New The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart EP
I first warmly discovered The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart some years back during their pre-album release of their debut. There were several songs floating around. Every one of…
New Mortiis Album, The Great Deceiver, Scheduled For January
I’ve always had a strange fascination for industrial music. From the music of Ministry to the modified music of Norwegian Black Metal band, Mortiis, there’s a fair helping of the…
Possible New Wolfmother Album In February
Ten years ago, the power trio, Wolfmother gained a legion of fans with their excellent debut that gathered comparisons to the great hard rock of the ’70s, like Black Sabbath.…
New Coldplay Album, A Head Full Of Dreams, (Their Last), Planned For December
Last year, Coldplay released their sixth full-length album, Ghost Stories. It generated the well-played “A Sky Full Of Stars”, which, for me, was a return of sorts to the kind…
Steven Wilson EP Interim Release, 4 1/2, In January
What’s that saying? Oh yeah…’you can’t keep a good man down’. In March (2015), Steven Wilson released his solo effort, Hand. Cannot. Erase. In addition to the myriad other projects…
New Bloc Party Album, Hymns, Planned For January
One of the more musically interesting bands to me over the last ten years has been Bloc Party. Their incredible debut album, Silent Alarm, was released in 2005. From there,…
New Glenn Mercer (The Feelies) Album, Incidental Hum, Is Here…And Should Be Heard
If you’ve held your ears close to the ground back in the latter ’70s, early ’80s, you likely heard of a new band by the name of The Feelies. Once…
New Elton John, Wonderful Crazy Night, Set For February
With the impending release of the next Elton John album, I certainly have my breath held deeply. In the beginning years of EJ’s long and hits-laden career, his style of…
New Holiday Album From Chandeen Set For November
Chandeen is a European band that has been around for quite a few years. The band started as far back as 1990, and has transitiond musically (as bands will do)…
New 2CD Carly Simon Collection, Songs From The Trees, In November
Several weeks back, I mentioned the companion album collection of Carly Simon songs meant to sidle up next to Simon’s upcoming autobiography, Boys In The Trees: A Memoir. I knew…
The MGM Years 1965-1973 For Roy Orbison In December Plus More
Back in August, the news that there would be a collected Box set for later Roy Orbison classics was well-received. The Box, which will contain thirteen CDs of new 2015…
[UPDATE] Cowboy Junkies Release Notes Falling Slow In October
As reported here earlier on a Steve Talia offering, Cowboy Junkies would be releasing a new set entitled Notes Falling Slow. And as previously stated, the set would include three…