Madness Reissues Absolutely In 40th Anniversary Push
Madness, a seven-member Ska/Pop band from the UK with a string of successful album and single releases was one of the best representative ska bands from the late ’70s and…
Frank Zappa Celebrated With New Live Set: Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show
There are few artists with a supernatural draw for fans. Frank Zappa is one of them. Despite his passing more than 25 years ago, the interest in anything the estate…
Getting Vocal For a Remastered/Expanded Deluxe Edition Of Live Dates By Wishbone Ash – Renewed
While listening to The Garden Party, the 2CD Martin Turner set of live songs from the Wishbone Ash catalog, I was – once again – struck to notice that the…
Motörhead Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Reissue of No Sleep ’til Hammersmith
The heavy metal juggernaut that was Motörhead rolled along on a burning trail for decades. They entered with their self-titled album in 1977, and left with their final album, Bad…
Dr. Feelgood Celebrates 50th Anniversary With LP and 2CD Releases
Dr. Feelgood, an R&B Rock band from the ’70s achieved a sense of stardom in their UK location. But to say they did not have an impact in the US…
Peter Hammill To Release Covers Album, In Translation
Peter Hammill, once guitarist extraordinaire in Van der Graaf Generator (progressive German band from the late ’60s), and then a prolific solo artist with more than 35 albums (not including…
The Coral To Release New Album, Coral Island
The Coral is a UK band that has been with us for a long while. Unlike many of their UK counterparts that were birthed around the same time, The Coral…
The Selecter To Reissue 1980 Debut Album Remastered In 3CD Box, and Vinyl LP
The Selecter ska band formed a part of the burgeoning Ska revival that showed up in the late ’70s, often via 2 Tone Records. Comprised of seven band members, The…
The Black Keys To Release New Studio Album, Delta Kream
The Black Keys, the Rock and Blues loving duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, have made their name with fans with nine classic albums that include Platinum-selling gems like…
ALBUM REVIEW: THE LEGAL MATTERS, “Chapter Three”
MusicTAP, Futureman Records and myself are very pleased to announce the release of Chapter Three, the third album from Michigan’s The Legal Matters. With two successful and incredibly memorable, embraceable…
The Alarm Celebrate 40th Anniversary With History Repeating 1981-2021 Anthology Sets
The Alarm formed in the ’80s and released their first album on IRS Records. The album, Declaration was issued in 1984 and brought the band to worldwide notice with the…
Black Sabbath To Reissue Sabotage With 4CD and 4LP Box Sets
Moving on from the recent update for Volume 4 by Black Sabbath, attention is now placed firmly on the upcoming Black Sabbath update of Sabotage. Released mid-year in 1975, the…