Patty Smyth Returns With New Album, It’s About Time
Patty Smyth, whose name famously confused many with its relative closeness to another popular musician of the time (Patti Smith), entered in Rockdom with Scandal. It was their big hit…
Robert Plant Gets 30-Track Collection, Digging Deep: Subterranea
Y’all know Robert Plant. The singer and co-lyricist for one of the great bands of Rock and Roll history, Led Zeppelin, will have a career-spanning collection of Robert Plant solo…
Lou Reed Classic, New York, To Get 3CD/2LP/DVD Box
Lou Reed. One of those legends that rarely enjoyed a Top Ten single (“Walk On The Wild Side” peaked at #15 in the US and #10 in the UK). With…
The MusicTAP Interview: Simi Stone on Her New LaunchLeft Single and Surviving 2020
Over the years, Stone has worked alongside the likes of Natalie Merchant, The New Pornographers and David Byrne.
In Memoriam: Peter Green (1946-2020)
Singer-songwriter-guitarist was instrumental in the British Blues Rock movement of the '60s.
ALBUM REVIEW: PAUL WELLER, “On Sunset”
At this point – after 40-plus years – I really should know better than to think Paul Weller couldn’t surprise me any further, because he’s just so damned good at…
RE: Visit — The Moody Blues, “Long Distance Voyager” (1981)
"Long Distance Voyager" finds The Moody Blues at a musical crossroad in 1981.
Music Review: The Lickerish Quartet, “Threesome Vol. 1”
Would you fadoodle with them?
Fleetwood Mac Celebrates Early Periods With 8CD Box and Vinyl Sets
Fleetwood Mac traveled a long dusty and varied road before teaming up with the duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. From there, well…a lot of new history was made…
The Replacements Celebrate Pleased to Meet Me With 3CD/1LP Deluxe Box
With a large-scale deviation from previous years for reissued Deluxe sets from bands, we’re lucky to get the stuff we do get. I’m pleased to find that the 1987 album…
RE: Visit – RTZ, “Return To Zero” (1991)
In an infinite universe where all iterations of events are possible, RTZ was never going to make it in any of them.
RE: Visit — Porcupine Tree, “Signify” (1996)
Porcupine Tree's "Signify" is progressive rock in the age of the internet.