Heaven & Earth | Dig – CD Review
Heaven and Earth, put together by ex-Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith in 1996, have a third outing, Dig, for 2013. The band's style of music is a pleasant mixing pot...
Kansas | The Absence Of Presence – CD Review
A vintage Kansas sound is certainly present on Kansas' 16th studio album The Absence Of Presence. This is the band's foruth studio album without founding member lead vocalist, keyboardist Steve...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Hypnotic Eye – CD Review
Not that he's trying, but Tom Petty can't seem to make a bad record. Everything he's done in the 21st century has held up to his work of the...
Meat Loaf | Hell In A Hand Basket – CD Review
So the meat man decided Hell In A Hand Basket would employ the full talents of his band the Neverland Express. And a smart move it was. This record...
Deep Purple | Turning To Crime – New Studio Release Review
Deep Purple first found success in 1968 when they scored a hit with Joe South’s “Hush.” The song was featured on the group’s debut album, Shades Of Deep Purple,...
Cheap Trick | Rockford – CD Review
The buzz on the street is that Cheap Trick, the cartoonish, perennial popsters of yore, are back with a vengeance. Practically everything about Rockford, their sensational new CD, heralds...
Venice | Stained Glass – New Studio Release Review
For their 2024 studio release, Stained Glass, Southern California band Venice have, to paraphrase one of their old song titles, gone “back to the well” to give their fans...
Judas Priest | Invincible Shield – New Studio Release Review
Invincible Shield, Judas Priest’s 19th studio album, is the first from the group since 2018, and their first since being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
Joe Perry | Sweetzerland Manifesto – CD Review
Accompanied by a slew of famous singers and songwriters, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry presents his sixth solo album Sweetzerland Manifesto. Steven Tyler’s foil and the co-writer of many of...
Iron Maiden | The Final Frontier – CD Review
The general consensus surrounding The Final Frontier, Iron
Maiden’s studio release for 2010, seems to be that it takes a while to
soak in. Then, after a few spins, the album...
