BY MIKE METTLER – OCTOBER 7, 2019
Visionary director Alex Garland’s highly anticipated television debut, FX’s upcoming limited series Devs, premiered its first teaser during a panel discussion on October 5, 2019 at New York Comic Con (NYCC) featuring Garland (Ex Machina), executive producer Allon Reich, and cast members Sonoya Mizuno (“Lily”), Jin Ha (“Jamie”), Zach Grenier (“Kenton”), […]
BY MIKE METTLER – AUGUST 30, 2019
Pink Floyd Records will release Pink Floyd: The Later Years: 1987-2019, a deluxe multimedia 16-disc box set covering the material created by guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason, and keyboardist/vocalist Richard Wright from 1987 to the present, on December 13, 2019. This extensive collection serves as a companion […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MAY 31, 2019
Lightning crashes . . . and our collective ears are the clear benefactors.
Radioactive/MCA/UMe will mark the 25th anniversary of LIVE’s seminal sophomore album Throwing Copper with a deluxe multi-format reissue on July 19, 2019. The Super Deluxe 25th Anniversary Throwing Copper box set edition not only features the album with bonus tracks on 2LP black vinyl and a 12-page booklet that includes an in-depth interview with the band chronicling the era of the […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MAY 24, 2019
Macca live is back on wax – yeah, yeah yeah . . .
Paul McCartney has set the release date for four albums capturing performances spanning from his 1975-76 return to U.S. arenas with Wings to his intimate 2007 set at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles. This quartet of albums — Amoeba […]
BY MIKE METTLER – JANUARY 6, 2019
Last weekend, we shared our list of the Top 31 Albums of 2018. Now, it’s only fitting to follow-up said list with the year’s Top 31 Songs. Whether you choose to digest your individual favorite songs via hi-res audio downloads, hi-res streaming services, and/or 7- or 10-inch 45s […]
BY MIKE METTLER — DECEMBER 31, 2018
Whether you choose to digest your music via hi-res audio downloads, 180-gram LPs, streaming services, standard-issue CDs, and/or full-on 5.1 surround sound, this past year delivered a wonderfully wide spate of full-length aural goodness. In reverse order, here are The SoundBard’s Top 31 long-players of 2018.
Simple Minds: […]
BY MIKE METTLER – SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
When it comes to good songwriting, honesty truly is the best policy. It’s a core tenet that noted singer/songwriter/
producer/musician-of-many-trades Salim Nourallah knows to his very core, and it’s a vein he’s been able to tap directly into on the sprawling double-album Somewhere South of Sane, which is set […]
BY MIKE METTLER – SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
You can’t keep a good band down — just ask Kingdom Come. To refresh your memory (and/or create new ones), this internationally flavored hard-rocking German/American metal band initially made instant impact on the music scene with their self-titled March 1988 debut, with key tracks like “Get It On,” […]
BY MIKE METTLER – AUGUST 24, 2018
You gotta know where you’ve been to know where you’re going. It’s a mantra the forward-thinking Weirton, West Virginia-bred rock outfit known as Crack The Sky have been following for years with considerable success. What has always set them apart from the pack is an inherent knack for […]
BY MIKE METTLER – AUGUST 14, 2018
You just can’t keep a good series down. When Cinemax’s top-tier action series Strike Back signed off seemingly for good in 2015 after five über-thrilling series installments, all signs pointed to the show putting its legacy to rest after triumphantly biking off into the sunset.
But that was then and […]
