What better time of the year is there for a list like this? After all, discovering each one of these up-and-coming standouts was like finding a Christmas-morning surprise under the tree. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Now here’s a collaboration too good to be true: Two legendary guitarists from two legendary British bands of the early 1960s have teamed up and recorded a Christmas album! Big Boy Pete (aka Pete Miller) of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers and Hilton Valentine from the Animals are the derangedRead More

More Nine Inch Nails than “Cars,” Gary Numan’s ‘Dead Son Rising. is a smeared, squelchy outburst of guitar noise, weird psychodrama, face-slap beats and visceral emotion.

Paul McCartney, sitting in a plane waiting to return to his native England, saw the smoke rising from the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. The son of a volunteer firefighter during the German Blitz of World War II, McCartney was moved to assemble an all-star concert You May AlsoRead More

The Cure, appearing at this year’s Bestival, offered a fibrous retrospective — tearing its textured later gothy efforts down to a nervy, straight-forward post-punk vibe that recalled the group’s breakthrough triumphs. You May Also Like: How I Belatedly Learned to Love the Cure’s ‘Wish’ The Cure, May 26, 2016: ShowsRead More

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Here’s a run down — with a few of our thoughts — on some notable music projects, both new and reissue, slated for release for the week of Dec. 6, 2011. You May Also Like: No related posts.

They’re a wonder hit wonder band, but what a hit it was! It was late in 1967 when the Human Beinz landed the charts with a rollicking cover of “Nobody But Me,” which was originally recorded by the Isley Brothers. You May Also Like: T. Rex, the Monkees, Tame Impala,Read More

Steely Dan’s “Any World (That I’m Welcome To)” boasts the drumming of the great Hal Blaine, who played on a remarkable 40 No. 1 songs.

At the El Rey Theater, Los Angeles I don’t get to see concerts like I used to. Back in college, it seemed like I saw something every couple of weeks. You May Also Like: Alice Cooper, Oct. 28, 2016: Shows I’ll Never Forget The Everly Brothers, Oct. 30, 1998: ShowsRead More