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(L.A.) Guns In The Sky

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2020, Def Leppard, Frontiers Records, Girl, L.A. Guns, Let You Down, Phil Collen, Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns

With their epic new single, L.A. Guns launch their iconic brand of street smart glam into outer space

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

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

Comedy Hard Rock Rock

Very Heavy, Not Very Humble

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1970, Atlantic Records, David Lord Sutch, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Lord Sutch, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, Nicky Hopkins, Noel Redding

Looking back 50 years at Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

Blues Hard Rock

The Night ZZ Top Burned New Orleans Down: 45 Years of Fandango!

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1975, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Fandango!, Frank Beard, Warner Bros., ZZ Top

Blues, boogie and sleazy swing = the greatest half-live album ever

Blues Hard Rock

Joe Perry: Shiftless In Idle

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Brad Whitford, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler, Todd Hamilton

The legendary Aerosmith guitarist wrestles with bittersweet emotions about touring in a time of COVID-19

Blues Hard Rock Remembrance

In Memory of Brian Howe

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bad Company, Brian Howe, Dangerous Age, Fame and Fortune, Foreigner, Here Comes Trouble, Holy Water, Jimmy Page, Mick Jones, Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers, RIP, Simon Kirke

A good pinch hitter in Bad Company, the British singer helped the band remain vital after Paul Paul Rodgers ditched the lads for Jimmy Page in the mid-80s

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Rock

The Amory Wars Arrive: Coheed and Cambria’s Year of the Black Rainbow at 10

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2010, Claudio Sanchez, Coheed and Cambria, Dream Theater, Mastodon, Muse, Radiohead, Steven Wilson, The Mars Volta, Tool, Year of the Black Rainbow

Ten years on, YOTBR remains an indispensable, enjoyable, and mostly underappreciated addition to the foursome’s remarkable arsenal

Hard Rock

Richie Kotzen: An American Journeyman at Mid-Century

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Kelley Simms 0 Comments 50 for 50, Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy, Poison, Richie Kotzen, The Winery Dogs

The legendary guitar wiz celebrates his 50th birthday with a 50-song album

Electronic Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Never Fading Out: The Bends Turns 25

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, My Iron Lung, Pablo Honey, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Bends, Thom Yorke

With their dynamic second LP, Yorke, Selway, O’Brien and the Greenwood boys carve their own path to iconoclasm

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

Cream’s Longest Goodbye

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1968, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Goodbye Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Toad, White Room

A new four-disc box set revisits the trio’s 1968 farewell tour in the band’s first release since the death of Ginger Baker

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock

LISTEN: Above by Mad Season Turns 25

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Revisit the Seattle supergroup’s very first performance

Blues Folk Hard Rock jazz World

LISTEN: Physical Graffiti @ 45: A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, Robert Plant

We dance and sing in celebration for Led Zeppelin’s greatest album by jumbling it all up

Hard Rock Rock

Coloured Lights Can Hypnotize: American Woman at 50

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, American Woman, Burton Cummings, Canned Wheat, No Time, Randy Bachman, RCA, Richard Nixon, The Guess Who

Bolstered by its era-defining title track, The Guess Who’s sixth studio album confirmed the band’s legacy amongst the cream of Canadian rock

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