UB40 UB45 SRG RECORDS/UNIVERSAL UB40 formed in 1978, with the Campbell Brothers, Ali and Robin, being two of the founding members. To say their history is nothing short of fascinating does not do their story justice. The By 1980 the band was [...]
UB45 THE BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM UB40 TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 19 ON SRG RECORDS (UNIVERSAL) FEATURES SEVEN NEW TRACKS INCLUDING FORTHCOMING SINGLES “GIMME SOME KINDA SIGN” AND “HOME” UB40, the world’s biggest selling reggae group, will [...]
GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT, SANTA! I CAN TAKE IT! SPILL MAGAZINE EXPOSES SOME OF THE BEST/WORST 2023 CHRISTMAS RELEASES (PART TWO) As The Beatles once sang, “Christmastime is here again, it ain’t been around since you know when.” That means a whole [...]
GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT, SANTA! I CAN TAKE IT! SPILL MAGAZINE EXPOSES SOME OF THE BEST/WORST 2023 CHRISTMAS RELEASES (PART ONE) As The Beatles once sang, “Christmastime is here again, it ain’t been around since you know when.” That means a whole [...]
THIN LIZZY VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD (50th ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION) DECCA/UNIVERSAL Fans of Thin Lizzy should be very familiar with Vagabonds of The Western World. The third album from the Irish band, in many ways, caught [...]
SOFT CELL NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET (SUPER DELUXE EDITION) MERCURY/UNIVERSAL Soft Cell formed in 1978 when Dave Ball and Marc Almond met at Leeds Polytechnic in 1977. In 1980, Dave Ball’s mother fronted the duo 2000 pounds to record their debut [...]
THE ROLLING STONES UNVEIL NEW SINGLE “ANGRY” AND CONFIRM TITLE & RELEASE DATE FOR HACKNEY DIAMONDS – THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL SINCE 2005 FRANCOIS ROUSSELET DIRECTED VIDEO FOR STONES ‘ANGRY’ [...]
Dr. John Things Happen That Way Rounder/Universal Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack, Jr., better known as Dr. John, passed away in 2019. He had a very distinguished and successful career, popularizing Cajun-style music from New Orleans. He surprised [...]
Marvin Gaye What’s Going On: 50th Anniversary 2LP Edition Motown/Universal Originally released in May of 1971, What’s Going On was Marvin Gaye’s 11th studio album. Not only was it a departure from the music he had been making up to 1970 [...]
Nirvana Nevermind (30th Anniversary Edition) Universal Nevermind is a timeless classic, a truly generational album that is still wildly applauded and discussed today, three decades later. Upon its original release on September 24, 1991, [...]
1st Base Runner Seven Years Of Silence Universal There are two ways you can approach music in dark times like these. One is to make music as dark or even darker. The other is to do completely the opposite and come up with some light, fluffy [...]
WE’LL GIVE HIM GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE. BUT WAIT…THERE’S MYRRH! (PART TWO) A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2020 CHRISTMAS RELEASES As The Beatles once sang, “Christmas time is here again/Ain’t been ‘round since you [...]
Rush Permanent Waves: 40th Anniversary Edition Universal Originally released in 1980, Permanent Waves is the latest Rush album in their series of reissues, and their first release since the equally sudden and tragic passing of drummer Neil Peart [...]
TIMELESSLY IN THE AIR A CONVERSATION WITH ROBBIE ROBERTSON While no easy feat in itself, becoming a musical legend is that much more significant when your body of work continues to be influential to steering the course of popular and [...]
Robbie Robertson Sinematic Macrobiotic/Universal Robbie Robertson returns with his first album since 2011’s brilliant How To Be Clairvoyant. That is a tough album to top, but he has managed to do so with his sixth solo album, Sinematic. In the [...]
Megadeth Warheads On Foreheads Tradecraft/Universal Warheads on Foreheads is the new anthology album from Megadeth, spanning the thrash metal giant’s 35-year career. Famous for being in the “Big Four of Thrash” and considered one of the most [...]
2 Chainz Rap Or Go To The League Universal Chainz has released his fifth studio album, Rap or Go to the League. With 14 songs and guest appearances from Young Thug, ChanceTheRapper, Kodak Black, Travis Scott, Ariana Grande, and Lil Wayne, 2 [...]
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers The Best Of Everything Universal Just over six months following the release of the massive career anthology An American Treasure, which featured an abundatnce of never before heard material, the Tom Petty estate [...]
WOLF PARADE EXTENDS 2018 INTERNATIONAL TOUR SCHEDULE IN SUPPORT OF CRY CRY CRY Wolf Parade have extended more of their 2018 international tour schedule in support of Cry Cry Cry. The newly added summer US dates (August 17th-31st) include stops [...]
Tears For Fears Rule The World: The Greatest Hits Virgin/Universal With Halloween having come and gone, we come to be surrounded by the same tell-tale signs of the holiday season quickly approaching. The store displays, the Christmas music being [...]
