Kiss co-founder Paul Stanley will continue a very busy period that’s included the new studio album Monster and their smash tour alongside Motley Crue with a planned autobiography. You May Also Like: Why That Self-Titled 1994 Album Is the Best Motley Crue You Never Heard Motley Crue, ‘The Dirt’ (2019):Read More

Let the Music Play is subtitled “The Story of the Doobie Brothers,” and in keeping traces their oft-told journey from boogie-rock band to sleek soul-popsters and back. Most interesting of all, however, might be this DVD’s 48 minutes of rare live performances. You May Also Like: Why You Shouldn’t OverlookRead More

A dazzling and cosmopolitan trip, Into the Air finds Jeff Coffin and his Mu’Tet in fine form indeed. You May Also Like: Cuong Vu 4-Tet, featuring Bill Frisell – ‘Change In the Air’ (2018)

Even as so many singers today seem to be reluctant to give themselves over to the lyric, more concerned with histrionics than connecting on an emotional level, Kalen’s new EP cuts a different path. You May Also Like: Presley’s Beatles, “Can’t Help Falling In Love / Let It Be” (2020):Read More

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A wave of bracing yet sometimes static sound, Broken Harbour’s The Geometry of Shadows picks up where the heft of his previous work Gramophone Transmissions left off. You May Also Like: Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson + Dave King – ‘Broken Shadows’ (2021)

This short-lived series, which produced only two installments, focuses on songs from the 1960s that never came within sniffing distance of hitting the national Top 40 charts. You May Also Like: Alice Cooper, May 11, 2017: Shows I’ll Never Forget Alice Cooper, Oct. 28, 2016: Shows I’ll Never Forget TheRead More

Formally trained as both a classical and jazz guitarist, DiVito has a passion for music that extends broadly beyond that (one of his gigs is leading a Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute band), and is deeply into music education. You May Also Like: The David Cross Band – ‘Ice Blue,Read More

So I decided a while back that it would be a good idea for me to start backing up stuff from my computer. You May Also Like: Kaze + Ikue Mori – ‘Crustal Movement’ (2023) Fred Frith + Ikue Mori – ‘A Mountain Doesn’t Know It’s Tall’ (2021) Material IssueRead More

The Rolling Stones opened tonight’s second 50th anniversary concert in London with “Get off My Cloud,” and closed — yes, finally — with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” You May Also Like: Rolling Stones – ‘GRRR Live!’ (2023)