Now, for the first time, van Giersbergen is preparing a solo acoustic album. Recorded with engineer Gijs Coolen (with whom van Giersbergen collaborated on the aforementioned Drive), the upcoming album…
Caravan, by releasing their self-titled first album back in the early days of Rock, helped to progress Rock n Roll into a phase of changes. Those changes involved introducing popular…
Throbbing Gristle, formed in the ’70s as an alternative to the stadium Rock of the time, thrived on the developing nature of music as it led into the late ’70s,…
With over twenty years of recorded music, the Austin, TX band, Spoon, has released nine studio sets. Each album has always easily attracted the US indie fans. However, with their…
It’s not often I get to tout a release from one of my favorite bands from the ’70s. And while grey-market releases might not be all that we want or…
The Cult broke through with a near perfect album, Love, back in 1985. The UK band followed that classic up with a harder-edged sound designed to push the band and…
Poco began its revered existence in 1969 with the release of Pickin’ Up The Pieces. At that time, the band was comprised of Richie Furay, Jim Messina, and Rusty Young,…
The famed San-Francisco-based string quartet, The Kronos Quartet, has delivered more than 40 albums of extraordinary contemporary works. Their first, Music of Dane Rudhyar, was issued back in 1979. Since…
The PMRC had seized national attention with their (literal in their minds?) witch hunt, and a new generation of traveling preachers were making their careers by telling ghost stories of…