The Trews | Den Of Thieves – CD Review

Den Of Thieves, the new album from the Canadian band the Trews, is a well-pointed effort. The Trews landed a record deal by playing bars and clubs in their native country,...

Def Leppard | Yeah! – CD Review

Def Leppard’s Yeah! is no mere cover album. The entire CD is an unabashedly punch-drunk love letter to the bands whose music bewitched the adolescent Leps into strumming tennis racquets, banging...

Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium – CD Review

In the world of popular music, the Red Hot Chili Peppers remain a conundrum, an enigma, a goofy group of screwballs whose success is as sporadic as a bungee cord in...

Buckcherry | 15 – CD Review

15 is audio adrenaline. It’ll make you want to do smoky burnouts in school zones, blast it loud enough to rattle your neighbors’ dentures, and enlist it as your main piece...

Widespread Panic | Earth To America – CD Review

Widespread Panic, for those of you who aren’t in the know about such things, was one of the first bands of the 80s to emerge in the shadow of the Grateful...

Adrian Belew | Side Three – CD Review

“Expect the Expected” seems to be the motto these days in the music industry. It seems that the once-wonderful art of music has fell prey to the dollar. There is now...

Saga | Trust – CD Review

Saga new album is called Trust and you can trust it is filled with everything that made us love Saga all along. Solid vocals, from both Michael Sadler and Jim Gilmour,...

Warrant | Born Again – CD Review

What’s Black ’N Blue and rocks all over? It’s Warrant, thundering up from where the down boys go with Born Again, featuring new singer Jaime St. James of Black ’N Blue...

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...

Sammy Hagar | Livin’ It Up – CD Review

At this juncture, the Van Halen debacle may be a lost cause. Just don’t tell Sammy Hagar because he could care less. He’s too busy partying, drinking tequila, hanging out in...