I grew up in the golden age of thrash, and I loved it from the first time I heard it. The precise riffs, the often-complex arrangements and all the power and aggression I needed while still retaining melody and musicality. You May Also Like: Dark Hound – Dawning (2018) FlotsamRead More

Guitarist, composer and educator Dan Phillips has taken his game to a lot of different places, honing his skills in New York, Chicago, Tokyo, and Bangkok. His experience has served him well You May Also Like: Simon Phillips – Protocol 4 (2017) Simon Phillips, Poco, Oz Noy + Others: FiveRead More

By the time Lovely Sunday Dreaming entered the shops, the Mystreated had already gained a star-studded reputation amongst garage punk advocates in the shape of a couple of albums and several EPs and singles. You May Also Like: Noel Redding’s Fat Mattress – Fat Mattress (1969): Forgotten Series

Volumes have been written on the Lennon/McCartney dynamic, after point/counterpoint exchanges graced “We Can Work It Out,” “Getting Better,” and “She’s Leaving Home.” One of their finest moments as a duo occurred during the troubled Get Back sessions. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Two of Us” from Let ItRead More

As Professor Porkchop’s album rocks and sways, there is much to be said about the music. U R My Everything weaves in every thread in the crazy-quilt tapestry of sounds associated with Louisiana You May Also Like: Professor Tip Top – ‘Tomorrow Is Delayed’ (2021)

A new remix project focusing on Mike Oldfield’s 1973 genre-defining new-age smash Tubular Bells ends on a stirring note, as the multi-instrumentalist is joined by ex-Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen on the finale “Never Too Far.” You May Also Like: Ashley Davies – ‘Gold’ (2022) Soft Machine – ‘Other Doors’ (2023)

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Leave it to a pair of twins from Canada to provoke listeners in such joyful fashion. With Heartthrob, a contagious chunk of pure pop bliss, Tegan and Sara Quin have taken apart the apparatus You May Also Like: Forget What You Heard About Alanis Morissette’s Flavors of Entanglement, And JustRead More

Tommy Thayer first appeared on a Kiss project in 1998, as a sideman on Psycho Circus. Yet, even when he officially took over as guitarist in 2002, Thayer stuck primarily to echoing founding member Ace Frehley You May Also Like: How ‘Revenge’ Became Kiss’ Last Gasp of Greatness

Jimmie Vaughan, co-founding guitarist of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, has suffered a heart attack and will be off the road for as long as a month. You May Also Like: No related posts.