Two Smashing Pumpkins albums are getting renewed attention. Machina and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music are set for re-issue Aug. 22 on various platforms. Front man Billy Corgan’s Madame Zuzu’s Tea Shop will offer the albums exclusively in an 80-track vinyl box set that features a 48-snog presentation of Machina plus 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes […]
Chicago has, over the course of its more than half century life, become one of the most acclaimed bands in the world. Having released more than 30 albums (some of which being compilation records and others studio recordings), the band’s music has earned it awards from Billboard magazine, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Songwriters […]
The summer music push (as this critic has come to call it) is nearing its end as labels wind down the year. As the last week of the annual push winds down, Mercury Studios and its parent company, Universal Music Group, have revisited two more previously released concert recordings from Mercury Studios in the forms […]
Sept. 13 — Elvis Costello fans will get an early Christmas present this year centered on the famed singer-songwriter. King of America & Other Realms is scheduled for release Nov. 1 through UMe (Universal Music). The collection features remastered presentations of Costello’s 1986 album, King of America and his previously unreleased 1987 concert, which was captured at London’s […]
July 26 — Another Beastie Boys album has been re-issued. The group’s breakout 1994 album Ill Communication was re-issued Friday on a special 3-LP vinyl and cassette collection through Capitol Musi Group. The re-issue is in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the album’s release. The trio’s fourth album, it includes hits, such as ‘Sabotage,’ ‘Sure Shot,’ […]
Sept. 5 — Nirvana’s 1993 album In Utero (the band’s third and final album) will get the re-issue treatment this fall. The record will be re-issued Oct. 27 through Geffen/UMe as a deluxe expanded package with lots of new content, including 53 previously unreleased tracks, two previously unreleased concert recordings from the tour that supported In Utero and a […]
Aug. 29 — The Cranberries’ 1996 album, To The Faithful Departed will receive renewed attention later this year in a new re-issue. The record is scheduled for a deluxe, expanded re-issue Oct. 13 on separate vinyl and CD releases through Island/UMe. The album was the band’s highest charting record in the United States and sold more than […]
Aug. 7 — The All-American Rejects will tentatively re-issue its self-titled debut album later this month. Originally released in 2000 through Doghouse Records, it will see its second re-issue happen Aug. 25 through UMe, this time exclusively on vinyl. The album was previously re-issued in 2003 through Dreamworks Records. The forthcoming re-issue will come exclusively […]
July 14 — This past November, Peter Frampton performed live at the famed Royal Albert Hall in London, UK and later this year, that concert will be available for all of his fans to own. Peter Frampton at Royal Albert Hall is scheduled for release Sept. 1 through UMe. The concert’s nine-song set list features performance […]
March 31 — Independent rock act Bluphoria opened the weekend with the premiere of another single from its forthcoming self-titled debut album. The band debuted its new single, ‘Columbia‘ Friday. The song is the record’s fourth single. The group premiered the album’s third single, ‘Ain’t Got Me‘ and its companion video early this month. The album’s other […]
