ALBUM REVIEW: THE GOLD NEEDLES, “Through A Window”
Another new signing from Marty Scott’s legendary Jem Records, The Gold Needles, who hail from Hull, U.K., are arbiters of 60’s-influenced psychedelic/power-pop prove with an album that one can automatically…
The MusicTAP Interview: Amy Petty
After two profound records, Mystery Keeps You (2008) and House of Doors (2010), musician Amy Petty seemed to fall off the face of the earth. Aside from a very well-crafted…
#MetalMonday: “Evin” by Confess
Good luck on being more extreme than that, every other metal band in the world.
Review: Aaron Myers-Brooks – “Energetic Bursts”
Guitarist-composer Aaron Myers-Brooks constructs mathy, even obtuse, metal for listeners who appreciate the genre’s technical virtuosity but take issue with its faux-evil strutting and testosterone-jacked theatricality. There you have it.…
Anneke van Giersbergen Recording New Acoustic Solo Album
Now, for the first time, van Giersbergen is preparing a solo acoustic album. Recorded with engineer Gijs Coolen (with whom van Giersbergen collaborated on the aforementioned Drive), the upcoming album…
9CD Box Planned For Caravan – The Decca/Deram Years (An Anthology) 1970-1975
Caravan, by releasing their self-titled first album back in the early days of Rock, helped to progress Rock n Roll into a phase of changes. Those changes involved introducing popular…
Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits (1981), and D.o.A.: The Third And Final Report (1978), Reissued For 2CD and LP
Throbbing Gristle, formed in the ’70s as an alternative to the stadium Rock of the time, thrived on the developing nature of music as it led into the late ’70s,…
Spoon To Issue Collection With Everything Hits At Once: The Best Of Spoon
With over twenty years of recorded music, the Austin, TX band, Spoon, has released nine studio sets. Each album has always easily attracted the US indie fans. However, with their…
2CD/DVD Package For Wishbone Ash – Live At Rockpalast 1976 (Plus Live Dates Side Note)
It’s not often I get to tout a release from one of my favorite bands from the ’70s. And while grey-market releases might not be all that we want or…
The Cult Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Sonic Temple With 5CD Box, 3LP Box, More
The Cult broke through with a near perfect album, Love, back in 1985. The UK band followed that classic up with a harder-edged sound designed to push the band and…
UK’s Cherry Red Label Releases 5CD Poco Box, The Epic Years 1972-1976
Poco began its revered existence in 1969 with the release of Pickin’ Up The Pieces. At that time, the band was comprised of Richie Furay, Jim Messina, and Rusty Young,…
Kronos Quartet Release Audio Version of Terry Riley: Sun Rings
The famed San-Francisco-based string quartet, The Kronos Quartet, has delivered more than 40 albums of extraordinary contemporary works. Their first, Music of Dane Rudhyar, was issued back in 1979. Since…