Seventeen years ago today, Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. As of 2003, the album has been certified twelve times platinum in the United States, and remains the band’s best selling album.
So you might find it hard to believe that the album wasn’t an immediate success, and took nearly a year to reach […]
Entries Tagged as 'Billboard Magazine'
Good Listening: Pearl Jam - Tivoli: Utrecht, Holland - 3/4/92
August 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Downloads · Flashback · Good Listening · Guitar Gods · Live Stuff · The 90s
Quick Hits - Jayhawks/Golden Smog, The Replacements, GNR, Ben Folds, hear new tracks from Oasis and more
August 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Greetings from Cleveland! Foreigner at House of Blues is next up on the concert agenda, tomorrow night. Setlist and a brief report will come early next week!
We’ll start with a not-so-quick hit:
Jayhawks fans, get happy - there are two Jayhawks-related releases coming out in September! And if you live in Spain, September 4th […]
Tags: Albums Revisited · Billboard Magazine · New Releases · Quick Hits · Rolling Stone · Upcoming Releases
Quick Hits - Billy Joel, Barenaked Ladies, Van Halen, Dream Theater
July 19th, 2008 · 9 Comments
First, an update to the Westerberg entry I posted yesterday - it seems like you might have to wait a bit longer to plunk down 49 cents for 49 minutes of new Paul Westerberg. The new music is supposed to be available today, and might be still - but it’s more likely that the […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · New Releases · Quick Hits · The 70s · The 80s · The 90s · Upcoming Releases
Quick Hits - Judas Priest, Summertime, Kanye West
June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Another busy week in the can, thank goodness!
First, a rock and roll recap from the week that was….
I saw quite a bit of live music this week, including:
The New Frontiers / Below Jupiter / Liza Bundy at the Beachland Tavern on Monday night (recap here.)
Wednesday night, I saw what was (believe it or […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Bruce Springsteen · Cleveland · Concert Reviews · Concerts · Downloads · Good Listening · Live Stuff · Quick Hits · Rolling Stone
Quick Hits - One Hit Wonders, Pirate Radio, and Mix Tapes
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Greetings from Memorial Day Weekend in Cleveland, where I saw Filter for the second time in a week, last night at the House of Blues. Friday night, found me at the resurrected Euclid Tavern for young up and comers The Suede Brothers, who are currently making lots of noise here on the Clevo scene. […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Bob Lefsetz · Cleveland · Death Cab For Cutie · Good Reads · Quick Hits · Video · Youtube
Quick Hits - Dave Grohl, Stone Temple Pilots, Rick Astley, and more
May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Here are just a few things that have been rocking my world over the past couple of weeks.
Stone Temple Pilots delivered a rockin’ performance on Jimmy Kimmel that might not have been perfect, and definitely had a bit of rust - but man, it was good to see the DeLeo brothers back on stage rockin’ […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Bob Lefsetz · Good Reads · Good Watch · Quick Hits · The 80s
Nine Inch Nails gives the music biz (and fans) The Slip
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments
So you’re a Nine Inch Nails fan, and as you’re waking up your week officially begins with the Monday morning announcement that there is a new Nine Inch Nails album available for download.
For free.
Reznor writes:
Click HERE to get the new full-length nine inch nails record: the slip
(thank you for your continued and loyal support […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Bob Lefsetz · Downloads · Good Listening · New Releases · Nine Inch Nails · The Music Biz · Video · Youtube
YES! My personal heroes of peace and love confirm they are working on new material!
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Yes - Hold On (live on the Union tour in 1991)
I can already hear the debate beginning among Yes fans, but me, I am STOKED to read the following story at Billboard.com!
Additionally, I am happy once again to hear Jon Anderson hint at possible collaboration with former Yes man Trevor Rabin.
I’m hoping to head to […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Good Reads · New Releases · Road Trip! · The 80s · Upcoming Releases · Yes
Behind the Cinderella story of Buckcherry and the album that nobody wanted
April 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Without a doubt, the story of the reemergence and subsequent success of Buckcherry with their current album “15,” is a great, and at times, often unbelievable story. I’ve heard many parts of this story in the past couple of years since the album was released, but here it is, all in one place to […]
Tags: Billboard Magazine · Buckcherry · Gary Graff · Good Reads · Upcoming Releases