Month: December 2025

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The Best of 2025, Pt 2 – The Best Of Re-Releases/Box Sets/Live LP’s/Vault Releases Of The Year
ByKenneth Corsini December 27, 2025
By any fair assessment, 2025 was an awful year. Thank the heavens that we have a bunch of rock n roll culled from the vaults to keep us going in these troubled, divided times. It’s always nice to close the B&V lab door behind me, set down my phone to get away from the “socials,”…
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The Rolling Stones Cancel Proposed 2026 European Tour – Could This Be The End?
ByKenneth Corsini December 23, 2025
“Oh, Mama, can this really be the end?” – Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again” Happy holidays to all of our readers out there. And while I’m tardy (just like in high school) I’d like to wish everyone a happy Keithmas, for those of you who celebrate Keith Richards’ birthday on…
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Review: Pink Floyd’s New Box Set, 3-Disc ‘Wish You Were Here 50’ – Revisiting the ’75 Masterpiece
ByKenneth Corsini December 17, 2025
“Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun” – Pink Floyd, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Rock legends Pink Floyd have released Wish You Were Here 50 to celebrate the golden anniversary of their landmark 1975 album. Coincidentally, to kick off 2025 I did my usual “50 year lookback” playlist consisting of songs from 1975 and…
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Review: Depeche Mode, ‘Memento Mori: Mexico City’ – An Unsurprisingly Potent Live LP
ByKenneth Corsini December 13, 2025December 13, 2025
Venerable alternative rock band Depeche Mode have released a brand new live album, Momento Mori: Mexico City, from their most recent tour (2023-2024) in support of their last LP, Momento Mori. The live album is actually a soundtrack to a concert movie they shot of this show in Mexico City, entitled Depeche Mode: M. I’ve got to tell you,…
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B&V’s Best of 2025 (Part 1) – Best New Albums Of ’25 – The Good New Stuff
ByKenneth Corsini December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
When I was young and reading Rolling Stone and whatever rock n roll magazine I could get my hands on, I was always annoyed when their “best of” columns dropped in late December. They were usually written in early November and often great albums that were released late in the year were ignored. The Eagles’ Hotel…
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Review: Guns N Roses Release 2 New Songs (“Atlas,” “Nothing”) To Announce ’26 Tour
ByKenneth Corsini December 5, 2025December 9, 2025
*Image taken from the internet and probably copyright Last month (November ’25), Guns N Roses announced the next leg of what seems to be their never ending tour that will extend through the summer of 2026. To placate fans, many who are like me, who are clamoring for new Guns music they also announced they…
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Review: Smashing Pumpkins Revisit 1995 Magnum Opus With ‘Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition)’
ByKenneth Corsini December 3, 2025February 28, 2026
One of our favorites down here at B&V, the Smashing Pumpkins, are looking back to their magnum opus from 1995 and have released Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition). This “double album” was so momentous I even included it on my list of our essential “old school” double albums. While it was predominantly…
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