REVIEWS:
What’s the read on the latest reissue releases and live performances by classic rock artists? What biopics, movies or documentaries are worth seeing in theaters and at home? What books about rock music and the people who make and work with it are worth reading. Our team also takes a fresh look at notable works in our Album Rewind series
Review: “Beatles ’64” Documentary Now Streaming: That Footage!
The film captures the electrifying moment of their first visit to America. It features never-before-seen footage of the band.
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Talking Heads—‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’: Artful Music
“We don’t fit into anyone else’s category, so we’re going to have to create our own,” said David Byrne about the band’s second album.
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Jeff Lynne Leads ELO For a Triumphant Night at Hyde Park in 2014
A crowd of 50,000 enjoyed over a dozen hits from the band that the maestro co-founded.
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‘Rise and Fall of Classic Rock’: A Must-Read
Kent Hartman’s book, Goodnight, L.A., sheds light on the city’s recording scene in the ’70s and ’80s, with scores of interviews with the stars.
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Yes’ ‘Relayer’: Life After Rick Wakeman Began Here
With a new keyboardist, Patrick Moraz, the prog rock titans kept their momentum going in 1974 with their seventh studio album.
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Lights Out! Jeff Lynne Closes Final US Tour With a Magical Set: Concert Review
The maestro capped off 2024’s 31-date North American run of Jeff Lynne’s ELO with a spectacular, hit-driven show.
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Bruce Springsteen’s Remarkably Varied ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’—Review
The lion’s share of this material is just as compelling as much of what he has included on his many hit albums.
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The Band and Their Pioneering ‘Music From Big Pink’: Review
The album offered quiet songs of experience bathed in a rustic glow, with no hints of the futurism and none of the kilowatt drama then prevalent elsewhere in rock.
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Bonnie Raitt Gives It One More Try with ‘Green Light’: Review
Her time at Warner Bros. Records had been exhilarating, frustrating and highly creative, and her legacy there is still well worth exploring.
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Frank Zappa: Previously Unseen ‘Cheaper Than Cheep’ Reviewed
He and his band, the Mothers of Invention, were riding high in June 1974. After completing a 10th-anniversary tour, they filmed a two-hour concert for an invited audience in their Hollywood, Calif., rehearsal hall.
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