The Undertones Reissue West Bank Songs 1978-1983 (A Best Of) On CD
-The Irish band, The Undertones, came along in the late ’70s to perform an interesting brand of music. With Feargal Sharkey in the band, and Billy Doherty as drummer, The…
Madness Returns With Brand New Album – C’est La Vie
Madness entered the fray of changing music in the late ’70s with an immaculate album based on the developing Jamaican ska renaissance that permeated much of Rock for a bit.…
ALBUM REVIEW: SOFIA TALVIK, “Center Of The Universe”
Hard to believe this is Sofia Talvik’s ninth album and I’ve been listening to her for the past eight years, when I wrote about her 2015 release Big Sky Country…
Atlantic Records 75th Anniversary Upcoming Reissues In SACD
Previously, MusicTAP posted a brief note on the arrival of 45RPM and SACDs from the upcoming 75th Anniversary celebration of Atlantic Records. The list presented then was a partial list…
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) Package First Five Albums In New Box – Original Albums
One of the ’70s fave band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer – or better abbreviated to ELP – were fan darlings who could do no absolute wrong (until their reviled Love…
Johnny Marr Gets Deserved Compilation With Spirit Power
Johnny Marr first got his footing with The Smiths, where he played for five years before rifts formed between him and Morrissey. Prompted by those, Marr left and played guitars…
Opinion: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Needs Big Move to Win Over Public
And then the Jann bomb went off.
Gong To Release New Album – Unending Ascending
Gong has long provided the world of Psychedelic Music with a steady dose of psych space music. But the story of Gong expands into the far reaches with a broad…
Final Joe Strummer Set – Streetcore – Gets 20th Anniversary Celebration Release
Joe Strummer is best known for his time with The Clash. But after The Clash disintegrated, Strummer released a Clash album (with only himself from the classic band) that only…
Smoke Fairies To Release Next Album – Carried In Sound
Smoke Fairies are Katherine Blamire, and Jessica Davies. They met in school in the UK, and with a string of extraordinary opportunities that include an opening set on tour with…
R.E.M. To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of UP With Remaster and Expansion
R.E.M. were a critical success beginning in their IRS Records days where they produced five ‘out of the gate’ classic sets. All of the five were Gold except their last…