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Lynyrd Skynyrd, 'Last of a Dyin' Breed' – Album Review

Matthew Wilkening — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:24:46 +0000

Lynyrd Skynyrd place one foot in their past and one in the present, with mostly positive results, on their new album ‘Last of a Dyin’ Breed.’ Let’s face it, any album from the modern-day Skynyrd, with only Gary Rossington remaining from the group’s original roster, has to be graded on a curve. To compare ‘Last [...]

Rush, 'Clockwork Angels' – Album Review

Ryan Reed — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:36:03 +0000

There are so many reasons why ‘Clockwork Angels,’ Rush‘s 19th studio album, should suck — we lack the appropriate space to list them all. But in a nutshell, progressive rock bands who survive four decades of the record-tour grind, not to mention the needless critical hatred directed towards the genre, typically don’t flourish creatively as [...]

Joe Walsh, 'Analog Man' – Album Review

Matt Wardlaw — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:00:39 +0000

If the wait for Joe Walsh‘s ‘Analog Man’ seems long, that’s because a couple of years after he released ‘Songs For A Dying Planet’ in 1992, the unthinkable happened. Hell froze over and Walsh found himself participating in a full blown reunion of the Eagles, a union that remains intact ever since, with the band [...]

'No No No' Cat Is Not a Fan of Lou Reed and Metallica Album [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:31:19 +0000

How best to describe ‘Lulu,’ the new album by art rock icon Lou Reed and heavy metal gods Metallica? This video of the infamous “No No No” cat reacting to the unholy collaboration says it all, really.

Lou Reed & Metallica, 'Lulu' – Album Review

Matthew Wilkening — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:03:57 +0000

Lou Reed & Metallica should be commended for so bravely attempting to meld their very different musical approaches on their new collaborative album ‘Lulu.’ However, even though the record works, as a whole, better than the first single ‘The View‘ or the sample clips from earlier in this week may have led us to believe, [...]