R.I.P. Robert “Throb” Young Of Primal Scream
Robert “Throb” Young, the original guitarist for Scottish rock band Primal Scream, was found dead at his home in Sussex on Tuesday. He was 49 years old. A cause of death … Read more
Posted in September, 2014
Drive-By Truckers To Release Concert Film and English Oceans Deluxe Edition
Drive-By Truckers were scheduled to play live at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA last winter, during what meteorologists were calling “Armageddon” – sub-zero temperatures, snow, ice, hail. Luckily that … Read more
Mike Cooper – Trout Steel / Places I Know / The Machine…
Bet you didn’t know Mike Cooper was the guitarist the Rolling Stones wanted before Brian Jones. His solo records Trout Steel, Places I Know and Machine Gun Co. are albums … Read more
“Oh, Pretty Woman” Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago, Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” skyrocketed to Billboard’s Number One spot. Written (along with Bill Dees) in tribute to Orbison’s first wife, Claudette, the iconic track was … Read more
Legacy Recordings Announces More Kinks Reissues
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first recordings by the Kinks. Legacy Recordings will celebrate by releasing The Essential Kinks, the group’s first career-spanning retrospective, on October 14, … Read more
Denver – Rowdy Love (Mama Bird)
Denver, the Mile High City, is more euphoric than ever these days, due not only to its physical elevation and presumably the fact that the air is thinner up there, … Read more
Rhett Miller – 9/18 – City Winery (Chicago, IL)
Let us never live in a world where Rhett Miller isn’t doing something in music, becasue we honestly wouldn’t know what to do. Fortunately, Miller seems determined to make sure … Read more
ZZ Top To Resume Touring Next Year
ZZ Top have announced that their tour will resume in May as bassist Dusty Hill recovers from a hip injury. The band have rescheduled some of their cancelled tour dates … Read more
Ben Glover – Atlantic (Carpe Vita Creative)
Ben Glover’s Atlantic spans both time and space, connecting two musical and geographical worlds with only the artist and his songs standing at the intersection. You see, Glover is an … Read more
Deer Tick To Cover Classic Albums For Brooklyn Residency
Fans of Deer Tick know about the band’s fondness for covers. Hell, this is a band who created a separate band dedicated to covering Nirvana. This year, the band are … Read more
