Some k.d. lang fans argue that the Alberta-born crooner released her best work during the first 10 years of her career. Dressed in layers of thrift store finery, with stage moves that recalled the Tasmanian Devil, lang’s quirky ‘cow-punk’ style made an unforgettable first impression. Sassy antics aside, her appeal was cross-generational, blowing audiences […]
After making music together for more than half of their lives, touring their way around the world, numerous hits and selling over 20 million records, Songs From Black Mountain marks a new beginning for the groundbreaking band Live. Containing 12 rich and well-crafted songs including their new hit single ‘The River’, Songs From Black […]
Hot on the heels of their shock UK No. 1 single “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not confirms Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys as the UK underground’s most proselytizing young preachers of the DIY gospel. Marrying nervy, caffeine-and-cigarettes indie clatter to conversational, pretense-free lyrics and […]
Elefant frontman Diego Garcia leveraged a privileged upbringing to indulge his taste in Bowie and the ’80s UK Ian Curtis/Robert Smith/Morrisey pantheon via his workhorse NYC-based club band. The three years of heavy touring that followed their well received Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid debut has toughened up Elefant’s sonic hide considerably on this follow-up, […]
“As a teenager when I started this group, we sat around and we said: ‘What do we want to achieve out of all this?’” Jaz Coleman. “The answer to the question was that we wanted to inspire other people,” he says. “We had this idea that Killing Joke is a mirror, and what you […]
Chris Isaak begins his third decade as one of the most distinctive recording artists—and the epitome of modern cool—with his first career-spanning retrospective. Best Of Chris Isaak CD features every hit, led by “Wicked Game,” and including many fan favorites such as “Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing,” plus four previously unreleased tracks: an […]
Captured live in front of a sold-out London crowd, Ronnie James Dio delivers a truly memorable performance on this truly memorable night. Dio has been hailed as one of the finest voices in Heavy Metal for over 30 years now and for good reason. Due to his stints in Rainbow, Black Sabbath and as […]
As you might expect from a band whose primary interests include psychedelic space-rock jams and song titles like “It’s A Bad Wind That Don’t Blow Somebody Good,” the Secret Machines are in no particular hurry. So don’t be put off by the fact that the tracklist for the Texas-born, New York-based band’s second full-length […]
Very traditional in its sound, chanson was rediscovered and revamped in the late 50s and early 60s before it once again became passé with younger audiences, who embraced rock and pop as the sound of their generation. Now, forty years later, a new school of musicians has given a fresh voice to this vintage […]
This special Harry Connick Jr. release features two distinct albums, packaged in a unique slip case.
One album includes the original cast recording from the Broadway hit “The Pajama Game.”
The second album includes a selection of new recordings from “Thou Shalt Not” featuring Kelli O’Hara. All of these songs were written, arranged and orchestrated by […]
The new Streets album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, out April 25th, is a completely autobiographical record that covers everything that has happened to Mike over the past few years since he’s become a well known figure in the UK. There’s love, loss, scandal, violence, sex, drugs and a whole load […]
Nothing sums up Ian Gillan more, than Gillan’s Inn! Having decided to re-visit the classic songs by Deep Purple and his own solo career, Ian invited several of his friends to guest on the album including Joe Elliot (Def Leppard); Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath); guitarist Joe Satriani; Janick Gers (Iron Maiden); Uli Jon Roth […]
Taking Back Sunday—-which now includes lead vocalist Adam Lazarra, guitarist-vocalist Fred Mascherino, guitarist Eddie Reyes, bassist Matt Rubano, and drummer Mark O’Connell—-have captivated fans with their powerful and inventive pop-tinged anthems, dueling vocals and twin guitar assault. In July 2004, the band followed up the half-million selling release with Where You Want to Be, […]
Hoot, the film version of Florida author Carl Hiaasen’s Newbery award-winning novel will be in theatres April 21, 2006. Hoot is produced by Jimmy Buffett and Frank Marshall, directed by Wil Shriner and stars Luke Wilson, Logon Lerman, Brie Larson, and Cody Linley. The movies soundtrack, which will be released on Jimmy Buffett’s Mailboat […]
