Archive for October 13th, 2012

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‘The only rock star out there’: Gene Simmons confirms that Kiss almost did a duet with Lady Gaga

Kiss’ new album Monster features a song called “Freak” that band co-founder Gene Simmons says connected with Lady Gaga, starting a chain of events that nearly led to a duet. You May Also Like: Kiss – Rock and Roll Over (1976): On Second Thought How ‘Revenge’ Became Kiss’ Last GaspRead More

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‘We never wrote a cock-rock song’: Jonathan Cain has a theory about Journey’s lasting resonance

Longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain says Journey’s music has an innocence, an essential lack of cynicism, that helps it to resonate across the generations. You May Also Like: How Journey Ended Its Underrated First Era With ‘Next’ Neal Morse Did It All (Again) on ‘Songs from November’ Santana – Santana IVRead More

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‘That don’t mean the band’s breaking up’: Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler is at work on a new solo project

Aerosmith is in the run up a long-awaited new studio album, and then a world tour in 2013. After that, fans have to wonder if they can stick together. After all: Steven Tyler says he’ll then start work on a solo project. You May Also Like: Steven Tyler – We’reRead More

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Ben Gibbard – Former Lives (2012)

I’m not sure Ben Gibbard, recording his first-ever solo album away from Death Cab for Cutie, has ever sounded more alone. And in that scary freedom, in that essential stillness, he experiments in ways we haven’t heard before. You May Also Like: Death Cab for Cutie, “Summer Skin” from ‘Plans’Read More

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Torben Waldorff – Wah-Wah (2012)

If it’s an even-numbered year, it’s a safe bet that guitarist Torben Waldorff will have a new album out, and it’s a similarly sound assumption that such a record will be well-conceived, mellifluous, and briskly performed. You May Also Like: Torben Waldorff – Holiday On Fire (2017) Sebastian Noelle –Read More

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Esteban Castro – In the Making (2012)

The temptation, with a child prodigy, is to cut him some slack. Lost in the wonder of miniature virtuosity, we tend to forgive the small slip up, the easy cliche. No such accommodations are needed for Esteban Castro You May Also Like: Chick Corea – ‘The Montreux Years’ (2022) ChickRead More