This weekend's controversial on-sale for his upcoming The River Tour, has some Bruce Springsteen fans asking if rock's working class hero has turned into more of a nightmare Boss.
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Music Review: Various Artists – ‘A Colorful Christmas’
‘A Colorful Christmas’ will add color to both your Christmas and perhaps even to your perception of the world.
Read More »Music Review: Nirvana – ‘Nirvana’ (New Digital and First Vinyl Editions of ‘Best Of’ Collection)
Nirvana's studio output was so limited that a best-of collection seems almost beside the point – if you were a fan, you have the albums, or at least the last two, and if you're a completist you'd want one of the box sets. Still, 'Nirvana' has sold millions worldwide, and now is a good time to get it in any number of new formats, of which Universal has given us a dizzying variety.
Read More »Music Review: Buddy Holly – ‘Collected’
Buddy Holly, the hillbilly who turned into the first stuttering geek of rock, was one of the great triumphs of the rock and roll revolution, making us laugh at the cheap tricks along the way and cry after finding out the truth.
Read More »Music Review: Andy Evans – ‘Miracle’
Andy Evans’ offering sounds familiar yet is intriguing enough to warrant a listen.
Read More »Music Review: Matt Lande – ‘Glow’
There is potential for many of the tracks on this album to become chart toppers on alternative rock and/or adult contemporary stations.
Read More »Are You Listening? 2015 in Music: Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Seal, Madonna, Hot Chip, Janet Jackson and More
Highlights in popular music from 2015. Includes records by Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hot Chip, Seal, Janet Jackson and many more!
Read More »Music Review: Neil Finn and Paul Kelly – ‘Goin’ Your Way’ [Live Double Album]
Finn's dark, drama-drenched writing mixes nicely with Kelly's more straightforward folk and folk-rock songs; the optimism of Kelly's work is a pleasing counterweight to the seriousness of the sublime pop Finn has crafted over the decades. Both singer-songwriters are in excellent voice on this live recording from 2013.
Read More »Music Review: Billy Crain – ‘Family Matters’
The seemingly relentless optimism in Billy Crain’s latest offering is needed in today’s world.
Read More »Blu-ray & Music Review: ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ and ‘Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings’ [Deluxe Edition Soundtrack]
Brett Morgen succeeds where others before him have failed in giving the world a Kurt Cobain life story that is as profoundly intimate, non-judgmental and powerful as you could ever ask for.
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