Paul DiAnno 1958 – 2024 From the shelves One of the recurring criticisms of Paul DiAnno’s career is that he kept milking his legendary past with Iron Maiden way past the expiration date. While that is something undeniable, it’s also

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Sister Double Happiness – Sister Double Happiness (1988) From the shelves This isn’t your usual blues album. Then again, it can’t be, considering that half the lineup — singer Gary Floyd and drummer Lynn Perko — came from the influential

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This year has been particularly tough picking my #1 favorite, as I had two very different contenders that blew me away much more than any other record on the list. In the end, I went for the heartwrenching comeback album released by

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A few years ago, after seeing both David Gilmour and Roger Waters in concert, I wrote a post commenting about how seeing both shows would give Pink Floyd fans the best of both worlds, as a reunion seems very unlikely.

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Sometimes, discovering new music leaves such a big mark you end up remembering a lot of tiny details that for other events you just don’t bother. It was a January morning in the mid ’90’s and I clearly remember the

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2021 has been another year well-stocked with high quality releases. Not as much as 2020, but still a lot. To avoid the rabbit hole of an endless list, I narrowed the choices down to 15 and I only picked from

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Sepultura – Territory / Arise [Juke-Box 7″ Single] (1994) From the shelves One of my favorite things about summer holidays (besides no school, of course) was jukeboxes. All the beaches I visited with my family as a kid, always had

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If there’s been anything good in this ill-fated 2020, that’s certainly music. I can’t remember another year with so many high quality releases in recent times and that’s great news. I tried to put together a list of my albums

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Angel – Your Love Ain’t Right [12″ Single] (1991) From the shelves Rewind back to 1993. I had read about 70s hard rock band Angel (you might remember them as those guys all dressed in white) and I got kinda

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From the shelves Well, this is not exactly your usual Alanis. You may or may not know that before selling a gazillion copies of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Alanis Morissette had already released a couple of pop albums, reaching a certain

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