Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Daddy / Hold me / It seems so very dark tonight / And day Daddy / I can't sleep / I need you to come and sing to me / That the stars up in the sky / Will shine down gentl...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | “Drink The New Wine,” the last song ever recorded by Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, and David J—aka goth legends Bauhaus—will be issued on white, silver, and red vinyl, j...

Remembering John Lennon, born on this day in 1940. —Ed. The Plastic Ono Band album, released in 1970 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, is monumental in the annals of rock history. It was the fourth album J...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Dark Horse Records is proud to announce Joe Strummer 003: The 101’ers Years, the definitive collection of studio and live recordings from Joe Strummer’s pre-Clash band, The 101’ers...

This band of Japanese noise punkers began life as the Psychedelic Speed Freaks, which summed them up so well their label recommended they change their name because it was “too direct.” So they opted f...

North Lancashire, UK | Closure announced of Lancaster city centre record store: Owners of a record shop in Lancaster city centre have announced its closure. Forty Five Records, based in the Kings Arca...

PASO ROBLES, CA | On a beautiful late September evening in a beautiful setting, some of the most, you guessed it, beautiful music was heard. Robert Plant and Saving Grace came to Vina Robles Amphithea...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Five decades after its original release, Elton John’s raucous and freewheeling album Rock of the Westies will receive a 50th Anniversary Edition reissue, out November 20 via UMe. T...

Celebrating Robert "Kool" Bell on his 76th birthday. —Ed. Funky stuff—and even more funky stuff—that’s what Kool and the Gang have on offer on 1973’s party manifesto Wild and Peaceful. Just how funky ...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923--1926 chronicles the definitive early work of pianist, composer and raconteur Jelly Roll Morton, who created masterpieces born from ...

Second Song is Neil Young's second studio album with the Chrome Hearts and is a follow-up to last year's Talkin' to the Trees. Like that album, this one was co-produced by Young, his brother-in-law, t...

Stroud, UK | Klang Tone Records officially opens new shop in Lansdown: A town centre record shop has officially opened in its new location after moving just a few doors down the road. Klang Tone Recor...

Sunday night, I had the chance to photograph The Chicks at the historic Auditorium Theatre in Chicago for their Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour. The first half of the show was the entire alb...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Billy Idol’s electrifying second studio album, Rebel Yell, is the newest title to receive the premium audiophile treatment from Interscope-Capitol Records’ Definitive Sound Series ...

Celebrating John Mellencamp on his 75th birthday. —Ed. I’ve always liked John Mellencamp. Sure, I’ve been known to call him the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen, but I mean it as a compliment. I’m all for...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Capitol Record Club continues its exploration of influential recordings from the Capitol archives with an expanded edition of Digable Planets’ landmark second album, Blowout Comb. ...

Featuring two former members of the California desert rock specialists Thin White Rope, Odom-Kunkel have released their second recording, the 4-song 10-inch EP “Sniffing Spirits,” the set available no...

US | RSD Black Friday Makes Record Stores Part of the Biggest Shopping Season of the Year! List of Special Releases for 11/27. All year long, record stores around the country have been welcoming their...

Some festivals are built around a headliner. Power to the People was built around a cause. On Saturday, October 3, with the midterm elections a month away, Tom Morello filled Merriweather Post Pavilio...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | There was never a band quite like The Pretty Things. Fiercer than many of their contemporaries, endlessly adventurous, and gloriously unwilling to follow fashion, they travelled a ...

Remembering Glenn Branca, born on this day in 1948. —Ed. “Lesson No. 1” is Glenn Branca’s first release as a composer, originally issued in 1980 as a mini-LP on the 99 Records label. Not only does it ...

Welsh singer-songwriter CATTY is bringing a bold, theatrical edge to modern pop. Blending soaring vocals, infectious hooks, and emotionally charged songwriting, she creates music that is equal parts d...

Like many historical compilations, A Walk on the Wild Side: Classic Tracks From L.A.'s Legendary Central Ave. Scene (1944-1955) delivers a succinct soundtrack to a delineated time and place, with the ...

UK | "People with sinister motives will try to exploit demand and the love people have for the format"—an industry expert tells us how the vinyl revival is under threat from counterfeit records. You m...

RALEIGH, NC | The Sunday night sermon in Raleigh was brought to you by Rise Against. The Chicago punk veterans rolled the Ricochet 2026 tour into Red Hat Amphitheater on September 27, and the congrega...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Talking Heads’ Fear of Music (1979) channeled the raw, industrial energy of late-1970s New York City into one of the group’s most rhythmically adventurous albums. The release of th...

