British Lions Debut (Mott The Hoople/Mott) To Be Reissued
Mott The Hoople gave up the ghost with their last album, The Hoople. Issued in 1974, it sadly signaled the departure of primary songwriter, Ian Hunter. But the other members…
Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe/Red Noise) To Release New Album – Starlight Stories
Bill Nelson is a tireless artist filled with imagination and ruminations. His ability to translate those to music and songs of words is a gift, one that we have fully…
Metric Releases New Album – Formentera II
Sometimes I arrive late to the party…more than I sometimes like to admit but…I did miss the newest Metric release announcement, an album which dropped on October 13. And while…
Future Islands Continues With New Album – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
The ’90s were a rich period of shoegaze, ethereal bands that sometimes grazed in the grasslands of the ’80s. One of the labels that nurtured those talents was 4AD. It…
Kiki Dee Recognized On 4CD Box Set – Kiki Dee: The Ariola And EMI Years
Kiki Dee has enjoyed several waves of popularity that generated not only her original appearance, but also her time with EJ’s Rocket Label, and an extended time period with Ariola…
Brendan Perry (Dead Can Dance) Reissues Eye Of The Hunter
Dead Can Dance is a two-person collaborative collective that has dedicated to taking old world music, as well as exotic music and recreate them into an ethereal offering of music…
Type O Negative Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Life Is Killing Me
Type O Negative, a NYC-bred Goth Metal band that featured larger than life frontman, Peter Steele, ended their strong run in 2010 when Peter passed on. The band released seven…
Head East To Remember Past Songs With New Album – Full Circle
Head East was a Central Illinois (Pekin, to be factual) band that created and enjoyed a singular 1975 hit with “Never Been Any Reason” from their debut, Flat As A…
Gene Loves Jezebel Returns With New Album – X-Love Death Sorrow
Gene Loves Jezebel is a band from Wales that made their mark in London in the early ’80s. After a few albums, rifts appeared between brothers, Jay and Michael Aston.…
The Who Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Quadrophenia With Dolby Atmos and 2LP Half-Speed Master
In 1973, The Who released their magnificent sixth album, Quadrophenia. The second in line (third, actually, but we’re not talking about Lifehouse) of a “rock opera”, the album was accepted…
The Beatles Classic Comp Sets – The Red Album, and The Blue Album – Remixed and Expanded
There’s no need to go over anything Beatles. I mean, what DON’T you already know about the storied band that helped to form the framework of Rock and Roll, sound…
CD REVIEW: CHRIS STAMEY, “The Great Escape”
Over the course of the last 42 years, I have loved the music of Chris Stamey – from the first time I ever heard The dB’s to his last “pop”…