David Coverdale’s successful run with Whitesnake produced a legitimate string of twelve studio albums. Of those, Slide It In (1984), its 8-million units followup, the self-titled Whitesnake (1987), and Slip…
Joe Jackson is manipulating you into thinking for yourself.
There’s a problem with Complexion, the bombastic full-length debut outing from Canadian trio Tunic, out Feb. 8 via Self Sabotage/Super Secret, and it keeps the entire record from being a…
At 73, Robin Trower shows no sign of slowing down. During his career with Procol Harum, he helped to define the music of the ’60s. Eventually, Trower took his guitar…
With the early years of R.E.O. Speedwagon collected in a boxed set issued via Cherry Red, it was inevitable that the fine and detailed attention of that set (The Early…
While we’re all still impacted by the death of The Cranberries‘ vocalist, Delores O’Riordan, it’s great to know that an album was finished before her untimely passing. What remained was…
Typically, a sidework from a known performer whose day job is with one of the world’s greatest rock bands is usually relegated to the occasional remaster over time. Nothing fancy.…
It’s a calculated and unbelievably addictive kind of descent into madness. Obelisk — the (wait for it) BRILLIANT debut full-length from Scottish sextet Graham Costello’s STRATA, out Feb. 1 –…
Here’s the backstory first: February 8 will see Bar/None Records’ release of two thought-provoking looks at an often-overlooked period of rock icon Alex Chilton’s long, curious career. Alex was at…
A little more than a year after his announcement that he was taking a possibly permanent hiatus from his band Devin Townsend Project (DTP), Devin Townsend has announced the imminent…
I wanted to start this review with the following: Our Childhood Heroes, the sophomore outing by Brooklyn collective Hawk and Dove, can best be summarized by its closing track. At…
Was it not for the recommendation of my friend, musician and reviewer Jeff Elbel, I’d never have listened to Space Gun, one of the 2018 albums from Guided By Voices.…