BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 6, 2017
A Perfect Circle plans to release Eat the Elephant, their fourth full-length album and first since 2004’s eMOTIVe, on April 20, 2018, via BMG.
The album arrives following a successful Fall 2017 tour by the outfit helmed by Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel, not to mention the release of “The […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Don McLean is set to release his new album Botanical Gardens on March 23, 2018 via BMG. On it, McLean artfully weaves country, Americana, folk, and boot-stomping rock for the eclectic, American sound that he is known for.
Botanical Gardens, McLean’s 19th studio album and first in 8 years, is one of […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 4, 2018
Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo studio album, Francis Trouble, will be made available globally on March 9, 2018, via Red Bull Records. Fans can preorder the album and get an instant download of the track “Muted Beatings.”
Just in case you missed it from the other night, you can watch him […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 3, 2018
To celebrate the beginning of his North American tour, which commences today, February 3, 2018, with his appearance on Cruise To The Edge, Steve Hackett has rerecorded GTR’s 1986 U.S. hit single “When the Heart Rules the Mind,” which reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. You can […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Chilean prog ensemble Aisles, South America’s most acclaimed prog band of the last 10 years, is premiering the second video of their Live From Estudio del Sur Sessions for the song “Shallow and Daft,” which was originally released on their 2013 album, 4:45 AM. The clip was directed by Bernardo Quesney […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Stone Temple Pilots have announced a March 16, 2018 release date for their highly anticipated new self-titled album, Stone Temple Pilots, via Atlantic/Rhino. This effort also marks the band’s first album with their new lead singer, Jeff Gutt.
STP guitarist Dean DeLeo says, “We are thrilled about what lies ahead. […]
BY MIKE METTLER — JANUARY 6, 2018
Last weekend, we shared our list of the Top 31 albums of 2017. 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 and/or 12-inchers, […]
BY MIKE METTLER — DECEMBER 31, 2017
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 2017.
Neil Finn: Out of […]
BY MIKE METTLER – OCTOBER 16, 2017
Artists who have world-renowned and critically acclaimed musicians as parents have an especially hard time forging their own individualized creative identities. This is especially true if your father happens to be, say, the late George Harrison of The Beatles.
Yet his son Dhani Harrison has taken it all in stride, by both […]
BY MIKE METTLER – OCTOBER 2, 2017
For artists conditioned to labor over their studio recording for weeks and even months upon end, the thought of recording new music live and in real time, and then getting it immediately into the hands of the listening public without delay, can be quite the liberating experience.
And that’s […]
