Great Tracks: The Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
I’m a dissector of music. I always have been. I drive people nuts with this process but it is just the way I’ve always been. “The Sound of Silence” is…
Review: Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) 2012 Remaster Box
I’ll start this review by saying what won’t be in it: a review of ELP’s first album. There is too much literature out there already on one of the greatest…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 09/06/2012 (US Report)
Rhino Records plan the release of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) in a single 180g vinyl LP package that is scheduled to be released on November…
Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain on SACD
This piece of news may be a non-issue for some. But anyone that has followed the career of Billy Joel might be well enamored of his The Nylon Curtain gem…
Review: The Singer – Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel, one half of one of the most important folk/rock duos in Rock history in Simon and Garfunkel, has enjoyed quite a lifetime of creating special music. His is…
Grrr! is All About The Stones
On November 13, (November 12 for the rest of the world), Universal, Abkco, and The Rolling Stones plan the release of a career-spanning ‘best of’ that will sort through five…
Review: Four – Bloc Party
The music of Bloc Party has changed from album to album as if the band were unhappy with their phenomenal first album, Silent Alarm (2005). Many of us were concerned…
Who Rules? The Love OR the Search?
Life is short. Too short. And yet we are inundated with a tsunami of music, most of which are poorly produced. Worse, the music, while performed by talented musicians, is…
Review: Anastasis – Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance has returned from a 16-year absence with a new album! I tend to be wary of bands or artists that come back from the past to make…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 08/22/2012 (US Report)
Roadrunner Records will release new Stone Sour with the first of two-parter, House of Gold + Bones expected on October 23. Part 2 is slated for some time in 2013.…
In Memoriam: Scott McKenzie
Since I was ten, the song, “San Francisco” has been a constant companion, both in my mind and whatever way I found to physically replay it. Ask either of my…
Poll: Grand Funk Railroad – Which Album Is Best?
From Grand Funk Railroad’s first album, I’ve been a fan. After hearing “Time Machine” on FM radio, and the occasional playback of “T.N.U.C.”, and “Heartbreaker”, I was a solidly hooked…