Blue Rodeo fans will close out the year with a bang, thanks to the release of a new album called The Things We Left Behind. In stores on November 3rd (Canada only), the album will reportedly be a double CD release. BR frontman Jim Cuddy discussed the album recently with The Canadian Press: “It was […]
Tag: Upcoming Releases
Mark Knopfler announces spring tour dates
Here’s something that will make many of you smile heading into the weekend – the announcement of spring tour dates from former Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler! Get Lucky (pre-order via Amazon), the new CD from Knopfler, drops in stores on Tuesday. I’m thinkin’ the Ann Arbor date might have my name on it, tagged […]
New Music: Pennywise/BYO Records
While this particular section of the blog is usually reserved for newer emerging artists, I felt like it was possible that Brian, my high school pal Casey, and others, might show up to kick my ass if I didn’t post this. LA punk label BYO Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with the […]
New Otis Redding best of due from Shout! Factory on October 20th
In my list of classic R&B / soul performers, Otis Redding easily lands in my top 5. It’s criminal after all of these years of enjoying Redding’s music, my overall knowledge of his complete output is still woefully incomplete. I definitely need to dig further into his catalog, and one of these days, I will […]
Track listing announced for new Foreigner album available 9/29 exclusively at Wal-Mart
After taking a couple of baby steps into the recording studio with new lead singer Kelly Hansen last year, Foreigner released “Too Late,” the first studio recording with Hansen on vocals, as part of the 2008 Foreigner anthology release No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner. I had the pleasure of seeing the […]
John Bush/Armored Saint/Anthrax fans, pay attention!
A nice surprise came across my desk this morning to share with all of you – a FREE demo track from the upcoming Armored Saint studio album! It makes me so happy just to be able to say the words “Armored Saint studio album,” but then I actually heard the track. And played it again. […]
I’ve got Ace Frehley….
C’mon, you know the reference. Don’t let me down on this one…… Okay fine! Kudos to my buddy Matt (the power of Matts UNITE!) for passing on the following info regarding the forthcoming solo release from Mr. Ace Frehley. Anomaly, the long awaited solo album from Frehley, will be in stores on September 15th. The […]
Incubus and others are collecting the hits via new retrospective packages
If your band spent the 90s and 00s kicking out the rock jams, now might be a good time to put out one of those career spanning retrospective thingamabob kinda things. As we sit on the tailgate looking at the end of the 00s, Incubus have done just that with the release of their new […]
The Very Best of Don Henley – In Stores June 16th
How big of a Don Henley fan am I? Well, there was that time a few years ago in 2005 that I drove 3+ hours to Detroit to see Henley, on tour that summer for a limited run of dates with Stevie Nicks. I bought a ticket for 100 bucks in the parking lot, watched […]
Quick Hits – Pearl Jam, Jay Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Cheap Trick + more
Hey kids, I can’t believe it, but Bonnaroo departure time is less than a week away for yours truly. I’ll be making the trip with Brian, new roommate Adam, and well, that’s it. It will be just us, a car full of stuff, and heads that will soon be filled with memories. Cheesy I know, […]