CD Review: Nazareth – Big Dogz

I’m pleased to welcome longtime MusicTAP site editor Matt Rowe to ATV for a guest review of the new Nazareth album Big Dogz (which will also be available on vinyl). MusicTAP is a longtime favorite destination of mine for music reviews and release news, so it’s a pleasure to have Matt’s words here on the […]

“Good Vibrations” at 78 RPM

Anyone who bought the Beach Boys Record Store Day single for “Good Vibrations” without realizing that it was a 78 RPM pressing will be interested in this video (unless you simply went to the more recent and now old-fashioned CD backup). Furthermore, you’ll be intrigued by the method used to achieve playback on this turntable, […]

Dave Grohl nerds out about vinyl

If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you’ll know that we were submerged in Record Store Day fun over the weekend, something that will be familiar to many music fans who mapped out their weekend plans in a similar fashion. While we came away with some good scores (Beach Boys 10″, the Beady Eye singles […]

The Smithereens – Sorry

By now, hopefully you’ve managed to obtain your very own copy of the excellent new Don Dixon-produced Smithereens release 2011. I’ve been keeping uncharacteristically mum regarding my thoughts on the album, because I’m working on an interview to dig deep into the 2011 album via conversations with the band.  But that won’t stop me from […]