Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble
The Red Planet (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Red Planet (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Cloudborn (Edgewater Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Carnival Barkers (Cleave Recordings). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
This two and a half hour documentary explores everything you might want to know about former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and the history of Progressive Rock.
Henni tells the tale of a young girl’s enlightenment against the forces that would keep her silent.
A recent Gayngs concert in Chicago swept Chris Catania up in its euphoric blurring of musical lines.
Eric Clapton plays his hits at the 1986 Montreux Jazz Festival, and the glare of perfection is too much for Carl F Gauze’s eyes.
Metal drummer Dailor in Phil Collins fanboy shocker!?!? Stick around for what other revelations Gail Worley coaxes out of Mastodon’s rhythmic anchor in the Ink 19 interview.
Sound of the Apocalypse (B&B Records). Review by Crystal Lee.
The Very Best of Supertramp (A&M / Universal). Review by Hal Horowitz.
Fed to Your Head (Rubric). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (Elektra). Review by Gail Worley.
Hit singles can be a double-edged sword, especially when the single in question represents a departure for the band. Case in point, The Verve Pipe, who had trouble finding radio airplay after graduating from their ubiquitous hit single, “The Freshman.” Singer Brian Van Der Ark relates the hard lessons of the music biz to Gail Worley.
Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
In this latest installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long finds himself dumpster diving at a groovy music joint in Oklahoma City, where he scores a bagful of treasure for UNDER $20 — including a well-cared-for $3 vinyl copy of Life for the Taking, the platinum-selling 1978 sophomore set from Eddie Money.
Ink 19’s Liz Weiss spends an intimate evening with Gregory Alan Isakov.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.