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
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers Live in 1967
A recording was discovered of the influential blues revivalist with future Fleetwood Mac stalwarts Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood + John McVie, and cuts loose
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Juliana Hatfield Three Matures on Latest Album
The Boston-based alt-rock artist & her original bandmates ease from the ’90s into 2015 to work in this era yet bring along their original sound.
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Resurrected Blues Magoos Mix Old & New
One of the great bands of the psychedelic music and garage rock eras have reunited and issued a new LP with old favorites and new tunes
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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: City Tales
Freedom Tower is kind of the JSBX version of Lou Reed’s New York – tales and jams loosely around the city singer-guitarist Spencer
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Brian Wilson’s Newest Solo Disc
Brian Wilson’s 11th solo album is ” as cheery as [its] punny title suggests, but also deeply moving and life-affirming.”
Read MorePink Floyd’s Final Notes
Pink Floyd goes out “with more a whisper than a bang for a last album” that is “not quite for fans only and not quite an album.”
Read MoreWorthy Kinks Kollection
“Rather than another half-baked rehash, this five-CD, 140-track collection is the authoritative retrospective that the Kinks’ watershed years have long deserved.”
Read MoreVan Makes Duets Sing Wonderfully
“Duets is a worthy addition to his estimable catalog, and underscores how Van’s pipes and how he uses them are a true gift from God.”
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Dylan Continues to Reign Supreme
The pop standards album Shadows in the Night, the release of The Basement Tapes Complete & the T-Bone Burnett-helmed New Basement Tapes add new wrinkles to the Dylan legacy.
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