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
Denny Laine: The Bittersweet Benefit Concert—Review
The Troubadour concert featured many stars and members of his band to raise funds for his medical expenses. He died one week later
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‘Let It Bleed’: The Rolling Stones’ Turbulent Masterpiece
The album captures the band at its creative apogee through a dark masterpiece that mirrors the violent ’60s milieu in which it was created.
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A 50th-Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa ‘Over-nite Sensation’: Review
Zappa’s first gold record now packs in 47 bonus tracks, including live material, and a Blu-ray featuring several new mixes.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates: ‘Abandoned Luncheonette’—2nd Chances
The soul-influenced duo was still finding their way when they recorded their second album. Superstardom would soon find them.
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George Harrison ‘Cloud Nine’: Back at the Top
With friends Jeff Lynne and Eric Clapton aboard, and songs like “When We Was Fab” and “Got My Mind Set on You,” the 1987 album was a huge hit.
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The Van Morrison Masterpiece: ‘Astral Weeks’
A “feverish poetic intensity persists” throughout the cycle of songs that comprise his 1968 work, even as those songs shift in pace and tone
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The Feelies Cover the Velvet Underground: Review
The Velvets’ original recordings are definitive, but this CD manages to be the next best thing: a new live album from the original band.
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Randy Newman ‘Sail Away’: The Big One
The 1972 album proved a breakthrough for his career both in terms of quality and box-office appeal as singers of many genres competed to record its tunes
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Gary Puckett Brings His Union Gap Hits to Vegas: Concert Review
Brushing off the old Civil War uniform, the singer delighted a boomer audience with hits like “Woman Woman” and “Lady Willpower.”
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When Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Were ‘Lost in the Ozone’
There was much more to this genre-defying band than “Hot Rod Lincoln.” Here is the back story of a truly versatile and unique group.
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