Rediscovering Great Bands: The Quick
You all know about The Runaways. The Runaways were Kim Fowley’s gift to the world of rock. It was his jail-bait and rock exploit, and it worked well, quite well,…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 06/11/2013 (US Report)
Sony Masterworks have the new Tedeschi Trucks Band (Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks) album on the calendar for August 20. The new album, Made Up Mind, follows their 2011 release, Revelator,…
The Vinyl Obsession
As we go into this new week, I just wanted to start out with several things. The first has to do with the recent surge in vinyl. While I love…
Time Machine, New Album Coming From Nektar
Nektar, the progressive band from Germany, was at the height of the developmental period for Progressive music way back in 1970. With the release of their debut, Journey To The…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 06/07/2013 (US Report)
Capitol Records have Wise Up Ghost by Elvis Costello & The Roots, planned for release on September 17 on both CD and LP. Audio Fidelity will reissue the Blade Runner…
Can Album Reissues Overstay Their Welcome?
Now that the surprise has worn off about the recent news that Elton John would be once again reissuing his most popular album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road just a mere…
Black Mountain Side Project, Lightning Dust, To Release Latest Album or Amber Webber is Totally Awesome
The band from Vancouver, Black Mountain, doesn’t have a new album on the horizon. And that’s a bit of sad news all by itself. Why? Because their retro-rock stoner music…
Nine Inch Nails Returns With New Album, Hesitation Marks
Today, the news comes from several fronts that Nine Inch Nails has returned not only as a stage presence, but also with an upcoming new album. And that news would…
Universal To (Likely) Release 40th Anniversary Edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The official Elton John website is seeking rare fan documents, pictures, etc for possible inclusion into a planned 40th Anniversary Edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which was released by…
UK Post Punk Band, White Lies, To Release Third Album
White Lies is an excellent “retro-rock” post-punk band after the heart of the late ’70s period. And although I hate to use such phrasing, here it makes sense. They hail…
Sting To Release New Album In September
Sting had been quite busy with a Police reunion several years ago. It comes as no surprise that creatively, he’s taken a bit of a musical break. However, creativity sometimes…
Discoveries: Culture Factory Reissues Of Classic Titles
The reissue market has been strong for some time. What separates some of them is the ability to create collectible packaging, and further, to remaster the album to become the…