The Who | The Ultimate Collection – CD Review
Disclaimer: this review was written one night before John Entwistle passed away. I’m not sure if some of my comments would have changed based on the loss of one...
The Beatles | The BEATLES AKA The White Album (Super Deluxe) – Box Set...
The first time I dropped the needle on The White Album it was Christmas Day, 1968. The double album came out the month before, though I was too young...
King Crimson | Official Bootleg: Live In Chicago, June 28th, 2017 – CD...
King Crimson pump out live records almost as expeditiously as the Grateful Dead, and with the band back on the circuit and touring relentlessly, it’s no surprise, they’ve released...
Halestorm & Rival Sons | June 5, 2015 | Grove Of Anaheim | Anaheim,...
Review by Junkman & Shawn Perry
Photos by Junkman
Anaheim got two of the best modern rock bands making the rounds these days — Pennsylvania-based rockers Halestorm and Long Beach’s own...
The Beach Boys | Classic Albums: Pet Sounds – DVD Review
After 50 years, the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds has been reissued in numerous configurations, most recently as a box set that not only digs deep into every nook and...
Kelakos | Uncorked: Rare Tracks From A Vintage 70s Band – CD Review
There are far too many bands that pass our way that we forget to recall. In their time, they made have built rabid cult followings or contributed to the...
Steven Wilson | May 10, 2013 | Club Nokia | Los Angeles, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
You have to respect someone like Steven Wilson. He took the concept of Porcupine Tree and molded it into a formidable progressive...
Ann Wilson of Heart | March 12, 2017 | The Wiltern | Los Angeles,...
Review by Shawn Perry
It used to be that when members of bands went solo, it was over issues like bad blood and/or musical differences. That still happens in certain...
Chubby Checker | It’s Pony Time / Let’s Twist Again – CD Review
Chubby Checker's It's Pony Time and Let's Twist Again are two albums representing what was known the early 1960s as the "dance craze" in music. Hitting it big with...
Tower of Power | May 28, 2011 | The Greek Theatre | Los Angeles,...
Review by Junkman
Funk. A word that is familiar to most of us, but not necessarily defined correctly. Loosely translated, it can be described as the sweaty, stinky, state of...
