Tag: rock
Monday Mop Up: Explosive West Coast Funk from ORGŌNE, Irish Country, Cannibal Rockers, and some Wunderkinds
Every weekend there are innumerable live gigs played for music fans of every persuasion. One of the redeeming aspects of social media is that musicians and fans can share a taste of these...
Is This Iggy Pop’s Ciao Bella to the Masses?
My favorite album of 2018 isn’t an album at all. And it feels like a farewell from an American classic. For 50 years, Iggy Pop has been a barrel of nitrous oxide hooked to a V12 engine, a kick drum...
We Didn’t Know We Needed Mongolian Folk Rock Until We Heard It
I can't understand the words. Heck, I can't even identify all the instruments these guys are playing, but I am loving The HU. Finding their video was just a happy accident thanks to whatever arcane...
KISS: A Begrudging Appreciation
When venerable rockers, chest-hair farmers, and Kabuki-makeup enthusiasts KISS recently announced their umpteenth farewell tour, the Internet went understandably alight with snarky indignation....
Albums For Millennials: Gene Clark’s “No Other”
When Eminem unexpectedly dropped his new album, Kamikaze, on August 31, it made headlines around the world in a matter of hours -- and rightly so. Em’s one of the most important artists on the...
My Favorite Album of 2017- “All The Countless Nights”by Deaf Havana…by Alan Koenig.
This is honestly a tough one for me, as there were some truly great records that came out over the last year from Queens Of The Stone Age, Nothing But Thieves, PVRIS, Foo Fighters, Frank Carter &...
On This Day In Music- 1975
On this day in 1975 Joe Walsh joined The Eagles, replacing original member Bernie Leadon who had went on to pursue a solo career. #Musicianlife #Rock #Music #History #VintagePic
My Favorite Album of 2017: Robert Plant – Carry Fire
Robert Plant is a rare bird. A titanic figure in rock music, he could easily overstuff his war chest by playing each summer’s Way-Back-When concert circuit, flailing through half-hearted versions...
Life in Concert Podcast: Episode 2. Elton John- Madison Square Garden.
We had a blast catching up with musician, songwriter, motion picture sound editor and novelist Ernie Mannix on a new episode of Life in Concert. We came away amazed at how many different groups...