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Black Country Communion: Self-Titled Album Review

Black Country Communion: Self-Titled Album Review

Posted September 21, 2010 at 12:05 pm | 2 comments

Remarkable virtuosity intertwines with a firestorm of ferocity in this astounding self titled debut album from four rock titans, blues guitar virtuoso and wizard Joe Bonamassa, the iconic Glenn Hughes who lended his searing vocals and thundering bass to the likes of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin’s drumming heir apparent to his legendary father John, and Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian.

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Black Country Communion Review

Black Country Communion Review

Posted September 20, 2010 at 11:00 pm | 4 comments

For today’s hard rock fans, the release of Black Country Communion has been a greatly anticipated supergroup event. And now that the self-titled CD is about to drop (Sept. 21), they’ll finally get to hear the assortment of solid recordings from this melting pot of influences.

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Heart Red Velvet Car Review

Heart Red Velvet Car Review

Posted August 31, 2010 at 6:05 am | 4 comments

It’s always a welcome event, when the very musically gifted and multi-talented sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson, better known as Heart, release new music, and what a sparkling album this is. So much so, that one feels like rolling out a red velvet carpet, for these First Ladies and Goddesses of Rock.

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Jerry Cantrell Interview: Grinding it Out

Jerry Cantrell Interview: Grinding it Out

Posted August 21, 2010 at 7:00 am | 2 comments

Jerry Cantrell spent more time in the studio working on the new Alice in Chains record than he ever has on any of the group’s other albums. Part of it had to do with finding the right groove.

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The Mission U.K.: Spreading the Word

The Mission U.K.: Spreading the Word

Posted August 21, 2010 at 7:00 am | No comments

The Mission UK has unfairly – to my mind – been tossed into the Goth-rock category from Day One, and thus dismissed by people who never thought to give their extremely strong and diverse rock albums a spin

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Yes: Steve Howe to Trevor Rabin and Back Again

Yes: Steve Howe to Trevor Rabin and Back Again

Posted August 21, 2010 at 7:00 am | 4 comments

No other band is so closely identified with a single musical genre as Yes is with progressive rock. Beloved and belittled, admired and abhorred, Yes has been everything that music listeners love and music critics hate.

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YES Interview: Tempus Fugit, Indeedus

YES Interview: Tempus Fugit, Indeedus

Posted August 21, 2010 at 7:00 am | 2 comments

Steve Howe and Chris Squire sit in a glass-walled room high about New York’s Times Square, looking down on the spire that is home in the infamous New Year’s Eve hall. It is a fitting place to talk about the once and future Yes as the band contemplates 1997 in the wake of the release of Keys to Ascension. It is also a bit disconcerting to have them in the same room: Squire and Howe have not recorded together since Drama, which was released more than 15 years ago.

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Sonic Youth: Guitar Mayhem and Madness

Sonic Youth: Guitar Mayhem and Madness

Posted August 21, 2010 at 7:00 am | 2 comments

Sonic Youth are not noted for their musical subtlety, especially when it comes to guitar playing. Yes, occasionally the band does sound like an overdriven 747 during a test run

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Devi Get Free Review

Devi Get Free Review

Posted July 16, 2010 at 7:59 am | No comments

It isn’t often that I come across an album that’s so good I have to listen to it multiple times in a row. When I sat down to check out Devi’s album Get Free I found myself doing just that

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When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors Review

When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors Review

Posted July 8, 2010 at 6:59 am | One comment

Dubbed the “anti-Oliver Stone” documentary, in reference to the controversial movie staring Val Kilmer as troubled lead singer Jim Morrison, Tom Dicillo’s documentary When You’re Strange aims to tell the “real” story behind the meteoric rise and tragic end to the ’60s rock band The Doors. The story that photographers, cameramen and interviewers captured in real time as the band redefined the rock genre and encapsulated what it meant to be a true Rock Star in the 1960s.

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