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Mugison rides the Icelandic wave, Memphis Slim is the blues, Rita Lee bossas the Beatles, Anaal Nakrakh hasten the apocalypse.
uao picks 25 tunes from the rock era that best represent Los Angeles throughout the past 50 years.
Heavy Metal needs no introduction. The loudest, druggiest, most doom-laden music of all; the music most likely to be outgrown.
The Sneaker Pimps: Becoming X; Deep Purple: Collection; Mountain: Twin Peaks; Greg Lake: From The Beginning + others
Collectables re-releases four extremely weak Rhino Flashback budget compilations. Deserving better are The Association, Ambrosia, The Spinners, and AWB.
Gary Glitter will stand trial in Vietnam in February on charges of commiting obscene acts on a child.
So you brought your prized CD collection to the used shop for rent money, and got chump change. Here's why.
Farewell early 00's! We still haven't even agreed on a name for you, yet. uao cherrypicks 20 favorites.
A salute to the often-overlooked creative forces behind your favorite artists: The Producers. Spector, Albini, Vig, Martin, et. al.
Alanis ties up loose ends; Night Ranger reconsidered; Hooker 'n' Heat's lukewarm boogie; further adventures of Monkees Dolenz and Jones