L7 – Bricks Are Heavy 30th Anniversary vinyl reissue
L7 Bricks Are Heavy (30th Anniversary reissue) LP (Licorice Pizza Records) Looking back on it now, it’s pretty pitiful how unprepared the music industry…
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Eve Of Darkness Book Explores Toronto’s Heavy Metal Scene From 1980-1989
Saturday, September 25th will make the launch of a very important artifact chronicling the history of the heavy metal music scene in the greater Toronto, Ontario area. On that day, UXB Press will be releasing their newest book, entitled Eve Of Darkness: Toronto Metal in the ’80s. This book is a massive, painstakingly put together tome dedicated to the city’s burgeoning heavy scene during its heyday.
Teke::Teke – Shirushi LP
Teke Teke Shirushi LP (Killrockstars) Without question, Teke::Teke is a creature completely in its own quadrant of the pop diaspora. Does that mean that…
Pop Evil – Versatile LP
Okay, this first observation of what Pop Evil is offering with their sixth album, Versatile, doesn’t actually have anything to do with the music…
Girl – Wasted Youth
Girl were formed in 1979, slap bang in the nascent New Wave of British Heavy Metal, but you couldn’t think of a band more…
Glenn Hughes – Justified Man
The Studio Albums 1995-2003 Glenn Hughes is a living legend, a member of Trapeze, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and more beside. Moreover, he is…
Blackthorne – We Won’t Be Forgotten: The Blackthorne Anthology
Rainbow’s ‘Down To Earth’ is one of the classic hard rock albums. The vocalist from that album was a certain Graham Bonnet, who would…
Glenn Hughes – The Official Bootleg Set: Volume Two, 1993-2013
6-CD Clamshell Boxset I had the great pleasure of seeing Glenn Hughes at the Olympia in Dublin in 2018. Playing a set of classic…
Baker Gurvitz Army – Since Beginning: The Albums 1974-1976
Once again Esoteric must be applauded for releasing a superb box-set that is not just a pleasure to listen to but also historically important….
Supermansion – Solar Order
First heard about this Southern Ontario supergroup (of sorts) back in ’07, when they released their first, self-titled Supermansion album. They put out a…