Two The Beat/The English Beat Albums Are Coming
If you were into the revivalist SKA movement of the late’70s with the likes of Madness (“One Step Beyond”), The Specials (“Too Much, Too Young”), The Selecter (“Three Minute Hero”),…
New White Lies Album, Friends, Arriving In October
White Lies came to our attention with the excellent To Lose My Life back in 2009. Labeled as a Post-Punk band, this UK band has released only three studio sets,…
Discoveries: Let’s Eat Grandma (LEG) – UK
Here comes a time where you need to set aside the disruptive imagery that this band’s name might initiate in your mind. So let’s get this one out of the…
In Memoriam – Bernie Worrell
As this year progresses, we continue to lose the great ones at an alarming rate. But not just the visible ones. There are also greats that contributed so much to…
Rare Silverhead Classic Catalog Titles Reissued For August
Some of you might remember a British blues Rock band by the name of Silverhead. Fronted by Michael Des Barres, the band released two excellent albums in the early ’70s.…
English Settlement By XTC With 2016 Remaster For CD and Vinyl PLUS Skylarking On Vinyl
With just a few brief moments here, I want to bring to your attention a few XTC reissues that are expected soon enough. With this age of reissues it’s always…
Upcoming UK 2CD Live Set Of Two Lou Reed Shows During 1978 Street Hassle Tour, Waltzing Matilda
Lou Reed fans have been wondering when we’d start to get some nice Lou Reed product. Now with the arrival in October of the Legacy Recordings box, we can appreciatively…
Uriah Heep To Get Complete Reissue Campaign AND A 2CD Anthology
If there is something that will get me off whatever I’m doing, and fire up the laptop to do a write-up, it’s this piece of news (THANKS to M Judkins…
New Meat Loaf Album, Braver Than We Are, Rejoins With Jim Steinman
No doubt, many were huge fans of the original Meat Loaf album, Bat Out Of Hell. With all songs written by Jim Steinman, that album went n to historic heights…
New Vangelis Album, Rosetta, Arrives In September
A new Vangelis album is always a good reason to get excited. The new announcement that Vangelis would be releasing a new album based on the European Space Agency’s space…
CCR’s Live In Europe To Be Re-Released On Vinyl
With new vinyl production making a hit wave out of the rich ‘previously released’ markets as many rediscover the turntable (or take it out of storage), it’s always a pleasure…
New Album From The Rifles, Big Life
The Rifles is a UK band that I’ve raved on before. With a sound not dissimilar to The Jam from the ’70s, The Rifles have forged a great New Millennium…