Today is the official Canadian release date for The Things We Left Behind, the brand new studio album from Blue Rodeo. Vinyl fans will appreciate that Blue Rodeo sequenced the new album with vinyl in mind – spreading two albums worth of carefully placed music across four sides of vinyl. The Things We Left Behind […]
Category: New Releases
New Releases This Week: Tori Amos, Bon Jovi, Spandau Ballet
Those of you that are still putting your pocketbooks back together after picking up last week’s new releases, will probably be a tad dismayed to learn that there is a whole new batch of new releases again this week. This week’s releases include a new holiday album from Tori Amos, yet another new album from […]
New Releases This Week: Nirvana, Slayer, REO Speedwagon
The holidays are approaching, which means that it’s time to start planning your holiday gift giving….or perhaps you’re just an obsessed music fan like me looking for your next musical fix? Read on…. Without question, Nirvana’s Live at Reading is at the top of the must-have list from this week’s new releases. Available on both […]
New R.E.M., Neil Young vinyl available this weekend at the WFMU Record Fair
We just got some exciting news from the folks at Warner Brothers announcing that they will have a booth at the annual WFMU Record Fair, happening this weekend in New York City. Music fans will have first crack at getting their hands on the new vinyl edition of R.E.M’s Live At the Olympia in Dublin/39 […]
Hey man, is that AC/DC? Yeah man. Well turn-it-up man!
Oh my God, it’s like we opened up the souls of a thousand rock and rolls….. If the Freedom Rock guys from the 80’s were around today in 2009 promoting the new AC/DC rarities box set Backtracks, I’m thinking it would look something like this video featuring Billy and George of AC/DC FanNation. Hilarious.
Cleveland Bachelor’s Show of the Week – Califone
Hello ATVians, Sorry to fail you last week. I don’t like doing the kitchen sink method of advice giving – I am much more in favor of zeroing in on just the right thing and then hammering on it – but things were just oh so hectic. Today, as I write this, I feel a […]
ZZ Top – Double Down Live: 1980/2008
When I think about the early concerts that played an important part in my development as a music fan, there’s one that comes up in conversation quite a bit. My friend David had tickets to see ZZ Top at Richfield Coliseum in February of 1991, a concert that is also notable for featuring the Black […]
New Music: Dennis Diken with Bell Sound
Let me introduce you to your new favorite “guilty pleasure” listening music – Late Music, the very welcome new release that hit stores and digital outlets today from Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken with Bell Sound. The Bell Sound project pairs Diken with collaborator Pete DiBella, and a list of special guests that will put a […]
Bill Champlin: The ATV Interview
During my early years as a music fan, I came across albums that would be important mile markers in my continuing musical education. Chicago 17 was an important album that introduced me to the production of David Foster, and perhaps more importantly, the vocals of Peter Cetera and Bill Champlin. Champlin was a recent addition […]
New Music: Frank Turner
Credit my pal Brian for turning me on to what might end up being one of my favorite releases of 2009, the newest release by British singer/songwriter Frank Turner. Poetry of the Deed is Turner’s third release, newly available in stores, and it’s truly a release that is rich with variety and full of unbelievable […]