Europe and Canada To Celebrate 40 Years With The Stranglers (UK Report)
One of my favorite bands of the closing years of the ’70s were UK’s The Stranglers. In England, they were well received, but not so much in the US. (I…
The Afghan Wigs To Release New Album In April
One of Cincinnati’s excellent contributions to Rock and Roll were the grunge-styled band known as The Afghan Wigs. Originally signed to pioneering label, Sub-Pop before moving on to Elektra, and…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 02/13/2014 (US Report)
Let me this have this one short paragraph before I get into the upcoming new releases, in part to apologize for the extended absence. Much has been on my plate…
And Then There Were One: Release Pieces – Wye Oak – Shriek
Wye Oak has a new album coming (thanks, Jeff!) The set is being called Shriek, and is slated for April 29 on Merge Records. I’ll do this write-up with more…
Two T. Rex Deluxe Editions Of Early Titles To Release
After all of the hoopla and deserved wild attention given to Electric Warrior, and Slider, it appears that Universal will be giving several early T.Rex titles the Deluxe Edition treatment…finally!…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 01/28/2014 (US/UK Report)
Curb Records have scheduled a new Hank Williams III album, Ramblin’ Man, for April 1, release the title in CD, DD, and vinyl LP. The scheduled vinyl LP will contain…
In Memorium: Pete Seeger
What more can really be said? The great one has passed. On Monday, Pete Seeger died of natural causes at the grand age of 94. We, as a nation, as…
UK To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of Waterloo By ABBA With CD/DVD Deluxe Edition
If you like your ABBA music, and you are slowly upgrading your ABBA library with emerging CD/DVD Deluxe EditionS, then this next one should get you all jingly. In the…
The UK Readies A 2CD Deluxe Edition Of Piledriver From Status Quo
If you want to surprise me, and simultaneously make me happy, just tell me that Piledriver, the 1972 classic engine from Status Quo will be offered as a 2CD Deluxe…
My Chemical Romance To Release Greatest Hits Set In March
I’ve been an avid fan of My Chemical Romance ever since their near perfect The Black Parade album from 2006. That album was a big sound reminiscent of some of…
Talia’s Overflow Notes – 01/27/2014
Well, hello again everybody. Here’s another little run-down of things for you while Matt himself has been covering so much ground: Neil Young/Jack White: There’s a rumor going around that…
Alan Parsons Project Gets The Complete Albums Collection Box With Bonus Album
Legacy Recordings will release a complete collection of Alan Parsons Project catalog titles in their Complete Albums Collection series. While not much info is known about this set, it certainly…