The Pop Group 40th Anniversary Remaster For Y
Much of the emerging music in the late ’70s led directly into the style and sounds so prevalent in the MTV-era early ’80s. So much of it was released that…
2019 Remix of Space Oddity Album by David Bowie On The Way
Since David Bowie’s death, there has been a rush of material, much of it early stuff that would be interesting to only the hard-core fan. But what many of us…
R.E.M. Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Monster With 5CD/1BD Box
After R.E.M.‘s departure from indie-adored IRS Records for the larger filed of Warner Brothers Records, the fear was that the band would be manipulated into producing more radio friendly hits.…
Interview: Rise Twain (Part 1)
J.D. Beck & Brett Kull of Rise Twain talk songcraft, collaboration, ambiguity, and other “deep stuff."
Marillion Album, Afraid Of Sunlight (1995), Reissues As 4CD/1BD Deluxe Box
The Marillion updates continue with the next being for 1995’s Afraid Of Sunlight classic. By the time of its arrival, Marillion had already released seven well-received albums beginning with Script…
Jan Akkerman (Focus) To Release New Album, Close Beauty
From many great Prog bands from the early years, a great guitarist emerged. YES has Steve Howe; King Crimson has Robert Fripp; Genesis had Steve Hackett; and Focus had Jan…
ALBUM REVIEW: Old Crow Medicine Show, Live at the Ryman
If ever there was an act best served live, it’s Old Crow Medicine Show. This Harrisonburg, VA six-piece which mixes bluegrass, alt.country and various other Americana stiles together, is fully…
American Don: The Damon Che Story
At the time, everybody in Pittsburgh knew Damon Che. But few really knew him. Che, who now lives an uneventful life in the Amish countryside 15 miles southwest of Punxatawney,…
Review: The Turbosonics – “Bedrock Stomp” b/w “Journey to the Center of the Sun”
The Turbosonics, one of Pittsburgh’s more reliable surf bands, always has been a bit of a cultural throwback for me, and I don’t mean that in a pejorative sense. Yes,…
RE: Visit — Joe Jackson, “Big World” (1986)
Joe Jackson's live recording experiment goes big in this sleeper hit of an album.
Review: The Lampshades – “Forget Me Not” b/w “Sadly True”
As posthumous releases go, the new 7-inch from Pittsburgh-by-way-of-Altoona’s The Lampshades, out today, is the exception to the rule in this fatalistic sub-genre: an afterthought of sorts that is actually…
XTC Side Project, The Dukes of Stratosphere, Get SW-remixed BD-Audio/CD Box, Psurroundabout Ride.
Many fans of XTC have loved the available Steven Wilson remixes that have released in the past few years. Chief among those fans is Steven Wilson, who has enjoyed remixing…