TAPSheet: Release Notes – 06/27/2013 (US Report)
Third Man Records will re-release The White Stripes album, Elephant (2003) in a 2LP, 180g vinyl set, on September 3. Paw Tracks plan the new album release of Warm Blanket…
Exhaustive 17CD/1DVD Box Expected For John Martyn (UK Report)
John Martyn was an incredible talent. The unfortunate thing was that he never really caught the mainstream’s attention. But sometimes that’s just the curse of great talent, remaining in the…
Poll: Which Fleetwood Mac Album Is Best?
We may or may not have done this poll before. But if we had, it’s lost to hackers’ delight. Besides, who really cares if we do it again. It’s especially…
Talia’s Overflow Notes- 06/25/2013
Hello. Matt has asked me to do a column where I mention music releases that slip by him and also about speculation and rumors that have been popping up online…
New Mix of Close To The Edge Expected From Steven Wilson (And Other Things)
Very, very interesting news today from The Second Disc (run by some of my absolute favorite people, Mike Duquette, and Joe Marchese (who also writes for The Digital Bits)). It…
Review: Sky – Three Fields
The UK-based Three Fields have been consistent in releasing new music. This is a good thing because with ambient music as good as has been released by Three Fields, I’d…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 06/21/2013 Summer Solstice Edition (US Report)
Well, well…here’s some interesting news especially for Fleetwood Mac fans. None of us ever thought this would ever happen but Rhino is planning a reissue of Then Play On from…
Mary Fahl To Soon Release New Album, Love And Gravity
Once a voice on October Project for their two Epic Records issues (October Project – 1993, Falling Farther In, 1995), Mary Fahl began her solo career in 2001 with a…
Review: American Ride – Willie Nile
Back in the early ’80s, when Arista Records meant anything, Willie Nile released a magnificent debut that energized the Americana folk-rock (‘n’ roll) genre with songs of excellence. He followed…
BBC Vault Yields Historic 6CD Box Of Bolan Performance Tracks
If you’re a Metal Guru, or just a serious Marc Bolan/T. Rex fan, then the completist in you just might be screaming for this upcoming 6CD Box, At The BBC…
Review: Fantasy – Lightning Dust
Recently, I alerted the readers of TAP to Lightning Dust, an off-shoot band from Vancouver’s extra awesome band, Black Mountain. With the album arriving on June 25 via Jagjaguwar Records,…
Reissues, Reissues, and Then, The Super Deluxe Edition
With the commentary surrounding the upcoming Elton John 40th Anniversary reissue of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road leaning toward “too much” or “double-dipping”, (and other such sets including the rash of…