Early this month, music collective Monkey House dropped its latest album, Crashbox through Alma Records/Universal Music Group. The 12-track record (the band’s eighth album of new, original content and ninth overall studio recording) is among the more unique entries in this year’s field of new independent albums. That is proven from beginning to end of the 53-minute […]
Jan. 28 — A classic Wings album will see the light of day once again this spring. Venus and Mars is scheduled for re-issue March 21 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its release. Pre-orders are open. The band’s fourth album, it was originally released May 27, 1975 and would go on to sell more than 4 million […]
Dec. 6 — Music legend Stevie Wonder’s compilation album The Definitive Collection has been re-issued on a new vinyl pressing. Having recently been certified 4X Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the collection was re-issued on a new 2LP vinyl collection Friday by Universal Music (UMe). The 21-song collection features a number of […]
Nearly two decades after Eagle Rock Entertainment released its presentation of Rainbow’s 1977 concert in Munich, Germany separately on DVD and 2CD, the company – now known as Mercury Studios – has united those two presentations in one package in a brand-new re-issue of the recording. Released Sept. 19, the three-disc set is an offering […]
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 […]
March 14 — Two iconic performances from Queen will make their way home this spring. The band’s November 24 & 25, 1981 concert in Montreal and its legendary performance at Live Aid are scheduled for release May 10 on separate double 4K UHD, double Blu-ray, double CD and triple vinyl platforms. Mercury Studios has partnered […]
Aug. 31 — The Tragically Hip’s 1998 album, Phantom Power will get some renewed attention this fall thanks to the staff of Universal Music. The band will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album’s original release — July 14, 1998 — with a vinyl expanded re-issue of the record Nov. 3 through Universal Music. The collection will […]
Aug. 1 — Independent rock band Bluphoria will join singer-songwriter Noah Vonne on the road this fall. The band announced Tuesday, the co-headlining tour is scheduled to launch Oct. 11 in Austin, TX and to run through Nov. 19 in Atlanta, GA. The band’s upcoming North American tour, which is in support of its debut self-titled […]
July 14 — Beastie Boys’ 1998 album Hello Nasty will get the re-issue treatment later this summer. Officials with Universal Music Group announced Friday, the album, which was originally released July 14, 1998 through Capitol Records, will be re-issued on a 4LP deluxe vinyl pressing Sept. 8. Capitol Records is a division of Universal Music Group. The […]
July 12 — Famed singer-songwriter Tom Waits’ Island Records catalog will get new life late this summer and this fall. The albums — Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, and The Black Rider — were released between over the course of a decade between 1983 and 1993. The first trio of records are scheduled for release Sept. 1 through […]
