Archive for October, 2012

by / on October 31, 2012 at 2:07 pm / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

Something Else! sneak peek: Asia – Resonance: The Omega Tour (2012)

Here’s a sneak peek at the upcoming live 2CD/DVD package by Asia — a smart new take on “Only Time Will Tell,” the No. 17 hit off the group’s eponymous 1982 debut.

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 1:42 pm / in Rock Music

‘I’ll kick their ass and maybe sue them’: Steven Tyler responds to hacker takeover of Aerosmith’s web site

Aerosmith’s official web site has been hacked, and Steven Tyler is impressed in his own inimitable way — saying these crafty cyber-criminals “got the balls.”

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 1:22 pm / in Metal, Rock Music

‘It wasn’t fun anymore’: Peter Criss on how Kiss’ celebrated 1990s-era reunion turned sour

Co-founding Kiss drummer Peter Criss talks about leaving the band after their long-awaited 1990s reunion in a new talk with BackstageAxxess.

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 8:40 am / in Rock Music, Roots Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Garth Hudson, co-founding member of the Band

For Garth Hudson, next month’s gala “Songs of the Band” event at Pennsylvania’s Keswick Theatre is another chance to remember the group’s departed fellow co-founding members — Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm.

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 8:22 am / in Holiday Cheer, Rock Music

Halloween special: The Haunted – The Haunted (1995)

Formed in 1965, the Haunted from Montreal, Quebec, Canada were one of the area’s most popular bands until 1971, the year they split up.

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 7:49 am / in Gimme Five, Holiday Cheer, Pop Music, Rock Music

Gimme Five: Halloween favorites, from Warren Zevon to Talking Heads to Michael Jackson

Stuck for a playlist while you while away the minutes between tonight’s zombie apocalypses? We’re here to help, with a group of songs that matches this holiday’s fun mixture the macabre with the silly.

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 7:13 am / in Fusion Jazz, Uncategorized

Jon Irabagon – I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But The Blues, Volume 2: Appalachian Haze (2012)

Jon Irabagon is jazz’s merry subversive, often turning long-held jazz precepts inside out while paying respects to many of tradition’s icons.

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by / on October 31, 2012 at 6:37 am / in Holiday Cheer, Spoken Word

Halloween special: Vincent Price – Master of the Macabre (2008)

This is a collection of three American radio plays called “The Pit And The Pendulum,” “Fugue In C Minor” and “Present Tense” from 1944 and 1957, as broadcast on CBS’ Suspense program.

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by / on October 30, 2012 at 8:57 am / in Desert Island Discs, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Desert Island Discs: Guitar Record Edition

Stuck on a desert island, you’re going to want to rock every once in a while, right? That’s where this string-bending, axe-swinging, fretboard-melting, amp-blowing list comes in.

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by / on October 30, 2012 at 8:30 am / in Pop Music, Uncategorized

Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall (2012)

It’s all well and good, these love songs from Paul Kelly. But then, maybe inevitably, it all goes to shit — and that’s when Spring and Fall starts to get good.

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