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New Song: The Original Alice Cooper Band Reunite For “Black Mamba” With New LP On The Way
ByKenneth Corsini April 27, 2025
I guess I’ve been a little distracted of late and it’s been almost a week since the newly reunited, original Alice Cooper band – not the singer Vincent Furnier who changed his name to Alice Cooper – dropped their first single, “Black Mamba,” from the upcoming album The Revenge Of Alice Cooper. I’m not gonna…
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Review: Billy Idol, ‘Dream Into It’ – His First New LP In 11 Years
ByKenneth Corsini April 25, 2025
Billy Idol has released his first new album in 11 years, Dream Into It. Billy joins a few other illustrious rock acts who have waited a decade (or perhaps decades) between albums, like the Stones, the Cure, and Peter Gabriel who all released albums last year (or late ’23 in the case of Gabriel). Although…
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The “Difficult Second Album” – 12 Artists Who Fell Victim To “The Sophomore Slump”
ByKenneth Corsini April 19, 2025April 19, 2025
I’ve spoken about “the sophomore slump” before on the pages of B&V. In that particular post I was thinking about all the bands who managed to overcome the dreaded sophomore jinx by putting out an even better second album than their debut. I recently posted about one such second album in the Cult’s Love. As I…
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Playlist: Spring Has Sprung, Summer’s Almost Here…Time To Celebrate Rock Songs About… Booze/Drinking (2.0)
ByKenneth Corsini April 15, 2025
“I feel bad for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” – Frank Sinatra With the exception of Fall – which is my favorite of the seasons because, well, football… and if I’m being honest I’ve always liked good jacket weather…
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LP Lookback: The Cult’s Fabulous 2nd Album ‘Love’ Turns 40 This Year
ByKenneth Corsini April 10, 2025
I posted my annual 40 year lookback playlist in March and this year it was all about 1985. I don’t think 1985 will ever rival say, 1971 or 1984, in terms of the vast amount of quality music that was released in that calendar year, but there were certainly some fantastic albums that hailed from…
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Concert Review: Jack White, ‘No Name’ Tour, Kansas City’s Uptown Theater, April 4, 2025 – An Electric Guitar Jamboree – Oh, Yes!
ByKenneth Corsini April 5, 2025April 6, 2025
Jack White, who just returned from touring Japan in support of his latest LP – the sensational No Name – came to Kansas City last night and played the venerable Uptown theater. He had played St. Louis the night before where he played my favorite Raconteurs song, “Carolina Drama,” I missed it by one night! Jack…
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Springsteen Fans Rejoice: ‘Tracks 2: The Lost Albums’ Announced With Single “Rain In The River”
ByKenneth Corsini April 3, 2025July 3, 2025
Today Bruce Springsteen finally(!) announced Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, the long awaited sequel to 1998’s excellent box of outtakes and leftovers, Tracks. The announcement was accompanied by the release of a single, “Rain In The River.” You can stream the track on your preferred “streamer” as a teaser while we wait until…
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Review: Pete Townshend’s Box Set ‘The Studio Albums’ – His Reluctant Solo Career
ByKenneth Corsini March 28, 2025
“Just want to be misunderstood, want to be feared in my neighborhood,Just want to be a moody man, Say things that nobody can understand” – “Misunderstood” – Pete Townshend Pete Townshend, guitarist, sometimes vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who has released a box set containing all seven of his solo studio albums. The…
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Review: Rush ’50’ – A Sprawling Look At A Storied Career – Not Just A Paint-By-Numbers “Best Of”
ByKenneth Corsini March 25, 2025March 25, 2025
I saw a few months back that venerable, hard rock/prog rock, Canadian power-trio (which is just a fun word) Rush was releasing a box set to celebrate their 50th anniversary, creatively titled Rush 50. The box has a number of different configurations including a 7 LP vinyl version and a 4 CD version. I was…
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Doc Review: Cameron Crowe’s ‘Heartbreakers Beach Party’ – Tom Petty’s Long Lost Doc Finally Streaming!
ByKenneth Corsini March 19, 2025July 28, 2025
After all these many years, I finally got to see Cameron Crowe’s documentary, which he calls a “profile,” about Petty & the Heartbreakers circa the Long After Dark album, entitled Heartbreakers Beach Party. I’ve been wanting to see this since last fall when it was announced, along with the deluxe version of the aforementioned Long…
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