Review: Something To Ruin – Ages And Ages
Music is a long, long running addiction for me. I listen to way more of it than I should, which seriously reduces my time to fully appreciate the classics and…
On (And Off) The Road 1981-1984 Reviews King Crimson ’80s Work, Live and Studio
King Crimson represents several intense periods of Rock and Roll history. The one best known is, of course, their late ’60s and the early ’70s. That period not only employed…
Low Country Represents Unplugged High Country Tracks by The Sword
The Sword has forged a Heavy Metal reputation from their first album. That album, Age Of Winters, released in 2006, started the band on an upward path that is currently…
New Marillion Album, FEAR, Set For September
Marillion has been a solid fixture in music since the early ’80s. From their first album, Script For A Jester’s Tear (1983) until their last, Sounds That Can’t Be Made…
New Metallica Album, Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, On Calendar For November
The LA Thrash Metal band, Metallica, has forged a solid reputation for being a producer of enduring songs. With a wide following, the band has been able to experiment outside…
The Ambient Series: New Tangerine Dream EP, Quantum Key
It’s now been 17 months since the sudden passing of Edgar Froese, the headliner behind Tangerine Dream and its more than 45 years of existence. Although the band was at…
New Green Day Album, Revolution Radio
Since their arrival in the ’90s, Green Day has not only dominated the hearts and musical tastes of that generation, they have produced viable albums that effectively stand the test…
New Leonard Cohen Album, You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen’s story is a fascinating one. He began his music career in the ’60s with a stunning selection of songcraft that blended his unique poetic ability with his favored…
The Ambient Series: New Enigma Album, The Fall Of A Rebel Angel
In the ’90s, Michael Cretu led a project notably called Enigma. During that period, there were three multi-platinum albums released (MCMXC a.D. -1990, The Cross Of Changes – 1993, Le…
New Jimi Hendrix Live With Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69
Jimi Hendrix fans are among the luckiest fans in the world. It seems that there is enough material in vaults that can be used for official releases. It certainly seems…
New Norah Jones Album, Day Breaks, In October
When Norah Jones released her incredible debut album, Come Away With Me, in 2002, we all collectively fell in love with the daughter of famed sitar player, the late Ravi…
New Korn Album, The Serenity Of Suffering, In September
It’s been almost three years since the release of The Paradigm Shift, the 11th studio set from Korn. Having been in the music stream since the late ’90s, that almost…