Nektar’s 1971 prog-psych classic Journey to the Centre of the Eye is being reissued, and you can sample a key cut here through this exclusive stream from Cleopatra/Purple Pyramid Records. You May Also Like: Nektar – ‘Journey to the Other Side: Live at the Dunellen Theater’ (2024) Nektar – ‘…Read More

Fifth on the Floor’s 2010 release Dark and Bloody Ground was a fantastic piece of Southern rock, and the first taste of their upcoming album Ashes and Angels picks up right where that album left off. You May Also Like: The Lickerish Quartet, “Snollygoster Goon,” from ‘Threesome Vol. 2’ (2020):Read More

Neo-progger Steven Wilson’s stirring new album spends a second month in the reader’s poll.

Neal Schon issued his seventh project away from Journey late in 2012, and he already has another one on the way — and, perhaps, a solo tour, as well. You May Also Like: Neal Schon, “Lady M” from Vortex (2015): One Track Mind Journey’s Neal Schon, “El Matador” from VortexRead More

Anyone who was a fan of their dangerously debauched brand of college rock, so long gone now, would have thought that chances of the Replacements getting back together were roughly the same as the odds they’d cover a Gordon Lightfoot song. You May Also Like: ‘Weekly Standard’ Fails in PittingRead More

A sign of the times in this age of the download: John Oates of Hall and Oates says he will be releasing a new album — but only one song at a time, over the next year. You May Also Like: John Oates on the thing he hates most aboutRead More

You might have expected the youthful Wolfgang Van Halen, scion of the hard-rock guitar god Eddie Van Halen, to have been into some kind of horns-throwing metal group. Instead, he says, he always loved the vocal harmonies of Blink-182. You May Also Like: Here’s how Genesis’ ‘The Musical Box’ gaveRead More

Billy Sherwood has been beamed on board for the newest album from swashbuckling Star Trek star James T. Kirk — er, William Shatner. Sherwood says he is providing the music, while Shatner writes the lyrics. You May Also Like: William Shatner and Canned Heat, “Let’s Work Together” (2020): One TrackRead More

Foreigner’s Mick Jones will reunite with the band’s original frontman Lou Gramm for the first time since 2003. The occasion: Their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 13, 2013. You May Also Like: Bad Company vs. Foreigner: Odd Couples Lou Reed Head Faked His Fans Once AgainRead More

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Memorex ran a popular ad campaign for their blank cassette tapes, asking “is it live, or is it Memorex?” Memorex tapes may be long gone, but the question has taken on new significance. You May Also Like: John Lennon – ‘Gimme Some Truth’ andRead More