Celebrating Steve Miller on his 83rd birthday. —Ed. If there were any justice in the world, the Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle would not exist. Because it would have been blindfolded, stood bef...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Reveal, the richly layered 2001 album featuring favorites like “Imitation of Life,” “All the Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star),”...

Celebrating Brian Johnson on his 79th birthday. —Ed. A very brief history lesson. First, Attila was the greatest hard rock band in the world. Then, Sir Lord Baltimore took over as the greatest hard ro...

Berlin, DE | Berlin record shop Pleasure Patterns loses half of its DJ equipment in break-in: The Kreuzberg store is raising funds after turntables, mixers and headphones were stolen last week. Pleasu...

Greetings from Laurel Canyon! The water's wide / And I cannot cross over / Nor do I / Have wings to fly / Build me a boat / That could carry two / And both shall row / My love & I There is a ship / An...

It has been quite a year for seeing reggae history. Over the past several months, I've had the privilege of standing in front of legends including Carlton Livingston, Papa Michigan, Glen DaCosta, Thir...

On Friday, September 25, Lil Wayne brought his “20 Years of Carter Classics” tour to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for a sold-out crowd of roughly 18,000 people. It was his first Nashville appearance ...

Celebrating Richard Hell on his 77th birthday. —Ed. Of New York punk’s first wave, only Richard Hell and the Voidoids truly embraced the nihilism that punk has come to represent in the popular imagina...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Paul McCartney’s internationally acclaimed album The Boys of Dungeon Lane will be released as a Special Edition this October, featuring four additional recordings, including a new ...

Plato famously said, “Whenever a horn band is born, there is more misery in the world.” He was speaking specifically about Blood, Sweat & Tears, but his words obviously applied to bands like Electric ...

St Paul, MN | In defense of physical media, owning your cultural history: ...Physical media may still be alive right now, but soon there may come a point when the storefront for every game console is ...

RELEIGH, NC | Some Friday nights get circled on the calendar months in advance, and for the metal faithful of Raleigh, September 25 was one of them. W.A.S.P. rolled the 1984 To Headless tour into The ...

Two Door Cinema Club started off the North American leg of their Tourist History 15th Anniversary Tour with a bang at a sold-out Salt Shed in Chicago, bringing together 5,500 people at The Fairgrounds...

Remembering Richard Harris, born on this day in 1930. —Ed. In which a Man Called Horse sings a Song Called Horseshit, and turns it into a megahit. If macho thespian Richard Harris seemed an unlikely s...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | On the eve of their headlining performance at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Sunday, Bush Tetras are announcing a reissue of Too Many Creeps, their incendiary debut record, fir...

Remembering Albert Collins, born on this day in 1932. —Ed. Albert Collins hailed from Texas, and he had the blues. His greatest fame as a guitarist came in the 1980s, but his tenure as a performer and...

AU | Double J Collector's Edition: Take 5 instores, ticket giveaways, physical media on radio: For the next few weeks, Double J is celebrating music in its most physical form. The Double J Collector's...

DANA POINT, CA | Minutes before his set, the sand in front of the Ohana Stage was nearly empty. A few scattered bodies, a lot of open beach, and a sun that had decided to make a point. No shade. No co...

Some lineups only come around once, and on Friday night, Los Angeles got one of them. Iron Maiden is celebrating 50 years as a band with their Run For Your Lives World Tour; Megadeth is out on what th...

Verve Records was primarily a jazz label that eventually dabbled in folk, rock, and some other genres. In many respects, the label's heyday was in the 1960s. Blue Note is often applauded as being perh...

Midge Ure is one of the architects of the sound that defined a generation. As the frontman and creative co-architect of Ultravox, co-writer of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the producer behind s...

There is a version of every record you own that you have never heard. Not a remaster, not a better pressing—the one the people who made it were hearing while they made it. Ultimate Ears Pro has spent ...

Remembering Marc Bolan, born on this day in 1947. —Ed. Never got into T. Rex as a kid. I lived too deep in the sticks, and the only kid I know who owned a T. Rex record refused to tear off the celloph...

Leigh, UK | Man set to open Float On Records music shop in Leigh: A Leigh man has described the chance to open his own record shop in the town where he grew up as a “golden opportunity” after years of...