Read More

They say you get what you pay for, but in this case the price does not reflect the quality of the music; free does not mean terrible. In fact, Shael Riley’s singing and Beefy’s rapping make for a highly enjoyable collaboration with catchy, danceable Read More

Teacore or chap-hop? Mr. B, the Gentleman Rhymer or Professor Elemental? Yup, that’s right, it’s a genuine rap battle in the nerdcore world. I’ll pit them against each other in a battle royale of six different categories and then decide on a winner. Read More