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Scream, Werewolf, Scream!

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, CBGB, Child of the Moon, The Face Of The Screaming Werewolf, The Fleshtones, The Rolling Stones, Yep Roc

The Fleshtones are still rockin’ and rollin’, still writing hits, after 45 years together

Alternative Rock Folk Irish Pub Rock

Raising A Glass To Hothouse Flowers

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Home, Hothouse Flowers, Ireland, Irish, Liam O’ Maonlai, London Records, Mother Records, People, Songs From The Rain, U2

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with one of Ireland’s most underrated rock bands

Hard Rock Progressive Rock

The Symmetry of Saga

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Canada, Nuclear Blast, Progressive Rock, Rupert Hine, Saga, Symmetry

Talking with frontman Michael Sadler about the most unique album of the Canadian prog greats’ four decades in rock

Pop

Daniel Lanois and His Gospel of Grit

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Heavy Sun, Peter Gabriel, The Neville Brothers, U2

A masterful musician and acclaimed producer talks craft, creativity and a career dripping with Grammy gold

adblock Records Rock

Why I Like Frank Zappa

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment #MeToo, Alex Winter, Cancel Culture, First Amendment, Frank Zappa, Freedom of Speech, Gail Zappa, Moon Zappa, Politics, Sheik Yerbouti, Zappa

Getting into the iconic American composer in the age of “cancel culture”

Heavy Metal Southern Rock

The Beatles of Boogie Metal

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Elyse Steinman, Greg Strzempka, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Raging Slab, Rick Rubin, Tee Pee Records, The Dealer, ZZ Top

Raging Slab’s overlooked comeback album The Dealer At 20

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Near Wild Heaven: Out Of Time Turns 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Losing My Religion, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Near Wild Heaven, Out Of Time, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Shiny Happy People

Was the biggest R.E.M. album also their best?

adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

Alternative Rock Rock

The Alarm Declare WAЯ

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment Capitol Riot, January 6, Mike Peters, RAW, Sex Pistols, The Alarm, The Clash, Wales, WAЯ

Mike Peters’ celebrated Welsh rock band bookends their 1990 bareknuckles classic with an even more urgent collection of songs

Indie Rock

ALBUMS: Krazy About Kiwi Jr.

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2021, Cooler Returns, Football Money, Indie rock, Kiwi Jr., Pavement, Sub Pop

Cooler Returns is a monolith of craft and command, the most pleasurable and consistent power-pop to emanate from indie-rock in years

Alternative Rock

ALT Regains Altitude

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1995, ALT, Altitude, Andy White, Hothouse Flowers, Liam O’ Maonlai, Split Enz, Tim Finn, Tramps, Tramps NYC

An archived live album and reissue of their sole studio LP brings this mid-90s singer-songwriter super trio back into the spotlight

Rock

Robbie Robertson Remembers

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Garth Hudson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band, The Everly Brothers

With the release of a sprawling Stage Fright box set, the Canadian guitar icon relives The Band’s legacy

Hip Hop Soundtracks and Film Scores

FILMS: Still Uncrushable After All These Years

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Biggie Smalls, Documentaries, I Got A Story To Tell, Netflix, Notorious B.I.G.

A touching and insightful documentary gives the story of the Notorious B.I.G. the telling it deserves

jazz New Wave

How Landscape’s Subversive Synth-Pop Helped Shape the ‘80s

March 9, 2021March 15, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Blitz, Einsten A Go Go, Jazz, Kraftwerk, Landscape, New Romantic, New Wave, Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Yellow Magic Orchestra

Follow the journey from jazz to New Romantic as “Einstein a-Go-Go” turns 40

Pop

These Boots Keep a Walkin’

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Boots, Frank Sinatra, James Bond, Lee Hazlewood, Mac Davis, Nancy Sinatra, Start Walkin': 1965-1976, These Boots Are Made For Walkin', You Only Live Twice

Light In The Attic reintroduces Nancy Sinatra to a new generation with an excellent career overview