We called “All You Need Is Love” a pasted-together goof, “The Long and Winding Road” a devastatingly maudlin bore. And you ripped us to shreds. Now, we’re back for more. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” from Help! (1965): Deep Beatles

I’m not sure Toto co-founder Steve Lukather has issued a solo album that feels more personal, more introspective, more real.

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David Lee Roth celebrates, in his own inimitable way, a No. 16 ranking for Van Halen’s “Stay Frosty” on the Rolling Stone magazine list of the Top 10 songs for 2012: By drinking a tall boy beer and discussing a favorite tattoo. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About VanRead More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhGJS_oHLSI&w=500&h=305] There was a news item making the internet rounds last summer that, by September 2012, the Mavericks were going to release In Time, their first studio album of new material since 2003’s self-titled effort. Well, September came and went You May Also Like: How Loretta Lynn Broke theRead More

Dreams of Chloe by Ryan Blotnick Ryan Blotnick, as noted here before, is an up-and-comer guitarist already whose made a lot of dents in the NYC jazz scene with stints in the bands of Pete Robbins & Centric, Michael Blake’s Free Association, The Leif Arntzen Band, The Michael Blake Band,Read More

Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel of the Spongetones have been moonlighting as Jamie and Steve for the past few years.

For a couple of seconds, I waited for it. Kick drum. Snare. Repeat. Here it comes…here it comes… And so it did. The cheese. Oh, the cheese. You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new success with old sounds on Seven Moons Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild,Read More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfFBT_dUasg&w=500&h=305] Blame a meddling music label for Greg Lake’s fortuitous switch to the bass. He says childhood friend Robert Fripp needed a frontman for King Crimson — but Fripp, of course, already played guitar. You May Also Like: Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, ButRead More