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In the news today: The Hives, Gorilla Biscuits, Breaking Benjamin, Jasen Rauch, Janelle Monáe, Gordon Lightfoot, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Grandaddy, Imagine Dragons, Eurovision, Nikki Sixx. Mötley Crüe, Ghost, Vinyl, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Willie Nelson, Rammstein
This week, ChristopherLong travels to a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida, and snatches up a used vinyl copy of Three Hearts, the 1979 sophomore set from one-time Fleetwood Mac guitar slinger, Bob Welch, for three bucks.
Mighty Love. Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Come Home. Review by Stacey Zering.
Sweet Face. Review by Stacey Zering.
The Birds, They Taught Me. Review by Stacey Zering.
Yacht Rock Revue’s “Hot Dads In Tight Jeans” Tour rolled into Central Florida and wowed the sold-out crowd with their tribute to ’70s and ’80s light rock hits. Michelle Wilson was there and loved every minute!
Fine Line (Columbia Records). Review by Christopher Long.
I Used to be Pretty (Yep Roc). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Brimming with compelling interviews, and bursting with action-packed concert performances, this newly-released DVD documentary provides music enthusiasts with a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of rock’s most influential festivals.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ return to glory is weird but brilliant. Jen Cray basks in over three hours of nostalgia and artistry.
Fleetwood Mac (Reissue / Deluxe Box Edition) (Rhino Records / Warner Music Group). Review by Christopher Long.
The Asylum Years (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie (Rhino). Review by Christopher Long.
Live in 1967 (Forty Below Records). Review by James Mann.
Anything’s Possible Review by Michelle Wilson.
Almanac (Captured Tracks). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Rock legend Lindsey Buckingham delivers the goods in front of a sold-out crowd that includes Christopher Long at Orlando’s premier concert venue.
Best Coast sells out The Social, but Jessica Whittington and one of the Bethanys squeeze in, stick thier hearts on their sleeves, and resist calling their exes.
Seeds We Sow (Mind Kit Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Report, the third, on the massive event recently devouring Orlando, the 2023 Orlando International Fringe Festival, from Carl F. Gauze.
In the news today: Best Board Games, Tina Turner, Trugoy the Dove, Electric Six, Drew Barrymore, Ratboys, Slipknot's Clown, Fugees, Juneteenth, Shannen Doherty
When witches gather, dinner is who you make it, in Witchapalooza, a play by Kamron Kiltgaard. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
In the news today: Best Board Games, Tina Turner, Trugoy the Dove, Electric Six, Drew Barrymore, Ratboys, Slipknot's Clown, Fugees, Juneteenth, Shannen Doherty, Jen Lush, Romy, Bad Omens, Kindness and Care, Halsey, Lilith, A Giant Dog, Brendan Small
This week, Christopher Long spots and scores a mint-condition vinyl copy of the 1982 live album from one of his all-time favorite country artists, Tanya Tucker, at his local Goodwill store for a quarter.
Feast of Wire: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Quarterstick). Review by Judy Craddock.
In the news today: Alice Phoebe Lou, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Wilco, Noel Gallagher, Foo Fighters, Allison Russell, Brian Eno, Mantra of the Cosmos, Happy Mondays, Oasis, Ride, supergroup, Jason Isbell, The 400 Unit, Renee Rapp, Queens of the Stone Age, Phantogram, Viagra Boys, tour news, Spider-Man, Miyazaki, Is For Lovers Festival, Drug Church
Director Pietro Marcello follows up his heralded adaptation of Jack London’s Martin Eden with Scarlet, a bold reimagining of Aleksandr Grin’s classic 1923 novel, Scarlet Sails. Lily and Generoso review Marcello’s exceptional contemporary take on this beloved fairy tale.
In the news today: Lazy Hale, Halestorm, Run-DMC, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eve, Melvins, Boris, Cult of Luna
In the news today: Steve Vai, The Sawtooth Grin, Thin, Sunflo'er, GWAR, Skrillex, Primavera Sound, Sweet Gloom, The Chats, Cosmic Psychos, Yellowcard, Fontaines Dc, Grian Chatten