For three brilliant albums, Ivo Watts-Russell (founder of the equally brilliant 4AD label) and his The Mortal Coil collective created classics that still playback well today some thirty years later!…
Whenever the later, hits-laden era of Genesis officially went to sleep, the Mike Rutherford-led Mike + The Mechanics would awake and record, tour, and otherwise make anxious Genesis fans quite…
As the much-loved sixties began to dissipate, the freshness it cultivated with freedom of expression, in music, clothes, politics, and religion had seeped ever so cool into the early ’70s…
Starting this evening, MusicTAP is going to get you in the holiday weekend mood, remembering back to the days when “they still played music videos.” The premise is simple. We’ll…
In 1993, what would soon become a worldwide classic hit album from a soon to be be recognized name, a group of Irish musicians going by The Cranberries recorded and…
The Tangent Announce Proxy, Released on Inside Out Music on November 16, 2018 Following up on 2017’s political scorcher The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery, progressive rockers The Tangent are…
According to online reports, Alan Parsons has inked a new deal with Italian record label Frontiers (Asia, Yes, 3, Vanden Plas) with a new album potentially bowing in early 2019.…
Atreyu has long been a fixture in the metalcore genre. With roots in Orange County, CA, Atreyu has worked the circuits hard to gain the respect among fans that they…
Nazareth has been around for quite some time. With over twenty albums in their extended catalog, produced for well near fifty years, this Scottish heavy metal band helped rule the…
Anyone that enjoys ambient music is certain to appreciate the pioneering efforts of a certain German collective known as Tangerine Dream. From their beginnings with the release of Electronic Meditation…
The name Loudon Wainwright can produce all sorts of reactions and familiarization. If you’re old enough, then you’ll easily remember the AM Radio hit, “Dead Skunk”, merely a novelty song.…
Brian Henneman masterfully sets the scene with “Bad Time to Be an Outlaw,” the pivotal track on Bottle Rockets’ new album Bit Logic. He tells the truth when he sings…