After “retiring” from posting articles online (i.e. blogging) in January, I felt the pull to return earlier this month with Alex Lifeson’s new band, then for his old band and now with planned releases from a few old school favorites … Continue reading Album Review: Athey Music – Goodness & Mercy (Live)
On a shelf, above my desk, in my “office” sits four boxes filed in like books. The Rush Rediscovered box set, and the 40th anniversary super deluxe editions of A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres and Permanent Waves. I opened them … Continue reading Album Review: Rush – Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary
Attention all Rush fans of the Solar FederationAttention all Rush fans of the Solar FederationAttention all Rush fans of the Solar Federation… Alex Lifeson’s new band sounds nowhere close to his former band. In fact, Envy of None isn’t really … Continue reading Album Review: Envy of None – Self-titled
Rush released their self-titled debut album in 1974 and today retains legions of fans who remain devoted to their music. The biggest cult band in the world, routinely dismissed by mainstream music critics, seemed to finally get the respect they … Continue reading Rush Albums Ranked Worst to First
Happy New Year! The final Weekly Playlist. Though, it did ultimately serve the intended purpose of getting me to listen to more music, a month or so ago I had to make an extra effort, as I thought about letting this series lapse and not return. But the goal when I started at the end of August was to finish out the year even if ending on a whimper. Not a whole lot of music this week but I did pull out a few from the past and an obvious one. The Sam Morrison Band – Self-titled (album) I interviewed … Continue reading The Weekly Playlist – Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, 2022
Merry Christmas! The penultimate Weekly Playlist. Such an odd word to describe the second to last of something. Well, I digress. Not a huge week of listening to music but got in some all-time favorites and broke in a new speaker. Metallica – (various songs) Night 2 of Metallica’s 40th Anniversary show occurred Sunday which I tuned in for with nearly the same amount of excitement as attending a concert in person. Seriously. Night 1 was awesome and Sunday did not disappoint with another two-hour, 15 song setlist of classic and deep album Metallica cuts. The livestreams were very well … Continue reading The Weekly Playlist – Dec. 19 to Dec. 25
Congratulations to Metallica and the band’s 40 years of making heavy metal music. The pioneers of monster rock celebrated their milestone over the weekend with 40 Years of Metallica a two concert event, one Friday (Dec. 17) and the second … Continue reading Metallica Celebrates 40 years with Two Epic Concerts
With a year off and nothing to do, 2021 unleashed a torrent of new music as many bands used the forced lockdown of 2020 to write new music. Veteran bands were especially prominent this year as aging rockers rolled back … Continue reading Top 10 Best Albums of 2021
With the Top 10 Best Albums of 2021 mostly wrapped up, I concentrated my listening efforts on music that came to mind or I heard about or that sat around a bit too long without listening. Def Leppard – Self-titled (album) The underrated and underappreciated self-titled Def Leppard album from 2015, also the band’s “latest.” This one sounds like a missing record or some type of vault release from the 1980s without feeling dated. The band didn’t give this one much play on ensuing tours either, despite plenty of worthy tracks. Where is Def Leppard anyway? Twice cancelled tour with … Continue reading The Weekly Playlist – Dec. 12 to Dec. 18
Updated Concerts resumed the second half of 2021 as pandemic fears waned and life returned to a mandated normal. Some states enjoyed live shows sooner than others but by the end of summer people seemingly filled arenas and theaters across … Continue reading Best Concerts of 2021
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