Rock Music

by / on January 25, 2012 at 12:01 pm / in Metal, Rock Music

Can't wait for the new Van Halen with David Lee Roth? Tune in tonight to 'CSI' for a preview

Two clips from new songs on the forthcoming Van Halen reunion album with David Lee Roth A Different Kind of Truth will be featured tonight (January 25, 2012) on the television program “CSI.” It’s big news for fans eagerly awaiting the Feb. 7 release date for the first new full-length project undertaken by Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen since [...]

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by / on January 25, 2012 at 9:17 am / in Rock Music

EVOL – EVOL (1970; 2012 reissue)

Wow, now here’s an interesting find! In 1970, EVOL cut a demo album, which has recently been reissued by the Gear Fab label on both vinyl and compact disc.

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by / on January 25, 2012 at 7:52 am / in On Second Thought, Rock Music

On Second Thought: Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)

I’m trying to imagine being 18 and listening to Ten for the first time like I did when I was 18 in 1991. I can’t.

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by / on January 24, 2012 at 8:30 pm / in Rock Music

Wilco's latest iTunes session includes almost half of 'The Whole Love,' and one real surprise

Wilco headed into their own loft in Chicago last December to record this tight little iTunes Session, a short live-show-without-an-audience, essentially.

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by / on January 24, 2012 at 3:58 pm / in Rock Music

Kiss’ 1981 concept album (Music From) The Elder is subject of forthcoming book, movie

Suddenly, Kiss’ (Music From) The Elder, a memorable 1981 concept-album flop for one of the biggest bands in rock, is a hot property.

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by / on January 24, 2012 at 10:00 am / in Rock Music

Bruce Springsteen announces new E Street Band dates for summer tour in the U.S.

Bruce Springsteen has just announced new concert dates with the E Street Band for the U.S., as well as additional stops around the world. The first leg of the 2012 Wrecking Ball World Tour begins on March 18 in Atlanta.

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by / on January 24, 2012 at 9:12 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Queen – Days of Our Lives DVD (2012)

As Days of Our Lives makes clear, Queen knew — and from the very beginning — that they were on to something. That it took everyone else so long to notice only seemed to spark them to greater heights of genre-jumping, expectation-confounding genius.

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by / on January 24, 2012 at 8:21 am / in Country, Metal, Rock Music

Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters – Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free (2012)

Ever ask yourself what Al Jourgensen, main man of industrial metal pioneers Ministry, would sound like if he decided to go country? Yeah, me either.

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by / on January 23, 2012 at 5:52 pm / in Rock Music

Something Else! sneak peek: Andrew Bird, "Eyeoneye" (2012)

Here’s a sneak peek at “Eyeoneye,” the lead single from Andrew Bird’s forthcoming release Break It Yourself, to be issued March 6 via Mom + Pop. Recorded inside a barn owned by Bird in western Illinois, it’s the singer-songwriter’s first project since Noble Beast in 2009.

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by / on January 23, 2012 at 5:26 pm / in Rock Music

Crosby and Nash, Lucinda Williams, Tom Morello, Warren Haynes, Willie Nelson, others contribute to Occupy Wall Street benefit album

An impressive amalgam of musical stars has banded together to aid the Occupy Wall Street movement through the benefit project Occupy This Album — subtitled “A Compilation of Music By, For and Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the 99%.”

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