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
2017 in Review: New Albums by Classic Rockers
It’s that time of year–music for everyone! Here, for your wish list, are 34 brand new albums, all released during 2017, by classic rock artists.
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Review: The New Bio That Jann Wenner Hates
It’s “an ambitious, dishy, well-written biography, with a backstory worthy of its subject.” So why is the Rolling Stone magazine founder so unhappy with it?
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Roger Daltrey’s 2017 Tour With Who Band Members
While he sang such war horses as “Baba O’Riley,” “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Pinball Wizard,” he also tackled such LP cuts as “Getting in Tune” from Who’s Next
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Lou Reed ‘A Life’: An Exemplary Biography
“The Lou Reed that inhabits this book is powerfully drawn, from moment to moment deeply appealing and appalling,” says our reviewer.
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The Revolution After Prince: Concert Review
They couldn’t replace what was missing, but the show offered an appealing chance to hear that catalog again in a live setting
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The Who Live at San Francisco’s Outside Lands
A few things have changed since Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey played Monterey Pop and the Fillmore, but they proved that they’ve still got it.
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Monterey Pop 2017—Day 3 Review + Surprise Visit
On the final day of the 50-year reboot, the festival featured two artists who played the original, Booker T. Jones and Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, as well as a surprise visit from another 1967 performer
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Monterey Pop Festival 2017—Day One Review
A half-century to the day after the original Monterey Pop Festival began, Eric Burdon, Charles Bradley and a handful of younger artists launched the sequel
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Billy Joel Packs the Garden Yet Again
In the Piano Man’s monthly sold-out concerts at the Garden, the Billy Joel MSG residency keeps fans cheering with a set list full of hits
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Woodstock: Mecca That Gave the Festival Its Name
In Small Town Talk, author Barney Hoskyns examines the upstate NY town, the spiritual – and literal – home to dozens of rock greats
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