Calexico The Black Light: 20th Anniversary Edition Quarterstick Calexico, based in Tucson, Arizona, is essentially Joey Burns (vocals, guitars, bass, cello, piano, keyboards, accordion, percussion, vibraphone) and John Convertino (drums). The [...]
Andy Mackay 3 Psalms Good Deeds Music It has been almost ten years since Andy Mackay has released a solo album (his last solo offering being London! New York! Paris! Rome! credited to Andy Mackay + The Metaphors was released in 2009). Now with [...]
Cheap Trick The Epic Archive Vol. 2 (1980-1983) Real Gone Music Although Cheap Trick has had numerous hit singles and albums, I still think that it is unjustly overlooked. This is a shame, as it is one of the most original bands to emerge from [...]
The Mamas And The Papas The Complete Singles: 50th Anniversary Collection Real Gone Music The Mamas and The Papas were a sensation in the 1960s, scoring 11 top forty singles, seven of which went into the top ten, and of course their sole number [...]
3 PSALMS A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MACKAY (ROXY MUSIC) Andy Mackay, one of the most important musicians in the world, has returned to his solo career after several years, and he has done so in a big way. Although he may be more famous for being a [...]
WAITING FOR THE AFTERLIFE A CONVERSATION WITH MARTY WILLSON-PIPER OF NOCTORUM (THE CHURCH) There a couple of things about Marty Willson-Piper you may not know. First, if you take a look at your album collection and look at the names of the [...]
GOD OF WINE AND PLEASURE A CONVERSATION WITH BRENDAN PERRY OF DEAD CAN DANCE Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry formed Dead Can Dance in Melbourne, Australia in 1981. At the time the band also included Paul Erikson (bass) and Simon Monroe (drums). [...]
TRANSCENDENCE, ASHES AND KRAMPUS A CONVERSATION WITH MISS FD Miss FD exploded on the electronic dance scene in 2009. She writes, produces and performs her own style of electronic music, which is not only unique but also very original. Her debut [...]
Jean-Michel Jarre Equinoxe Infinity Sony Music Perhaps it is their age, perhaps it is their level of confidence, but there are a number of established artists releasing albums in which they do what they do best. They are not trying to compete [...]
PLAYING QUICKLY AND SINGING PRETTY A CONVERSATION WITH BRENT RADEMAKER OF GOSPELBEACH GospelbeacH was formed in 2014 by Brent Rademaker (vocals and guitar), whom you might know from Beachwood Sparks, Further, and The Tyde. Joining him in the [...]
Spiritualized Fucked Up Inside Glass Redux Records Following the release of their debut album, Lazer Guided Melodies, Spiritualized released a live album, Fucked Up Inside, which was only sold, for a limited time, via mail order. The live album [...]
Holygram Modern Cults Cleopatra Records Holygram formed in 2015 and consists of Patrick Blümel (vocals), Sebastian Heer (drums), Marius Lansing (guitars), Pilo Lenger (synthesizers) and Bennett Reimann (bass). Modern Cults is their debut album, [...]
The Beatles The Beatles (White Album): Super Deluxe Anniversary Edition Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated, The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia; France had the Winter Olympics [...]
Midnight Oil Armistice Day: Live At The Domain, Sydney Sony Music In February, 2017, Midnight Oil announced a world tour, their first tour in 15 years. The tour would eventually take in 16 countries over five continents, playing to thousands of [...]
Dead Can Dance Dionysus [PIAS] Recordings Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry formed Dead Can Dance in Melbourne, Australia in 1981. At the time the band also included Paul Erikson (bass) and Simon Monroe (drums). They released their first album, [...]
Marianne Faithfull Negative Capability BMG Marianne Faithfull will turn 72 in December, and, like many artists her age and of her generation, she continues to do what she does best while still pushing boundaries. Since her debut performance in [...]
Bob Dylan More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Sony Music When Blood On The Tracks was released in 1975, it was quickly acclaimed as one Dylan’s best albums, and it has only grown in stature of over time. Quite simply, it is one [...]
oh800 Character Building Infinite Jest Records “I’ve had it up to here with character building,” sings Eoin Rooney with backing from oh800 in their song “Character Building”, the opening song from their debut album of the same name. oh800 are [...]
Various Artists Canada Covers Tom Petty Independent Tom Petty departed this world on October 2, 2017. Just a little over a year later, Jadea Kelly has put together something special to honour Petty while promoting independent Canadian talent. [...]
Deconstructing The Beatles Abramorama Nov 1, 2018 Deconstructing The Beatles is a four DVD set comprised of four previously released DVDs. Each one had been released separately, but now here they all are, all four are compiled into one [...]
Roger Waters The Soldier’s Tale Sony In 1917, while the First World War continued, Igor Stravinsky composed the music for L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) with the text being written by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. It was [...]
Blondie Heart Of Glass EP Numero Group/Universal Music 2019 promises to be a big year for Blondie fans. According to the band, Blondie are set to re-release their catalogue with many never before heard songs and versions of their hits. To whet [...]
STEREO in SOLO Somewhere Out There – The Xtended Versions EP M&S/Believe Earlier this year, the brilliant Thierry Noritop returned with his new project STEREO in SOLO and the album Somewhere Out There. Now he continues with new music [...]
The Kinks The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society – 50th Anniversary Edition Sanctuary Records In November, 1968 The Kinks released The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, an album that is now considered a [...]
