30 Annie Lennox – Downtown Lights (1995) Amid the marquee-name covers on Medusa – Bob Marley, Al Green, Procul Harum – lurks this gorgeous take on the Blue Nile’s masterpiece of careworn romance. You could […]
It says something about Spiritualized’s latest album, Everything Was Beautiful, that even with nine musicians onstage, their live incarnation very much performs a bare-bones version of its contents. Frontman Jason Pierce more-or-less set out his […]
Sega, it seems, is having a moment. The veteran publisher’s movie sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has become a huge box office success, hitting $300m in revenue, despite lukewarm reviews. It was also revealed that […]
For the first time, Charvel is now offering a more affordable version of Jake E. Lee‘s hallowed So-Cal guitar, with the release of his signature Pro-Mod So-Cal. Like his USA So-Cal, this instrument is based […]
Each decade has its supermodels and fashion icons, and the 1970s were all about Marie Helvin, Jerry Hall, Janice Dickinson, and Pat Cleveland, to name a few. If you’re curious about what it was like […]
There’s an instructive comparison to be made between the title of Let’s Eat Grandma’s third album and that of their debut. Released in 2016, the latter was called I, Gemini, which seemed to fit perfectly. […]
In the early 1980s, G.I. Joe rebranded under the “Real American Hero” line of 3 3/4th inch action figures that were basically Hasbro’s answer to what Star Wars was doing over at Kenner. (They are […]
Ron Trent is set to release his first album in 11 years, WARM: What Do the Stars Say to You? (WDTSSTY). Harking back to the ’70s and ’80s, when there was a boom in adventurous, […]
BREAKING IN A SEQUENCE, the Huntington Beach, California-based alternative hard rock/metal band featuring former KORN drummer David Silveria, has released the official music video for the song “Leave Me Be”. The track is taken from […]
Metal Blade Records has reissued the legendary Metal Massacre Volume One compilation on vinyl for the first time since 1984. The repress dropped this past weekend on Record Store Day (April 22nd) to celebrate the […]
Patricia Arquette is well known for her acting abilities, earning an Oscar, several Emmys, and multiple SAG Awards during her career. Arquette’s time in Hollywood has made headlines over the years, so let’s take a […]
“All I knew at the time was that it felt like it was a sniper attack,” the actress recalled. Jennifer Grey is opening up about the moment she learned about her father’s sexuality for the […]
In a new interview with Rhys Bowler, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing spoke about the advent of thrash metal in the early 1980s and the impact that it had on the evolution of PRIEST‘s […]
These artists got a flaming hot deal when they paid just $175,000 for a rundown firehouse located in one of Brooklyn’s trendiest neighborhoods. Better still, their unusual digs — worth millions today — became a […]
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are reuniting once more. The close friends and frequent collaborators have announced their new project together, a film that explores Nike and how it managed to secure a partnership with […]
She became famous playing teens in two of the biggest movies of the ’80s, but Jennifer Grey’s own adolescent years were far different from what she portrayed on screen. In her new memoir, Out of […]
In one way or another, we all remember Andre The Giant. For fans of The Princess Bride, he’s better known as Fezzik; for others, he’s the 7-foot-4 wrestling legend of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Many […]
Stax Records and Craft Recordings have announced a 50th anniversary edition, for June 24 release, of the Staple Singers’ bestselling 1972 title Be Altitude: Respect Yourself. This classic of soul and gospel history will be […]
Actor and singer Jasmine Guy became famous in the late 1980s for portraying Whitley Gilbert on the sitcom A Different World, a Cosby Show spinoff that followed Denise (Lisa Bonet) to college. Guy’s Southern belle […]
3rd Secret, the new band featuring former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Soundgarden members Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron (also of Pearl Jam), have unveiled their first live performance. In keeping with the group’s band […]