Head East To Remember Past Songs With New Album – Full Circle
Head East was a Central Illinois (Pekin, to be factual) band that created and enjoyed a singular 1975 hit with “Never Been Any Reason” from their debut, Flat As A…
Gene Loves Jezebel Returns With New Album – X-Love Death Sorrow
Gene Loves Jezebel is a band from Wales that made their mark in London in the early ’80s. After a few albums, rifts appeared between brothers, Jay and Michael Aston.…
The Who Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Quadrophenia With Dolby Atmos and 2LP Half-Speed Master
In 1973, The Who released their magnificent sixth album, Quadrophenia. The second in line (third, actually, but we’re not talking about Lifehouse) of a “rock opera”, the album was accepted…
The Beatles Classic Comp Sets – The Red Album, and The Blue Album – Remixed and Expanded
There’s no need to go over anything Beatles. I mean, what DON’T you already know about the storied band that helped to form the framework of Rock and Roll, sound…
CD REVIEW: CHRIS STAMEY, “The Great Escape”
Over the course of the last 42 years, I have loved the music of Chris Stamey – from the first time I ever heard The dB’s to his last “pop”…
Family Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Bandstand
Family, a band from the late ’60s that had Ric Grech (Blind Faith/Traffic), and John Wetton within its ranks at one time or another, gave the world a collection of…
Mott The Hoople Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of All The Young Dudes With Box Set
Mott The Hoople, a grand UK band that not only provided a strong hit with “All The Young Dudes” from their fifth album, then gave us two more gems before…
50th Anniversary Of Average White Band To Be Celebrated With AWB 50 15CD Box
Average White Band, also known as AWB, helped merge a soulful jazz with Rock during the early ’70s. Their biggest hit was “Pick Up The Pieces”. For the duration of…
Neil Young Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Time Fades Away
Neil Young has a rich catalog, many of the classic sets reaching 50 years of age. And Neil is all about the celebrating. Therefore, we can expect a 50th Anniversary…
Neil Young To Release Album Of Re-Recorded Tracks – Before +After
Neil Young is one of Rock’s great elder artists. He has been a member of Buffalo Springfield, and Crosby, Stills & Nash (as CSN&Y). He has enjoyed a vibrant solo…
Two Cocteau Twins Fontana/Capitol Classics (Four-Calendar Café, Milk & Kisses) To Reissue
Cocteau Twins were a unique band with a certain jangly and dreamy sound, all punctuated with the otherworldly and unique vocals of Elizabeth Fraser. Over the span of fourteen years,…
Violent Femmes Debut Celebrate Its 40th Anniversary
Violent Femmes provided a grand display of Punk and Folk music blended and coming from middle America. For a strong period of 30 years (1979-2009), the band of four delivered…