After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie’s series of “Eras” box sets is returning with a new, final volume. 13-CD or 18-LP box I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) picks up where 2021’s Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001) left off, capturing the final years of an artist who never stopped innovating.
The set contains new pressings of: Heathen (2002); Reality (2003); A Reality Tour (recorded 2003, released 2010); The Next Day (2013); The Next Day Extra (2013); Blackstar (2016); and the No Plan EP (2017). All but the last two have been newly remastered for this set. The set also premieres Montreux Jazz Festival: July 18, 2022 on 2 CDs and includes a sixth and final volume of Re:Call, featuring 41 tracks on 3 CDs.
Category: rock
A new four-song EP collecting live tracks from Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti is being released to celebrate the classic album’s 50th anniversary this year.
…The new Live EP includes live versions of ‘In My Time of Dying” and “Trampled Under Foot” from the band’s five-concert stand at London’s Earl’s Court, 1975, as well as “Sick Again” and “Kashmir” from Knebworth, 1979.
The Knebworth dates were Zeppelin’s first U.K. concerts since Earl’s Court, and first gigs overall since concluding their 1977 North American tour.
Although these were released on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD, this EP marks the first time they’ve been released in an audio-only format.
Ambient Den represents a dedicated project for like-minded musicians Ben Craven, Tim Bennetts and Dean Povey. Their new self-titled LP is collaborative writing effort and leans heavily on progressive rock themes from the 1970s, while allowing a showcase of stellar composition and playing skills. Along the way, it seems as if the three principles are having lots of fun.
“Future History Part 1” gives the listener a brief taste of what’s to come. The atmospheric keyboards by Bennetts and the clean guitar tones remind me of the interaction between David Gilmour and Richard Wright on Pink Floyd’s Endless River.
The leap into “For All Mankind” is logical. Craven, who produced the album, is a master…
Two forces may be converging here. For years, Jerry Joseph & the Jackmorons fans have missed recorded versions of their favorite songs at live shows. Although in the liners, Joseph pointedly comments, “…we will never know…most people hate the studio versions of their favorite live songs.” Secondly, Joseph wants to maintain the momentum he garnered from his two successful solo albums, 2020’s Patterson Hood-produced Beautiful Madness, and 2023’s Eric Ambel-produced The Man Who Would Be King. Panther Tracks Vol 1 is the first Jackmorons album since 2018’s Full Metal Burqa. It includes five fan favorites from the band’s live set list, a scorching rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “You Want It Darker,” and a new track, “New Lincoln,” for an economical…
…Newly remastered by Grammy winning engineer Michael Graves.
Nearly a quarter century after bursting onto the scene in 1969 with their self-titled debut album, NRBQ delivered another patented mix of carefree musicianship and joyful spontaneity with 1992’s live Honest Dollar.
Honest Dollar gave listeners a special treat (and we’re not talking about the signed one-dollar bills the band inserted randomly into the copies of the original CD). Not only are there NRBQ classics like “Ridin’ in My Car” and “Wacky Tobacky,” but two “State” songs — “Deep in the Heart of Texas” and Carl Perkins’ “Tennessee” (with new lyrics by Terry, added with Perkins’ consent.) And how about two distinct versions of…
72-track / 3 CD box set containing four hours of both groove-laden and downright rocking music from the (mostly London) Pub Rock scene’s heyday of the mid ’70s through to the early ’80s. Every track expertly and lovingly remastered by renowned studio wizard Tim Turan.
In some respects, a lavish follow-up to Grapefruit’s highly successful 2019 Surrender to the Rhythm set which highlighted Pub Rock’s pioneers. Time! Gentlemen! features a selection of cuts from many of the usual suspects of the genre such as Brinsley Schwarz, Dr. Feelgood, Chilli Willi and The Red Hot Peppers and Kokomo, but excitingly, goes beyond the usual fare by including some of their lesser-known gems. Not only a virtual treasure trove of great ’70s rock, the set also…
…Bad Debts are another new roots-oriented Ozzie band, and here they offer up their debut LP Under Kalimna Skies for us to contemplate.
Bad Debts hail from Castlemaine, Victoria, about 2 hours from the cultural hotbed of Melbourne. Apparently, this medium-sized regional semi-rural outpost has a rep’ as an ‘artsy town’ and a renowned local music scene from which Bad Debts have emerged, fully fledged and raring to go. Local music scenes are unquestionably a good thing, either remaining defiantly ‘local’ or, as they very occasionally do, attracting attention from further afield and growing to much greater prominence. They offer up loyal audiences that enable artists to develop at their own pace, give artists the chance to collaborate with each other until,…
Nashville-based Piper & The Hard Times burst onto the blues and soul scene like a lightning bolt. After winning the IBC in January 2024, they released their debut, Revelation, which made a meteoric rise to the top of the blues charts. That album later won at IBC for “2025 IBC Best Independent Produced Album,” and later garnered a Blues Music Award for “Best Emerging Artist.”
Suffice it to say that expectations are high for their follow-up, Good Company. Few bands have enjoyed such a 15-month run but what looked to be a promising tour schedule, came to a halt this past June when frontman Al “Piper” Green was diagnosed with cancer. The blues community is rallying around Green by throwing benefit concerts and setting up a GoFundMe account.
