Focus Returns With New Album, Focus 11
For many years, the band that is known as Focus has enthralled a group of progressive music lovers with their brand of style integration. Their first brush with fame came…
Album Review: Steven Wilson, “Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall”
On the final night of his three night sold out residency at the Royal Albert Hall, London in March 2018, Steven Wilson performed what was, in essence, a retrospective of…
Eddie Jobson Represented In 2CD 1971-1979 The Band Years
Eddie Jobson is one of those performers who are essential to the bands he recorded for but is known to few outside of the knowledge of deep fans. He played…
Album Review: Carptree, “Subimago”
2005 was a bad time for prog rock. Fans of the genre will dispute this and say it was a golden age, and if you look back strictly in terms…
Warner Bros Records Revisit Past Era With 2LP Various Artists Collection
Decades ago, when vinyl reigned completely unchallenged, Warner Brothers Records often offered a ‘LOSS LEADER‘ collection LP set on the paper sleeves of the vinyl albums they sold. You’d find…
In Memoriam: Stan Lee, Marvel Comics Pioneer (1922-2018)
What’s going on? Why are we featuring the life of Stan Lee on MusicTAP? Well, as with all things, it’s complicated. Hang on, dear reader, and I will clue you…
Deerhunter To Release New Album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?
Deerhunter, if you are unaware of them, are a band from Atlanta, Georgia, who, over time, has provided more than their share of lasting music from the base of the…
Two Deep Purple Classic Albums, In Rock, Fireball, Remastered For Color Vinyl Reissue
In the late ’60s, and through much of the early ’70s, Deep Purple owned a segment of your Top40 and hard rockin’ heart with songs like “Smoke On The Water”,…
The Importance Of Marissa Nadler
In our current era, outside of Pop, there are few, if any, ‘larger than life’ heroes of music. I’m talking about like there were in decades past, where an artist…
Lawrence Rothman To Release New EP, I Know I’ve Been Wrong But Can We Talk?
A little over a year ago, Lawrence Rothman released his debut album, The Book of Law (read here). Lawrence Rothman is an entertainer with a chameleon-like display of personas that…
Kickstarter For The Lost Dogs’ “Little Red Riding Hood” to Launch in November
On November 2, various Facebook announcements were posted alerting people that The Lost Dogs’ album, Little Red Riding Hood (1993), was in the pipeline for a reissue, including a limited…
New Rival Sons Album, Feral Roots, Expected In 2019
Following news of an upcoming Full Dynamic Range (FDR) remaster of Rival Sons 2011 gem, Pressure & Time, we now get wind of the realities of a brand new album.…