As long time readers know, I like to keep it positive around here. There’s enough negativity in the world without me bitching and moaning about rock n roll. But of late, I’ve found myself in a foul mood. And unfortunately for them, Motley Crue has released a baffling box set to celebrate the 35th anniversary…
I am, admittedly, a rock n roll guy. When you look at my playlists (like our latest one), you see rock n roll music from the 50’s all the way up to recent days. But I am quietly a huge fan of vintage, 60s and 70s soul music. And when I think of the soul…
It’s been a busy year down at the George Harrison archives run by his wife Olivia and son Dhani. Earlier this year they finally got around to releasing Harrison’s pioneering charity show, The Concert For The People Of Bangladesh, on all the streaming services. And now they’ve released a new deluxe version of Harrison’s second…
Last Friday the Talking Heads – David Byrne (guitar/vocals), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass), and Jerry Harrison (guitar/keyboards) – released a new three disc box set commemorating their landmark debut album Talking Heads: 77. The box comes complete with the original album plus a full disc of outtakes and alternative versions and a third…
“This is the end of every song that we singThe fire burned out to ash, and the stars grown dim with tears” – The Cure, “Alone” The Cure have returned after 16 years and delivered a brand new album, Songs Of A Lost World. And when I say “delivered,” I mean they’ve delivered what might…
Well it took 10 years for them to release it, but the Allman Brothers Band finally released their final concert, from October 28, 2014 at the Beacon Theater as a triple disc live album and man, am I glad they did. When I say triple disc, I’m talking CDs, not vinyl, so this thing clocks…
I will fully admit up front that I was really looking forward this release from the CSNY vaults, a live album culled from a performance by the band at the legendary Fillmore East from September of 1969. I was concerned my high expectations might foil my listening experience – but have no fear, this is…
*Photo of The Struts (from l. to r. -Gethin Davies, Luke Spiller, Jed Elliott) taken by your intrepid blogger with his crap iPhone camera There’s nothing like a good ol’ rock n roll concert to shake me out of the workaday doldrums. The Rock Chick discovered a few months back that the Struts, who we…
*Image of the cover of ‘The Great Gatsby’ taken from the internet and probably still copyrighted somewhere… I was sorting some books on my office bookshelf last weekend at the behest of the Rock Chick and came across my tattered copy of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece novel. I was, as I always…
I woke up this glorious fall morning thinking, “Man, it’s Friday, it’s beautiful outside, it just might be a perfect day?” Just when I thought today couldn’t get any better, I remembered Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition) today. The Deluxe Edition boasts 2 CDs, the first has the original…