TAPSheet: Release Notes – 05/03/2012 – US Report
Warner Brothers Records have the new Linkin Park album, Living Things, on the schedule for June 26. Community Music have Here coming from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on…
Review: Farther On Up The Road: The Chrysalis Years (1977-1983) – Robin Trower
Following the previously released 3CD album collection A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years (1973-1976), which contain some of the best known Robin Trower classics albums for fans, Chrysalis issues a…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 04/30/2012 – US Report
There seems to be a strong uptick in the re-releases of older titles as well as the issuance of new titles in vinyl LPs this year. Depending on where you…
Review: The Essential Donovan – Donovan
There are many of you who can warmly remember when you heard (for the first time) the opening of “Sunshine Superman”, leading into the vocals of the man who would…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 04/27/2012 – US Report
A noted – and prominent – DD reissue is on the calendar and deserves to be noted here. I note it largely because, for now, it is only listed as…
Discoveries: The Black Angels – Austin
I may have brought The Black Angels up in conversation in the past, but listening to them again just revitalizes all of the cool feelings I get from listening to…
No More Politics
I regret the Bruce Springsteen post. My posting of this was merely motivated by the fun it might bring to a musical discussion in a different bent than what we’re…
Would Springsteen Make A Worthy President of The US?
In the latest edition of Rolling Stone (RS 1155, April, 26, 2012), a letter from a reader in regard to the Jon Stewart interview with Bruce Springsteen (RS 1154), states…
TAPSheet: Release News – 04/23/2012 – US Report
Rush and their latest album, Clockwork Angels, will get an LP release with a 2LP, 180g set expected on the same CD release date, June 12. Nonesuch is planning on…
TAPSheet: Zappa Reissues Update – US Report
The Frank Zappa reissue campaign gets an uptick with new titles being added to the original six that we announced several days’ posts ago. The complete set of CD and…
In Memoriam: Levon Helm
They say ev’rything can be replaced Yet ev’ry distance is not near So I remember ev’ry face Of ev’ry man who put me here I see my light come shining…
In Memoriam: Dick Clark
If you’re a fan of music, then somewhere, Dick Clark has had something to say to you. The leader of American Bandstand, often referred to as America’s oldest teenager, Dick…