BY MIKE METTLER – OCTOBER 25, 2019
What becomes a legend most? At a special reception held in New York City in conjunction with the 147th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, dCS (Data Conversion Systems Ltd.) unveiled their new dCS Legends Award program on October 16, 2019. The inaugural recipient was none other than Bob […]
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 – 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 – JULY 18, 2018
Roger Hodgson, vocalist, singer/songwriter, and co-founder of Supertramp, is back on tour in North America for a series of dates that will run through November. (See the list of those dates below.) His acuity for sound quality has always appealed to me as both a sonic appreciator and critical […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MAY 11, 2018
Where do you go after you’ve reached the pinnacle of your aspirations as a musician? If you’re post-prog progenitor-cum-surround-sound guru Steven Wilson, you always zig, especially if people expect you to zag.
Following the heady sonics of his mind-blowing 2015 solo album Hand. Cannot. Erase., Wilson hit the reset button […]
BY MIKE METTLER – APRIL 12, 2018
ZZ Top is all set to dish out a second heaping helping of analog goodness with Cinco No. 2: The Second Five LPs, the sequel to their previous vinyl box set, 2017’s Cinco: The First Five LPs.
On the menu for this June 1, 2018 release are the albums […]
BY MIKE METTLER – APRIL 9, 2018
Yes have made some major plans to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2018 and 2019.
First up is this summer’s 50th Anniversary North American tour titled #YES50: Celebrating 50 Years of Yes. The 30-plus-date outing, which kicks off June 5 and 6, 2018 with a two-night engagement at the […]
BY MIKE METTLER – APRIL 2, 2018
Jethro Tull played their first show a little over 50 years ago at the Marquee Club London on February 2, 1968, the first step of an epic musical journey that has long since seen them become one of the world’s most successful and influential progressive rock bands.
To help […]
