Author: Lily Moayeri

Disco Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

We Are Magic: Xanadu at 40

September 3, 2020August 9, 2022 Lily Moayeri 6 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Cliff Richard, Electric Light Orchestra, Gene Kelly, Jeff Lynne, Magic, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, The Tubes, Xanadu

Why the flawless ELO-assisted soundtrack deserves to be separated from Olivia Newton-John’s head-scratching post-Grease career move

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New Wave Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: A Hero’s Death for Ireland’s New Punk Heroes

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 2020, A Hero's Salute, Echo & The Bunnymen, Fontaines D.C., Grian Chatten, Johnny Marr, Mazzy Star, Partisan Records

Dublin’s Johnny Marr-approved Fontaines D.C. punch up the romance on their second album

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Rock Rock Docs 

Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero

July 3, 2020March 24, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Blondie, Cherie Currie, Chris Franz, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Detroit, documentary, Fishbone, Joan Jett, John Norwood Fisher, Kathy Valentine, Leather Tuscadero, Lita Ford, Mickie Most, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, The Go-Gos, The Runaways, Tina Weymouth

A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro

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Glam Hard Rock Pop Rock 

The Gracefully Aging Def Leppard

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 2020, Def Leppard, Eagle Vision, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, London To Vegas, Phil Collen, Pyromania, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, Vivian Campbell

The lavish London To Vegas box set documents a band entering their 60s hungrier than ever

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Blues Hard Rock Rock 

1970: The Who Come Alive

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1970, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Live At Hull, Live At Leeds, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Shel Talmy, The Who, Tommy

50 years since its initial release, Live at Leeds maintains its position as one of the definitive live albums of all time

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Hard Rock North Americana 

Tom Keifer: A Cinderella Story

October 24, 2019October 28, 2019 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment #keiferband, Cinderella, Nashville, Tom Keifer

With his second solo album, the Sunset Strip survivor cements his staying power

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Radio Rock 

Chris Carter: A 5th Beatle for the 21st Century

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 Lily Moayeri 3 Comments Breakfast With The Beatles, Chris Carter, Dramarama, SiriusXM, The Beatles

RNR Globe’s exclusive chat with the esteemed host of SiriusXM’s Breakfast With The Beatles

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Disco Hard Rock Pop 

Disco Kiss At 40

July 20, 2019March 28, 2023 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Ace Frehley, Casablanca Records, Gene Simmons, I was made for loving you, Kiss, Kiss Double Platinum, Kiss Dynasty, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss

Dynasty remains the Kabuki rock icons’ most polarizing album

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Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: Gone Fishing with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

June 7, 2019June 29, 2022 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments John Carpenter, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Alan Parsons Project

On Fishies, the Gizz take a deep dive into their prog rock urges

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Disco Pop Records Soul 

Donna Summer’s Bad Girls at 40

May 6, 2019December 7, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Casablanca Records, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder

Still “Hot Stuff” after all these years

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Heavy Metal Metal! 

Fade To Blackie

April 30, 2019June 14, 2023 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 1989, 30th Anniversary, Blackie Lawless, Quiet Riot, Uriah Heep, W.A.S.P.

The Headless Children by W.A.S.P. turns 30

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

The Sliding Scale of Slide It In

April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1984, Box sets, David Coverdale, Rhino Records, Whitesnake

Despite redundancy, this deluxe edition of Whitesnake’s 1984 LP revisits a band on the cusp of world domination

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Classical 

Sing The Sorrows

March 29, 2019May 3, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Beth Gibbons, Domino Records, Krzysztof Penderecki, Portishead

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, bring Gorecki’s saddest symphony to life with new recording

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Dirt Merchants

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Mötley Crüe, Netflix, The Dirt

The film adaptation of the notorious Mötley Crüe tell-all is a total shitshow on screen, but the soundtrack will kickstart your heart

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