Battlestation, the debut album from Lucie Sue, is an energetic blend of alt-rock influences, incorporating elements from industrial metal, punk, and pop rock. The French rocker delivers head-banging riffs and pounding rhythms, meshed with melodic vocals and danceable beats. It’s party rock for the alternative scene, where the partygoers are misfits from various genres.
Sue wrote the songs during Covid before she had a band as a way of channeling her pent-up creativity. She then formed a band with guitarist Enzo Metro, drummer Mitch Livas, and Baptiste Germser on synths. Sue provides the vocals, bass, and some additional guitars.
The opening track, “Battlestation,” builds from low, thumping bass to an aggressive industrial…
In a bold move to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, LOCAL H are proud to release reFISTED, a complete re-recording of their 1995 classic, Ham Fisted. This isn’t just a re-issue; it’s a defiant do-over. Founder / frontman Scott Lucas describes the new album as a “fistfight with myself at 24 years old” and decided to take on the challenging process of revisiting and reimagining songs written three decades ago. The band treated the original recording like a demo, while reFISTED sees them sometimes radically reworking and rearranging tracks, and other times aiming to produce even meaner, heavier versions of the originals. reFISTED was recorded and mixed with Greg Norman (Russian Circles, Neurosis, Kim Deal, Andrew Bird) at Steve Albini’s…
Clouds were a highly influential Scottish prog-rock band formed in Edinburgh in the mid-1960s. Under their original name 1-2-3, the band gained attention in London’s underground scene, especially at The Marquee Club in 1967. Their sound was ahead of its time-melding classical, jazz, and rock influences with no lead guitarist, and Billy Ritchie taking centre stage on keyboards. Ritchie’s flamboyant, frontman-style organ work would later inspire keyboardists like Keith Emerson.
In 1968, under the guidance of Brian Epstein’s NEMS agency and Terry Ellis (who would go on to co-found Chrysalis), they changed their name to Clouds. They were the first band signed to Chrysalis Records and were early architects of progressive rock, predating many better-known acts…
On 4 December 2023, many illustrious names from the world of rock music gathered together to perform a concert to remember the legendary Gary Brooker, acclaimed front man of Procol Harum and solo artist. Gary sadly passed away in February 2022 and left an incredible musical legacy. His many musical friends and admirers came together to stage this concert to celebrate Gary’s wonderful music and life and also to feature some of the music which he enjoyed.
A stellar gathering of musicians including Roger Taylor (Queen), Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike & the Mechanics), Paul Carrack (Mike & the Mechanics, Ace), Andy Fairweather Low, John Illsley (Dire Straits), Mike Sanchez, Gary’s band mates from Procol Harum and many more…
Unique among the 1960s pop landscape, and facilitated by his own home studio set-up, Joe Meek pursued and expressed a passion for his countless hobbies through his hit records and studio productions. From the legendary ‘I Hear A New World’ sonic landscapes and the Tornados’ global hit ‘Telstar!’ to several successful horror-themed records with Screaming Lord Sutch and his smash hit laments to both Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, Meek’s fascinations were never far from his thoughts, often resulting in wildly imaginative and way ahead of their time recordings.
Laden with sound effects, experimental electronics, eccentric lyrics and themes that often stretched the boundaries of what pop music could be in the early 1960s, A Curious Mind showcases…
It’s a testament to Marshall Crenshaw’s songwriting and performance that even his castaways make for a compelling record. Recorded across two decades starting in 1990, From the Hellhole is a 14-track collection of remixed and remastered songs culled from a series of EPs and several rare deep cuts, that were mostly recorded in Crenshaw’s home studio (dubbed The Hellhole).
Among the tracks here is a solid cover of The Carpenters’ “(They Long To Be) Close to You.” With close to a dozen cover versions of this sappy pop classic out in the world, it should be pointed out that his version – originally released on an EP in 2013 – is arguably among the best thanks to his earnest delivery. Other covers songs here include a previously unreleased take…
Can you feel the love? You will after spinning Our Time to Ride, the second album from married duo Annika Chambers and guitarist Paul DesLauriers.
The follow-up to the twosome’s successful 2022 Good Trouble album, the talented duo switches labels to Eric Corne’s Forty Below Records for Our Time to Ride. Additionally, this set smartly focuses on original compositions; all but one is a collaboration between them and Corne, the other written solely by the producer.
The combination of Chambers’ award winning, blistering vocals, DesLauariers’ similarly feted rootsy guitar work, along with Corne’s input as producer and co-composer, is a combustible, sympathetic and above all musically creative concoction.
A previously unheard Robert Plant song titled “47 Roses” was released on the CD that accompanies Mojo Magazine’s October 2025 issue.
The cover story for the magazine’s 383rd issue is an interview with Plant published ahead of the release of his new album Saving Grace on September 26. In the interview, Plant “regales us with classic tales and forthright views”, Mojo wrote in its announcement of the new issue.
The issue’s accompanying CD, titled Higher Rock, is a compilation of tracks from Plant’s solo career. It contains “47 Roses”, which seems to have been recorded for a planned sequel to Plant’s 2010 album Band of Joy.
The magazine reports that the track was “written with Buddy Miller and Marco Giovino”,…
